Job description

Product Manager – Rare Disease
International Operations

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shape the future of rare disease care in Saudi Arabia. From Haemophilia to Rare Bleeding Disorders and Growth Disorders, you'll lead the marketing strategy that brings life-changing treatments to patients who have waited too long for options.

Your new role
As Product Manager for our Rare Disease portfolio in KSA, you will own the local marketing strategy across Haemophilia, Rare Bleeding Disorders and Growth Disorders. You'll turn insight into action – shaping how we launch, communicate and grow in one of the region's most dynamic healthcare markets.

Day-to-day, your tasks will include:

• Developing, implementing and monitoring the annual and long-term brand strategy for products under your responsibility, including budget proposal and management to maximise return on investment.
• Preparing the Saudi market for new indications and product launches, ensuring full organisational readiness for world-class introductions of strategic products.
• Conducting local market research to identify trends, assess competitive positioning and adapt product strategy to local patient needs.
• Communicating marketing plans and campaigns to the sales force, providing training, motivational support and timely feedback on field execution.
• Identifying, developing and maintaining strong relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), HCPs and patient associations, and representing Novo Nordisk at congresses and industry meetings.
• Building strategic partnerships with cross-functional teams (Sales, Medical, MAPA, Regulatory, Finance, CE, P&O) and managing external agencies to ensure outstanding campaign execution.
• Contributing to local portfolio strategy planning and ensuring full compliance with Novo Nordisk's safety and pharmacovigilance SOPs.

Your new department
As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

You'll join the Rare Disease Business Unit in our Saudi Arabia affiliate – a close-knit, cross-functional team on a mission to expand access to treatment for patients living with Haemophilia, Rare Bleeding Disorders and Growth Disorders. Working closely with the KSA Management Team, regional and global colleagues, you'll help set the direction for how our rare disease portfolio grows and thrives in the Kingdom.

Your skills & qualifications
We're looking for a commercially sharp, strategically minded marketer who thrives in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment. You'll bring with you:

• A university degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Medicine or a related field; a postgraduate qualification in marketing or business is an advantage.
• Solid product management or marketing experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ideally within specialty care, rare diseases or a comparable therapy area.
• A strong track record of building brand strategies, launching products and delivering measurable commercial results.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to collaborate across Sales, Medical, Regulatory, Market Access and external partners including KOLs and agencies.
• A competitive, solution-oriented mindset with strong multi-project management skills and the ability to turn insight into impactful field execution.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); Arabic is a strong advantage.
• Saudi National.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline
23 July 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

No experience required

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma