Regional Medical Advisor Diabetes East Bulgaria

Does your motivation come from challenges and working in a dynamic environment? Do you thrive in a working environment where close collaboration with key stakeholders and strategic alignment is essential? Do you have a can-do attitude with continuous improvement as one of your career objectives? If yes, it’s the most perfect time to join our company!

Join our talented team as Regional Medical Adviser Diabetes East Bulgaria (based in Plovdiv, Varna, Stara Zagora, Burgas or alternatively in Sofia).
The position is a maternity cover for a fixed term period of 16 months (maternity cover–full time position).

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

As a Regional Medical Advisor for Diabetes, you will be responsible for local implementation of Novo Nordisk’s medical strategy in Bulgaria and preparation and implementation of pre-launch, launch and post-launch Medical Affairs activities. You will report to CMR Director Bulgaria.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Regular visits to key external stakeholders in East Bulgaria territory as per agreed visit plan (Expected travelling to Varna, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv; time split: 60% field, 40% office-based responsibilities).


• Medical Information Service–you will reply to medical questions from both internal and external customers and exchange of NN medical information with all relevant internal stakeholders.


• Preparation of scientific program and presentations for Novo Nordisk events (design and strong collaboration with speakers) and medical check of brochures and other promotional materials and ensuring compliance with medical facts and sources.


• Active collaboration and support to Medical Representatives in assigned territory related to medical inquiries.


• Acting in line with ethical standards, company procedures and Novo Nordisk Way.

As a Regional Medical Advisor for Diabetes, you should hold Bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree in Medicine or Pharmacy. Experience in Medical Affairs function in pharma industry and in endocrinology (post-graduate specialization, PhD, volunteering in Endocrinology Clinics, etc.) will be considered as an advantage. Fluency in English and Bulgarian is an absolute must.


To be effective in this role, it is mandatory to have:

• Desire and willingness to learn and constantly read scientific literature and excellent planning and organization skills.


• Internal and external customer centricity.


• Excellent communication skills, relationship management, high energy level and internal drive.


• Creativity, innovation and readiness to explore new approaches.


• Willingness to actively travel and visit external customers (you should be an active driver)

As a person, you are a fast learner and you are having high concern for quality and details.

The Bulgarian affiliate is a fast growing and dynamic organization aiming to cement Novo Nordisk’s position on the market via launching new products and making them more accessible to patients.

For the future, we have set an ambitious plan to deliver strong growth, which builds on our success and emphasizes critical components of performance: leadership and outperforming the competition.

Data protection statement

Novo Nordisk will treat all personal information collected during the recruitment process with the utmost confidentiality and in line with current data protection legislation. We rely on the lawful basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR to process the information provided by you in the recruitment process. 

Should you be successful in your application, the information provided, and further information which will be gathered at the relevant time, will be subsequently used for the administration of your employment and in relation to any legal challenge which may be made regarding our recruitment practices.

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

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.