Channel Programs Manager
Job description
Strategic Channels & PartnershipsSydney, APAC
Your impact begins here
As Channel Programs Manager, you will turn channel strategy and partnership priorities into practical delivery across pharmacy and emerging healthcare channels across Oceania. You will coordinate the activation of priority programs, from Joint Business Partner Plans and channel pilots through to launch readiness and partner onboarding. With clear plans, practical governance and disciplined follow-through, you will help strengthen and support sustainable business growth.
What you’ll bring
You are an organised and collaborative delivery professional who enjoys turning strategy into action. You will bring:
- A bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Marketing, Health Sciences, Project Management or a related discipline. Project management training or certification will be highly regarded.
- Experience in project management, product management or marketing, channel activation or cross-functional delivery.
- Key account management or sales experience will be highly regarded.
- Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, digital health or partnerships will be highly regarded.
- Strong planning and organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and concurrent initiatives.
- Confident stakeholder management and clear communication skills, including experience working with external partners.
- Strong problem-solving skills, commercial acumen and the adaptability to keep delivery moving when priorities change.
What you’ll do
- Translate strategic decisions into clear actions, owners, timelines and deliverables, ensuring priority channel programs are delivered to agreed scope, milestones and quality standards.
- Create integrated activation plans for priority programs across pharmacy and emerging healthcare channels and support the delivery of strategic initiatives and Joint Business Partner Plans.
- Operationalise new channel opportunities, partnership models and pilots, including launch readiness, partner onboarding and the coordination of internal inputs.
- Coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives using project plans, implementation roadmaps, milestone trackers and risk logs.
- Track progress, identify dependencies and delivery barriers, and escalate risks or resourcing constraints early while supporting practical mitigation actions.
- Coordinate activities across Commercial, Customer Engagement, Medical, Market Access, Legal, Compliance, Finance and external partners, facilitating alignment, decision-making and issue resolution.
- Establish practical governance tools, meeting rhythms and reporting processes, and prepare clear progress updates and leadership materials.
- Capture post-implementation learnings and recommend improvements that make future delivery more scalable and efficient.
Who you’ll work with
- You will join the Strategic Channels & Partnerships team in Oceania and report to the Director, Strategic Channels & Partnerships. This is a permanent, full-time role based in Sydney.
- Internally, you will work closely with Strategic Channels & Partnerships, Marketing, Sales, Customer Engagement, Medical, Market Access, Legal, Compliance, Finance and Commercial Excellence.
- Externally, you will build and maintain strong relationships with pharmacy partners, healthcare providers, vendors and service providers, supporting onboarding, implementation, status updates and structured follow-up.
What you can expect here
- You will work at the point where strategy meets execution, with broad exposure across functions, external partners and new healthcare channel models.
- You will have the opportunity to shape practical activation approaches, governance tools and ways of working that can be reused across current and future channel opportunities.
- You will be trusted to take ownership, raise risks early and help teams move forward with clarity, accountability and pace. Some travel or partner meetings may be required depending on program priorities.
Start now
If you are ready to turn channel strategy into practical programs that improve patient access and support future growth, apply for the Channel Programs Manager role by 23 October 2026.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
Skills mentioned
We are a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat. Our story began over 100 years ago when two small Danish companies started producing the revolutionary new drug, insulin, which had just been discovered by Canadian scientists. These companies, Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium and Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, were established by individuals driven by a common goal: to make life-saving insulin available to people with diabetes in Denmark and beyond. August Krogh, a Nobel laureate, and his wife Marie, a physician whose own diabetes fueled their quest, played a pivotal role in bringing insulin production to Denmark, leading to the founding of Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium in 1923. Shortly after, in 1925, the Pedersen brothers, former Nordisk employees, established Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, creating a dynamic of competition and innovation that would characterize the Danish pharmaceutical landscape for decades. After years of parallel growth and groundbreaking research, these two entities merged in 1989 to form Novo Nordisk A/S, a company that has since expanded rapidly. Today, we are a world leader not only in diabetes care but also in obesity care, haemophilia care, and therapies for rare endocrine disorders. Our commitment extends beyond developing innovative medicines; we strive to make them accessible to patients worldwide. We employ more than 77,000 people across 80 offices globally and market our products in approximately 170 countries. The Novo Nordisk Way, our set of guiding principles, is rooted in the vision of our founders and continues to inspire our thousands of colleagues. We are dedicated to applying our passion, skills, and commitment to defeat serious chronic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people and represent some of the most urgent global health challenges. Our U.S. headquarters is located in Plainsboro, New Jersey, playing a vital role in the life sciences industry through sales, marketing, and clinical trial management for all Novo Nordisk U.S. products. We are also significantly investing in manufacturing capabilities, including a $4.1 billion expansion in North Carolina, to meet the growing demand for our diabetes and obesity medications.
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