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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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References
Awards
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Ekaterina Grinko

Ekaterina Grinko

Grenoble

Summary

Life science industry leader with over 17 years of international marketing & business development experience across operations and global roles. My expertise lies at the intersection of strategy and design thinking be that for crafting a new process, business, a go-to-market roadmap, a partnership or an engaging customer experience. Result-oriented, creative and strategic thinker, I enjoy working in less defined environments, driving innovation and leading cross-functional teams in a complex organisational matrix to deliver impactful "win-win" solutions.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Innovation Lead - Obesity

Novo Nordisk France
2021.02 - Current
  • Develop B2C strategy and digital marketing eco-system, including processes and infrastructure for content development and approval.
  • Create social media, omnichannel campaigns and innovative customer engagement experiences
  • Co-develop the "go-to-market" strategy and support the launches of obesity medications
  • Lead strategic partnerships and in-house projects in e-health focusing on value creation, growth and access to care in obesity

Main achievements:

  • Created the digital patient marketing eco-system in France, including infrastructure and process creation (Ref: Au delà du poids which is at the heart of this eco-system - Awareness)
  • Created an online platform for finding practitioners specializing in obesity care in France which is part of the connected omnichannel eco-system (Ref: Accueil | Mon Poids Ma Santé – Action/Conversion)
  • Led the two communication award winning awareness campaigns in obesity (Ref: Awards section)
  • Established the strategy and partnerships with the telehealth providers in France like Doctolib, Qare, Livi leading to extended access to care for people with obesity
  • Recruited, coached and managed a team of 2 consultants, 1 alternant, 1 intern

Patient Engagement Lead- Obesity Marketing & Business Development

Novo Nordisk HQ Denmark
2016.06 - 2021.02
  • Lead the development and execution of the digital engagement strategy in obesity
  • Create from scratch an omnichannel marketing eco-system, infrastructure, frameworks and drive global social media campaigns as well as social media and digital patient marketing capabilities for Novo Nordisk affiliates
  • Lead the development of a 1-year behavioral omnichannel patient support program

Main achievements:

  • Developed first global patient engagement strategy, including segmentation, messages and KPIs, rollout frameworks.
  • 30+ countries localised the omnichannel eco-system. The project is endorsed by Executive Management and remains one of the most widely used Global initiatives to date.
  • Collaborated with a multidisciplinary expert committee and led geographically dispersed teams to develop and deploy 12 months omnichannel patient support program focusing on the latest advancements in behavioral science of obesity
  • Recruited and led directed and dotted line team of a consultant, a graduate, a junior project manager

Product Manager -Obesity, Type 1/2 Diabetes Marketing

Novo Nordisk Australasia
2011.08 - 2016.06
  • Responsible for the patient facing activities and the "go-to market" strategy for obesity medication launch
  • Product and product lifecycle management responsibility for mature insulin brands
  • Drive 2 key strategic initiatives focusing on removing barriers to insulin initiation adoption by primary care physicians

Main achievements:

  • Launched first omnichannel patient support program in obesity linking patients with their entire healthcare team from physicians to nurses to pharmacists.
  • Build and managed a network of 150 diabetes educators who became essential part of the patient support program helping GPs starting insulin in people with T2 diabetes.
  • Successfully led two strategic projects that brought the Australian affiliate back to growth due to transformation of existing practice of insulin initiation in primary care.

Diabetes Care Specialist – Primary Care (secondment in Sales)

Novo Nordisk Australasia
2015.06 - 2015.12

Junior Product Manager - Type 1/Type 2 Diabetes Marketing

Novo Nordisk Russia
2010.03 - 2011.08

Executive Assistant to VP

Novo Nordisk Russia
2007.11 - 2010.03

Translator & Interpreter from/to French & EA to GM

Ceric
2006.08 - 2007.11

Education

Post-Graduate Diploma - Innovation & Design Thinking

Emeritus, Professional Education
05.2020

Master's degree - Marketing

International Business School “MIRBIS”
Moscow
2011-07

Master's Degree - Linguistics and Teaching foreign languages (French & English)

Belgorod State University, Russia
Russia
07.2006

Skills

  • Marketing: Strategy, Digital Marketing, Omnichannel Customer Engagement, Product launches, Marketing Analytics, Social media, Communication strategy, Segmentation, Product Marketing, Framework & process design
  • Business Development: Strategic partnerships, Business Strategy, Business Innovation, Design thinking
  • Leadership: Team leadership, Cross-functional collaboration, Navigating in an organizational matrix
  • Product/Process design: User experience (UX) - Design, Interfaces (UI)

Languages

English (Fluent)
French (confident communicator at professional level)
Russian (Native)

References

Simon, Eckert, Senior Director Digital Delivery, BD (contact details available on request)

Awards

First prize at the Festival of Communication in Health, Prix Empreintes, Prix en Communication Externe

Timeline

Business Innovation Lead - Obesity

Novo Nordisk France
2021.02 - Current

Patient Engagement Lead- Obesity Marketing & Business Development

Novo Nordisk HQ Denmark
2016.06 - 2021.02

Diabetes Care Specialist – Primary Care (secondment in Sales)

Novo Nordisk Australasia
2015.06 - 2015.12

Product Manager -Obesity, Type 1/2 Diabetes Marketing

Novo Nordisk Australasia
2011.08 - 2016.06

Junior Product Manager - Type 1/Type 2 Diabetes Marketing

Novo Nordisk Russia
2010.03 - 2011.08

Executive Assistant to VP

Novo Nordisk Russia
2007.11 - 2010.03

Translator & Interpreter from/to French & EA to GM

Ceric
2006.08 - 2007.11

Post-Graduate Diploma - Innovation & Design Thinking

Emeritus, Professional Education

Master's degree - Marketing

International Business School “MIRBIS”

Master's Degree - Linguistics and Teaching foreign languages (French & English)

Belgorod State University, Russia
Ekaterina Grinko