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Director, Clinical Operations (Obesity)

Søborg

November 18, 2024

Director, Clinical Operations (Obesity)
Category: Clinical Development
Location:Søborg, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
Do you have a passion for leadership and want to be part of a journey building on our strong portfolio and influencing our future operating model in Clinical Operations? Are you ready to transform the way we conduct clinical trials to further benefit patients?

If yes, we are looking for a leader who motivates, inspires, and sets clear directions for a highly skilled team, while ensuring well-being and strong internal and external collaborations. Join us as Director of Obesity Clinical Operations.
Apply today for a life-changing career!

The position
As one of the Directors of Clinical Operations, in Obesity, Liver Diseases & Devices, you will lead and develop an engaged and skilled team of Clinical Project and Operations Leaders, Global Trial Managers, and Global Clinical Trial Administrators responsible for planning and conducting clinical trials from phase 1-3.

Your main responsibilities will include:
  • Global coordination of several clinical trials within one or more development programmes
  • Represent Clinical Operations in Global Project Teams and being accountable for accomplishing clinical trials through sound operational strategy
  • Planning and allocation of the needed resources for a given trial within the clinical programme
  • Ensure competency development and performance management by coaching and guiding your team members, setting expectations, and leading the team to success
  • Lead the implementation of the Clinical Drug Development strategy, proactively ensure relevant change management activities, and role model the Novo Nordisk Way

This is a unique opportunity to make an impact in a large, global development organisation. You can expect some travelling for meetings.

Qualifications
To thrive and succeed, we expect you to have:
  • Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Life Science or any other related field
  • Strong experience and thorough understanding of the operational aspects of planning and conducting global clinical trials gained from roles in clinical development within the pharma or biotech industry
  • Previous experience with line management ideally combined with project leadership and the ability to inspire and motivate a team using an organized and structured approach
  • Background with cross-organisational and global work to collaborate in a project-driven matrix organisation
  • Innovative mindset, digital curiosity, and change management skills to navigate organisational transformations
  • Proficient written and oral English

On a personal level, you thrive in an international, diverse, and complex environment. You are passionate about developing and leading people and demonstrate leadership qualities. You display excellent collaboration and communication skills and evident commitment to create winning teams with focus on continuous people development.

About the department
Working with trial management in the Obesity, Liver Diseases & Devices Clinical Operations project area, you will join a collaborative and dedicated team, about 100 people, on a mission to create better treatments, care and innovation for patients with Obesity. Here, you will help us deliver innovative products and driving improved patient outcomes as you take on the overall responsibility for the planning and execution of global clinical trials in Phases 1-3. You will also play an active role in improvement projects across the organisation. By contributing to our shared mindset of collaboration and curiosity, you bring innovation to our clinical trials and pave the way for the success of our mission.

Working at Novo Nordisk
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.

Contact
For further information, please contact Ulrika Qvint, Vice President Clinical Operations Obesity, Liver Diseases & Devices +45 3075 4640.

Deadline
1 December 2024

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.
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