Senior Director

19 hours ago


Gladsaxe Kommune, Denmark Novo Nordisk AS Full time

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Senior Director - Diabetes & Obesity Clinical Operation

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, enabling us to consistently outperform external competition?

Are you ready to drive transformation of the way we conduct clinical trials to further benefit patients? We are looking for an experienced, senior 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 Senior Director in CagriSema Clinical Operations. Apply today for a life-changing career

The position

As one of the Directors in Clinical Operations CagriSema you will lead and develop an engaged and skilled team of approx. 16 Clinical Project- and Operations Leaders, Global Trial Managers, and Global Clinical Trial Administrators responsible for planning and conducting clinical trials within several key assets across our development portfolio. You will become part of the Clinical Operation Leadership team reporting to the VP of Clinical Operation CagriSema.

You will be responsible for:

  1. Global coordination of several clinical trials within one or more development programmes.
  2. Representation of Clinical Operations in Global Project Teams including proactive provision of sound operational strategy that will balance operational and data needs while considering innovative approaches to accelerate speed of execution. Accountable for accomplishing the clinical trials within program(s).
  3. Planning and allocation of the needed resources for a given trial within the clinical programme.
  4. As line manager, ensure competency development and performance management by coaching and guiding your team members, setting expectations, and leading the team to success.
  5. Lead the implementation of relevant strategies, proactively ensure relevant change management activities, and role model the Novo Nordisk Way.

As a senior leader in the team, you are expected to lead strategic organisational and cultural activities within and beyond our organisation. You are also expected to possess the ability to lead, mentor, and coach leaders and peers and to drive globalization where needed and relevant. Moreover, you are expected to actively contribute to the CagriSema Clinical Operation leadership team reporting to the VP.

This is a unique opportunity to make an impact in a large, global development organisation. Some travel related activities might occur.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed, we expect you to have:

  1. Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Life Science.
  2. Strong experience and thorough understanding of the strategic and operational aspects of planning and conducting global clinical trials gained from clinical development roles within the pharma or biotech industry.
  3. Experience within and interest in digitalization and innovation activities to drive operational excellence.
  4. Previous experience with line management ideally combined with project leadership and the ability to inspire and motivate teams using an organized and structured approach.
  5. Experience with mentoring and coaching peers.
  6. Experience with cross-organisational and global work to collaborate in a project-driven matrix organisation.
  7. Change management skills to navigate organisational transformations.
  8. 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 creating winning teams with a focus on continuous people development.

About the department

Working with trial management in the CagriSema Clinical Operations, you will join a collaborative and dedicated team of approx. 75 members including 4 leaders, on a mission to create better treatments, care, and innovation for patients with Obesity and Diabetes.

Here, you will help us deliver innovative products and drive improved patient outcomes as you take on the overall responsibility for the planning and execution of global clinical trials in Phases 1-4. You will also play an active role in transformational 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 Helle Søgaard Kristensen, VP Clinical Operations CagriSema at +45 3079 2688 or

Deadline

20 January 2025

Kindly note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews conducted on a rolling basis.

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 the communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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