International Medical Director

at  Novo Nordisk

International Medical Director
Category: Clinical Development
Location:Søborg, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
Are you looking for a position where you can use your solid clinical drug development experience from the pharmaceutical industry to have real impact on the lives of children and adolescents with rare diseases? Would you like to join an international company with R&D-driven history of innovation and best-in-class medicines?
Do you have experience with paediatrics and are you able to bring paediatric development within rare disease to the next level at Novo Nordisk?
If yes, you might be the International Medical Director we are looking for, so please read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

QUALIFICATIONS

To thrive and succeed in this role, we expect you to have:

• A Medical Doctor degree, preferably complemented by a PhD with at least 3-4 years of clinical drug development experience from the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Experience in paediatrics, but also in haematology/haemoglobinopathies is an advantage
• Capability of providing mentorship and training to junior colleagues combined with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Integrity, highest ethical standards and a sense of personal accountability, as well as ability to quickly adapt and provide innovative solutions to challenges as they present themselves

On a personal level, you are independent and self-driven, yet possess a strong team spirit to work collaboratively in a challenging team matrix environment, as many decisions have a high business impact involving several stakeholders. You are innovative when designing clinical trials, have a patient-centric mindset and the ability to proactively express a positive attitude despite challenges. You are curious and dedicated to analysing and communicating data. You thrive in a complex environment and have the ability to stay focused, as well as flexible, given that several tasks will be coming from different stakeholders. Expectation management is a key aspect of this role.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Play an important role as a responsible trial physician in several of our paediatric trials within rare blood disorders, which involves designing the clinical trials, providing medical oversight in the trial conduct phase, monitoring the safety of participants, interpreting and documenting trial results, and supporting submissions to health authorities
• Work with Clinical Operations, Non-Clinical Research, Medical Writing, Program Management, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), Biostatistics and Regulatory Affairs teams to deliver and drive the timely completion of all clinical activities
• Serve as a leading member, or participant, at multiple internal review groups and utilize novel and creative methods to resolve clinical development problems
• Ensure compliance with SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), ICH (The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use), GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and other national and international regulatory requirements
• Have a high degree of independence, where decisions taken have a high degree of business impact and you can use your expertise to mentor and share knowledge with less-experienced colleague

To thrive and succeed in this role, we expect you to have:

• A Medical Doctor degree, preferably complemented by a PhD with at least 3-4 years of clinical drug development experience from the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Experience in paediatrics, but also in haematology/haemoglobinopathies is an advantage
• Capability of providing mentorship and training to junior colleagues combined with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Integrity, highest ethical standards and a sense of personal accountability, as well as ability to quickly adapt and provide innovative solutions to challenges as they present themselve