Vice President, Trial Operations EUCAN

Novo Nordisk A/S; Søborg; Remote; DKK 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark seeks a Vice President, Trial Operations EUCAN to translate corporate strategy into regional trial execution across diabetes and obesity portfolios. You will lead a large senior organization to deliver trials with speed, quality and performance, and build a scalable operating model for future growth.

The role collaborates with global project teams, regulatory affairs and senior leadership to sharpen priorities and ensure delivery across Novo’s evolving clinical

Qualifications

• Degree in a life sciences discipline; Masters/PhD/MD/PharmD or equivalent.
• Extensive senior leadership experience in clinical operations in pharma/biopharma industry.
• Proven ability to lead large, international organizations across matrix structures and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional trial operations EUCAN to deliver Novo's clinical trial portfolio with speed, quality and performance discipline.
• Translate corporate strategy into regional execution and scalable operating model for future growth.
• Partner with global project teams, regulatory and senior leadership to drive delivery across the clinical portfolio.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Clinical operations

Executive stakeholder management

Regulatory understanding

Global/regional trial execution

Education

Master's/PhD/MD/PharmD or life sciences

Job description

Are you an experienced senior leader in clinical trial operations with a strong track record in organisational transformation, execution and people leadership? We are looking for a Vice President, Trial Operations EUCAN to join Global Trial Portfolio at Novo, based at our headquarters in Denmark and reporting to GVP Marianne Ølholm.

Your new role

As Vice President, Trial Operations EUCAN, you will translate Novo’s corporate strategy into regional trial execution that helps strengthen and expand our core portfolio in diabetes and obesity and build out future growth opportunities. You will lead a large, senior organisation to deliver the clinical trial portfolio with speed, quality, focus and performance discipline, while creating a scalable, future-ready operating model that helps Novo reach more patients and drive lasting health.

Your new department

Global Trial Portfolio enables Novo’s corporate strategy by turning therapeutic ambitions into high-quality clinical execution across geographies and therapy areas. Trial Operations EUCAN is accountable for regional execution excellence across a complex footprint, partnering closely with global project teams, medical and scientific functions, regulatory affairs, external partners and senior leadership. As Vice President, you will play a key role in transforming strategy to action, sharpening priorities and ensuring strong delivery across Novo’s evolving clinical portfolio.

Your skills and qualifications

To succeed in this role, you hold a degree in a life sciences discipline (preferably a Masters, PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) and bring extensive senior leadership experience in clinical operations within the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry, spanning both early- and late-stage clinical development.

You are an accomplished leader with a proven track record of leading large, international organizations across complex matrix structures, multiple geographies, and diverse therapy areas.

You combine deep knowledge of trial execution, quality, compliance and regulatory expectations with strategic business acumen, executive stakeholder management, strong prioritisation skills and the ability to mobilise teams around change, simplification and performance.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo, we believe lasting health starts now. Our purpose is to drive change for lasting health by combining leading scientific expertise with a deep understanding of people’s lives. We are focused on areas with significant unmet need, attractive growth potential and strong synergies with our differentiating capabilities, while working to prevent disease, expand access to treatments and help more people live healthier lives.

What we offer

We offer opportunities to learn, develop and grow in a global healthcare company entering its next chapter, supported by a competitive reward package aligned with role level, location, functional area and market benchmarks.

Deadline

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, with a deadline Wednesday, October 21st by 9am CEST.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all our job applicants.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.