Sr Clinical Operations Manager

Clinical, Medical and Regulatory
Mississauga, Canada

Are you passionate about clinical trials and operational excellence? Do you have the expertise to lead and innovate in a dynamic and complex environment? If you are ready to take on an unordinary and rewarding role, we are looking for a Sr Clinical Operations Manager to join our Clinical Medical Regulatory (CMR) team in Mississauga, Canada. 

Your new role
As a Sr Clinical Operations Manager, you will:

• Provide strategic oversight and line management of clinical operations staff, ensuring high performance and professional development.
• Manage, develop, and train clinical operations staff to foster growth and enhance capabilities.
• Define and track performance metrics to drive efficiency improvements and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on resourcing, study priorities, timelines, and operational execution.
• Ensure compliance with ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and internal SOPs while promoting a culture of quality and continuous inspection readiness.
• Conduct co-monitoring and quality visits with CRAs to ensure quality oversight, training, and development.
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and implementing agile ways of working.

Your Skills and Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• At least 11 years of experience in GCP clinical trials, including 8+ years in the pharmaceutical industry and 3+ years in a supervisory role.
• Expert knowledge of ICH-GCP and strong experience managing clinical research sites and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management capabilities, including organisation, planning, and prioritisation to manage multiple clinical trials simultaneously.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with a proven capacity to innovate and adopt digital tools.Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with willingness to travel for site co-visits and operational support.

Your new department

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

The Clinical Medical Regulatory (CMR) team is based in Mississauga, Canada, and is dedicated to ensuring the successful design, planning, and conduct of clinical trials that make a difference in patients' lives.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results. 

What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and  the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare  company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while  our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information
For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube . To complete your application, click on "Apply now", attach your CV and follow the instructions.

Deadline 
Please apply before December 5th, 2025

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

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

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.