Clinical, Medical, Regulatory (CMR) Director

Do you want to be a part of a fast growing and developing company, being engaged in helping people? Are you passionate about driving changes and improvements? If yes, join us by applying for the role of Clinical, Medical & Regulatory Director in the Czech Republic!

The position 

You will manage and direct all Clinical, Medical, Regulatory (CMR) operations of Novo Nordisk Czech Republic. You will be responsible for the strategy development and execution of launch, registration, clinical trials, medical affairs in full compliance with local procedures, corporate and legal requirements.

You will support new business opportunities and strategic objectives considering the short, medium, and long-term business needs, at the same time drive a highly efficient team and ensure that each function (C, M, R) reaches its targets. The job requires a patient-centric mindset and strong business knowledge to be able to drive the department.

The position requires strong medical knowledge and expertise, and the person is perceived by the local market as a respected medical professional. The role requires seniority experience in both, technical expertise knowledge as well strong leadership skills and enterprise mindset.

Besides driving the CMR strategy, key responsibilities include:

• Developing relationships with key customers and relevant institutions to achieve competitive advantage and market leadership within full portfolio: Diabetes, Obesity and Rare Disease.

• Leading and developing CMR team

• Contributing actively to strategic decisions as a member of the management team of NN Czech Republic.

• Develop strategy for the Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs.

• Driving operational excellence in Clinical Trial Execution, Medical and Regulatory Affairs in Coordination with the Region.

• Providing scientific insights and support market access discussions with the relevant stakeholders (HMOs, MOH)

• Identifying, contacting, developing, and maintaining relations with key opinion leaders and other Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to make NN the preferred partner in providing better care for the patients in our therapy areas

• Ensuring high level execution and compliance of patient support programs activities

• Ensuring compliance of promotional activities, disease awareness activities and patients' educational materials with the country-specific regulatory requirements and Pharma Industry code of conduct

• Ensuring planning and execution of medical pre-launch activities

• Directing strategic decisions and prioritization of filing of new product approval applications and the maintenance of existing product approvals

Qualifications

• You have a Doctor of Medicine degree with at least 10+ years of experience in the international pharmaceutical industry.

• 5+ years of managerial experience including managing People Managers.

• Experience in engaging with regulatory bodies and industry KOLs, able to influence and build strong and trusted relationships.

• Excellent leadership and people development skills.

• Proficiency in oral and written English. Czech language is an advantage.

• Knowledge/experience in collaborating with sales, marketing, and market access to achieve business results.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communication across functions and strong presentation skills.

• Management and coaching skills with a strong team player ability.

• Strategic mindset to aim for the best qualitative solutions in a changing business environment.

About the department

The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is diverse and very collaborative team. The Czech Republic holds a prestigious status of a Clinical Development Center (CDC). Apart from the CDC, this department focuses on health-care-provider interactions, developing and implementing regulatory strategies, providing medical education, collecting data to support real world experience and support new product development through their life cycle. It provides clinical development, regulatory and pharmacovigilance compliance, and it is responsible for medical support of marketed and non-marketed products of high quality.

As a CMR Director in a senior management leadership role, you will get the opportunity to join and lead a high performing team of 6 direct reports and a total departmental size of 50+ employees, which makes the CMR department the biggest division in local organizational structure. You will report directly to the affiliate General Manager, and you will also be a part of the CZ Leadership Team.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at various stages of our career is never easy. That is why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it is a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 70,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we are life changing.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

Deadline
Apply before March 12th

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.