Clinical Project Lead

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Your impact starts here! This is an opportunity to become a catalyst for ambitious early drug development programs, bringing innovative treatments to people living with chronic diseases worldwide. We invite you to be a part of this exciting journey as our new Clinical Project Lead and drive first-in-human and other phase 1 clinical activities in an everchanging environment. Apply today!
 

Your new role

As a Clinical Project Lead, you will take on a senior role with extensive responsibilities, where you will assume accountability for the end-to-end planning, execution and completion of phase 1 clinical trials. You will lead the global cross functional study teams driving the clinical trials successfully and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders. Furthermore, your main responsibilities will include:

• Ensure a close and well-functioning collaboration with Project Directors, Global Trial Managers and Clinical Trial Administrators in Clinical Trial Operations.
• Chair of the trial squad (a group of relevant stakeholders outside of Clinical Operations contributing to trial deliverables).
• Ensure that key project deliverables are met on time at a high quality and within budget by using your extensive project leadership skills, as well as your solid knowledge and experience of conducting clinical trials
• Foster cross-functional engagement and cultivate a high-performing, collaborative environment that accelerates delivery.
• Be a strong contributor towards translating our early clinical strategies and aspirations into operational actions and excellence.
• Be accountable for trial start-up activities from protocol development, Clinical Trial Application (CTA) submission package, vendor management with great exposure to the organization and cross-functional stakeholders

To succeed in the role, you need in-depth knowledge about clinical trial methodology as well as extensive clinical project management experience. Effective communication and leadership skills are essential, while impacting the project strategy as well as execution and improvement of core clinical processes within phase 1.

Your new department

You will be part of the Global Trial Portfolio (GTP) area driving operational excellence and innovation in the execution of our clinical trial portfolio across all clinical development phases and therapy areas within the Novo Nordisk pipeline. Taking offset in a position of strength, we have a clear ambition of being industry leading across all operational aspects of our clinical trial portfolio by focusing on timely, cost-efficient, best-in-class clinical trial planning and execution in collaboration with our many internal and external stakeholders.

Your new role is based in our Diabetes, Phase 1 and Device project area, where you will be part of a newly established team dedicated to working with phase 1 clinical activities across all therapeutic areas in Novo Nordisk portfolio.

Your skills and qualifications

You will be a great asset to our team because you have: 

• A MSc in Natural Science and at least five years of relevant experience, or a BSc in Natural Science or equivalent with at least seven years of relevant experience.
• Strong clinical project management experience and the ability to impact the execution and improvement of core clinical processes.
• Extensive experience in all operational aspects of planning, conducting and finalization of clinical trials
• Demonstrate strong project management expertise and strong communication and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority, lead through collaboration, and drive alignment and engagement across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Professional proficiency in English.

As a person, you:

• Are proactive, flexible and bring creativity and a can-do attitude.
• Lead through influence, coaching, and inspiration, empowering teams to take ownership and deliver with excellence.
• Embrace change with resilience and agility, inspiring others to adopt new ways of working and continuous improvement.
• Have demonstrated impact and influence in the execution and improvement of core clinical processes.
• Build trust and engagement across functions through transparency, empathy, and a collaborative mindset.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, sharing knowledge and insights with your colleagues.

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.                                                                         

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.

More information

For further information, please contact Julie Hjerpsted at +45 30751915. Please note that due to the holiday season in replies may be delayed. 

Deadline
9th April 2026. 

Please apply as fast as possible due to short deadline. Screening and interviewing will be done on an ongoing basis. You don’t need to attach a cover letter, but please include a few lines about your motivation in your CV, and do not attach a photo.