Medical Specialist - Obesity

Are you a medical doctor with experience and passion for clinical drug development and at the same time keen on designing and executing clinical trial programs?

Are you committed to making a difference for patients with new and innovative treatments?

Then, this is your chance to be part of a team of talented medical doctors in a great and inspiring working environment.

Apply today for a life-changing career.

The position

As a Medical Specialist in one of our obesity teams, Medical & Science Obesity 4, You will work in close collaboration with many other skill areas such as trial management, biostatistics, global safety, and regulatory affairs. We also interact with colleagues in regional offices as well as external stakeholders including regulatory authorities, Health Care Professionals, and therapeutic experts.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Participate and drive the planning and design of clinical trials
• Provide medical oversight during trial conduct
• Interpret data including assessment of risk-benefit, documenting results, and supporting regulatory submissions
• Give oral presentations internally and externally and co-author publications

Qualifications

On a personal level, you thrive in a dynamic and international environment with a focus set on quality and innovation. You have strong coordination, planning, and collaborative capabilities combined with flexibility, commitment, and the ability to prioritise tasks. You enjoy working with a high level of complexity and have solid problem-solving capabilities to support this. Most importantly, you are a lifelong learner who welcomes the opportunity to develop new skills and experiences within drug development and understand yourself better.

To succeed in his role, we imagine you have:

• A medical degree and clinical research experience, ideally through a PhD or similar
• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience with clinical development in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Flair for building and using both internal and external networks
• Ability to share learnings actively within the project and department
• Fluency in written and oral English

We value our team's good spirit. Therefore, we appreciate curiosity, empathy, and a good sense of humor.

About the department

In Medical & Science, Obesity & MASH, and Obesity 4, we are responsible for the planning and execution of global clinical trials and for medical and scientific support to health authority interactions. We are instrumental in providing documentation and interpretation of clinical data leading to New Drug Applications (NDAs) and variation applications, periodic safety updates on marketed drugs, and drugs in clinical development, market access, and external scientific communication. The department is based in a project-centric organisation, and internally we work in cross-functional teams. Our key external stakeholders are the scientific community and medical experts, regulatory authorities, and market access institutions.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

Please click on “Apply now” to submit your application in English.

Deadline

31 January 2025.

Please note that applications are screened on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

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.