Medical Writing Specialist

Are you an experienced Medical Writer looking to grow your career? Do you want to bring scientific communication and project management skills to kick-start your publication medical writing career in a global healthcare company? If yes, we would love to hear from you! 

The position

Publication Medical Writing at Novo Nordisk is expanding. As we grow into new therapy areas and new indications, we are delighted to be offering a new position to join our global team. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your scientific knowledge and writing skills in crucial role within Novo Nordisk, where you will focus on scientific publication tasks, such as writing manuscripts, conference materials, and extenders. As an Experienced Publication Medical Writer, your main responsibility is to drive the preparation of complex scientific publications. In this role you will also act as project manager. More specifically, you are expected to lead tasks such as:
 

• Planning, development and oversight of publication documents, including scientific manuscripts describing clinical, pre-clinical, and real-world evidence studies  intended for publication in high-impact international journals, conference materials (e.g., abstracts, posters, and slide decks), extenders (e.g., plain language summaries, graphical abstracts, infographics), and responses to editorial/reviewer questions according to needs.
• Representing Clinical Reporting on cross-functional project teams and providing guidance on publication/journal/conference requirements and optimal data presentation.
• Working closely alongside regulatory medical writers to support with complementary tasks and align scientific and medical communication across publications and regulatory documents.
• Working collaboratively with other job functions across Development (notably Biostatistics, Pharmacovigilance, Medical & Science, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, and others), ensuring all source information and data are appropriately reported in terms of accuracy, completeness and scientific interpretation - all in accordance with project timelines.
• Working to develop and improve our internal processes and promoting the sharing of better practices across areas. 
• Mentoring and training other medical writers, and being responsible for the document quality in your team, as well as for the documents you are authoring. 

The position is office-based in Søborg, Denmark, with flexibility for part-time homeworking. Our colleagues and stakeholders are diverse, and many are based internationally.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:

• You have a master’s degree within natural sciences (MSc., MSc. Pharm. or equivalent), preferably supplemented with a PhD and/or relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry. 
• You have a track-record of driving your own complex tasks from start to end, navigating many different stakeholders and are an expert in communicating scientific information. 
• You can demonstrate your ability to improve processes and to promote the sharing of better practices. 
• You have expert understanding of clinical development, regulatory processes & requirements and clinical documents. 
• Ability to communicate confidently in fluent English (both written and spoken)

You are a clear communicator who adapts easily to a changing environment with tight deadlines. You are strategic, proactive and have excellent planning and coordination skills with the competency to drive and engage teams. You effectively manage various stakeholders and are able to reach consensus. You are thorough and structured, while being pragmatic and not afraid of challenging the status quo. Furthermore, you have a positive can-do attitude and a good sense of humour.

About the department
You will join us in Clinical Reporting, the medical writing function at Novo Nordisk. We are part of Novo Nordisk Development and anchored in the Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical Reporting area. Development is responsible for managing clinical drug development and submissions to health authorities worldwide, from the early development phases to market authorisation. Our supportive culture drives business transformation and we value continuous learning, being bold and striving for simplicity. Clinical Reporting covers all clinical drug development projects across therapy areas. Our main focus is to use our scientific expertise to drive clear and impactful communication on the conduct and outcome of clinical trials and our main task is to communicate clinical data in a clear and concise manner.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic conditions. We use our skills, dedication and ambition to help change lives for the better for patients around the world. We strive for excellence and for always keeping a positive and collaborative atmosphere in our daily work.

We offer a modern work environment with flexible working, free-flow of coffee and tea, fruit, on-site canteens, take-out dinner options, electric car-charging stations, health insurance, social clubs and much more.

Contact
For further information please contact Ryan Ard at email RNAY@novonordisk.com

We will review applications 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 CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. 

Deadline
9 April 2025

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.