Senior Clinical Medical Manager, Region APAC

Are you passionate about clinical trials and scientific communication? Do you want to play a key role in advancing our innovative treatments for chronic diseases? Novo Nordisk is looking for a Senior Clinical Medical Manager (CMM) to join our team. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

Headquartered in Singapore, Region APAC with the clear ambition to triple patient reach and deliver on the potential of our 16 markets: 5 elevated affiliates with Oceania, India, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, as well as with Business Area ‘BASEA’ responsible for these 11 countries: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Our 3500 colleagues in APAC will pursue the opportunity to bring our innovative treatments to even more patients and contribute to IO’s ambition to Improve Health at Scale.

About the department
The newly created, focused function of Clinical and Regulatory has been established to reflect our significant clinical footprint and our vital role in supporting the company's pipeline.

This strategic move underscores our commitment to advancing clinical development and ensuring regulatory compliance, which are essential to our success and growth. With a dedicated focus on clinical and regulatory excellence, we aim to further accelerate the introduction of our innovative treatments to patients in the region. This role reports to the Region APAC Vice President Clinical & Regulatory.

The position

As Senior Clinical Medical Manager you will facilitate execution of clinical trials from scientific & medical aspect across the chronic diseases portfolio of Novo Nordisk such as Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Kidney Disease, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), Alzheimer’s Disease and Inflammation. The role will provide medical/scientific expertise and advice based on interactions with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs)/investigators, independent professional associations and patient advocacy associations as necessary.

• Identify and engage KOLs clinical trial investigators and research centres: Identify and map KOLs, investigators and research centres within the relevant therapy areas and collaborate closely with clinical operations teams
• Collect early scientific insights and guidance: Discuss relevant early development data with external medical and scientific experts. The role provides leadership in the scientific community within relevant Therapy Areas conducting advisory boards, scientific meetings, engaging with local associations for Healthcare Professional (HCPs) on relevant topics.
• Contribute to Clinical activities: Contribute to delivering successful clinical trials (phase I-IV) in collaboration with clinical operations including driving scientific discussions throughout the trial lifecycle by performing site visits, coordinating investigator meetings, ensuring KOL inclusion in clinical trials, and engaging key investigators to communicate trial results.
• Deliver Medical guidance: Provide timely guidance and internal training by supporting training creation and delivering training to clinical staff.
• Scientific Communication: Position requires extensive scientific communication internally as well as externally and excellent and proactive communications skills are a necessity.

Qualifications

• An MD or PhD in healthcare with a strong clinical and, preferably, research background; candidates with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field will also be considered.
• A minimum of 5 years in clinical practice or the pharmaceutical industry, with significant experience in human healthcare research, either in academia or the industry.
• Expert in therapeutic area of relevance, preferably with authorship in peer-reviewed journals and understanding the specificities and nuances of the local healthcare infrastructure.
• Willingness to travel internationally for site visits, congresses, and company events.
• Strong presentation skills are a must, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information to diverse audiences.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
6 January 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.

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