Therapy Area Head - Oceania CDC

Are you an experienced leader in clinical trial management? Do you have a passion for developing strategies, innovation and fostering collaboration? We are seeking a Therapy Area Head to join our Oceania Clinical Development Centre (CDC) team. If you are ready to make a significant impact in the field of healthcare, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department

You will be part of Novo Nordisk Oceania, covering Australia and New Zealand. Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with over 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has equipped us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 64,000 people in 80 countries and markets our products in more than 170 countries. Join a dynamic and collaborative team devoted to making a difference.

The role will be reporting directly to the Director, Clinical Development Centre Oceania. The role will be managing directly a Clinical Operations Manager and Trial managers, and indirectly a dynamic group comprising of, Clinical Research Associates and Assistants which may include other clinical operational roles. This growing team are positive, collaborative and encouraging.  We work in an environment that values teamwork and excellence.

The position

As a Therapy Area Head, you will:

• Lead and manage CDC trial operations for your Therapy Area Team, ensuring high-quality and timely deliverables, as well as drive the development of local clinical trial strategies and risk management.
• Lead stakeholder management and line management, fostering talent development and performance management.
• Enhance CDC operational efficiency and capabilities through resource management and team utilization, and empower the team to drive continuous improvement and operate with an innovative mindset
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and other key partnerships
• Work cross functionally with numerous medical and clinical teams to deliver clinical trial value

Qualifications

• A degree or higher qualifications in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in clinical trial management and people management. Experience in driving clinical trial strategies is highly desirable.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management and communication.
• Proficiency in both oral and written English.

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. 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 live a life of chronic disease.

Contact      

Please send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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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