Trial Management Lead - Homebased (UK)

As a Trial Management Lead within either the UK Clinical Obesity and Liver team or Rare Disease and phase 1 team, you will lead process oversight across all trials within a given therapy area to establish and embed trial management excellence.

You will use your expert project management skills to act as a dedicated Senior Trial Manager (end-to-end) for given trials.

Among your main responsibilities :

Leading trial management support for trials conducted in the UK in assigned programmes, including consistent and robust review of protocols and oversight of budgets

Ensuring standardisation and consistency of trial management between all trials.

Training, coaching and development of UK CDC Trial Managers (CDC-TMs), in collaboration with Clinical Operations Excellence team.

Driving clinical trial activities forward, achieving all project deliverables within agreed timelines and quality measures

Maintaining current knowledge of therapeutic areas, SOP's, local and international regulations and ICH GCP guidelines.

Identifying and working with new initiatives from regulatory authorities, ethics / health research authorities and providing input to, and receiving advice from NIHR, ABPI and other external bodies.

Proactively reviewing SOP updates to identify potential changes to UK trial management processes and highlighting to / training where applicable.

We are looking for a passionate and proactive solution-orientated professional able to lead projects to implement change, coordinate activities, coach and develop others and to effectively communicate between all stakeholders.

Are you an expert in project planning, management, and execution from site selection to post-clinical trial activities? Do you thrive in a collaborative, fast paced and dynamic working environment?

If you are a qualified professional with a true passion for Clinical Research, we want to hear from you!, Minimum Bachelor's degree level in Life Sciences or equivalent

Proven track record of managing clinical trials including multi-centre studies

Experience in all phases of development and trial co-ordination on multiple studies

Robust project management experience and informal leadership.

English fluency is required for this role.

About the department

You will be part of a highly motivated UK CDC team responsible for the planning, execution and completion of projects related to the development of new medicinal products.

For over 100 years we have been driving change to defeat diabetes, but we know that what got us here today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

We are now transforming our business and taking our expertise into new territories including obesity and rare blood and endocrine diseases.

Our story is one of incredible growth and success, which has culminated in receiving many prestigious awards, such as Best Places to Work and Vitality Britain's Healthiest Workplace.

Would you like to be part of our mission to be a world-leading Clinical Development Centre (CDC) focused on asking difficult questions and delivering high impact science?, The UK CDC is a team of 90+ highly skilled and ambitious colleagues responsible for the planning and execution of clinical trial activities in accordance with the Product Development Plans of Novo Nordisk.

We focus on continuous personal and professional development and exciting opportunities which arise within our international organization.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy.

That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them.

Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Together, we go further.

Together, we're life changing., 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.