Senior Director of Safety Surveillance Diabetes and CVD

Location:

Søborg – Denmark

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Management & Executive Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Utilities & Services

Job ID:

130658859

Posted On:

15 June 2024

   

Are you excited about setting direction and leading a team of highly engaged professionals? Would you like to be part of one of the most skilled and advanced pharmacovigilance functions in Denmark? Do you want to play a key role in further developing and drive the ongoing pharmacovigilance and safety surveillance activities in Novo Nordisk?

Then you may be our new Senior Director of Diabetes and CVD. Apply now!

The position
As Senior Director of the Safety Surveillance Diabetes and CVD department, you will be leading an area with 40+ dedicated specialists and professionals with medical and life science background. The department is divided into four teams, each headed up by a manager, hence the leadership role includes both direct people management and the ability to lead through others. As Senior Director you become member of the Safety Surveillance leadership team and will act as a key partner in ensuring effective leadership across the Safety Surveillance organisation.  You will report to the VP and head of Safety Surveillance.

Additionally, your key responsibilities will be:

-Setting direction for your management team  
-Contribute to driving changes across the Safety Surveillance organisation and contribute to improvement projects
-Ensuring safety contribution to the clinical and regulatory strategy for the portfolio
-Confirming the safety profile of the products in your area is carefully monitored and appropriate actions taken when needed to minimise the risk for the patients
-Supervising the internal Novo Nordisk safety committees within the relevant therapeutic areas
 

This means that building relationships with important stakeholders, and coaching and developing the people in the team is crucial for success.

Qualifications
We are looking for an experienced leader who is passionate about people management, change management and stakeholder engagement.

To be successful in this role you will furthermore need to have:

-A Master’s degree in a scientific field, or related
-5 years hands-on experience in Drug development, Pharmacovigilance and/or Life Cycle Management
-Extensive leadership experience and demonstrated ability to lead collaborative teams
-Proven experience with setting directions and motivating people to be ambitious in their work, and interact with many stakeholders in a continuously changing environment
-Authority, but at the same time you are also a team player who can engage and motivate people
 

About the department
Safety Surveillance Diabetes and CVD is a department within Safety Surveillance in Global Safety and is situated in Søborg, Denmark. We have global responsibility for the surveillance of all safety information for Novo Nordisk’s products that are currently marketed or under clinical development in the Diabetes and CVD portfolio. This includes chairing the cross-functional safety committees, performing the integrated safety evaluation and overall risk management for investigational compounds and marketed products. As leader of the department, you will have a close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders from e.g. Project Leadership, Medical & Science, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, Clinical Reporting and Clinical Pharmacology.

At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication and ambition help us change lives. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with talented co-workers and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development.

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
For further information, Lise Grimmeshave + 30752688.
 
Deadline
23 June 2024.
 

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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