AddressScientific Strategic Advisor
Category: Medical Affairs
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
Department: Global Medical Affairs - (Regions & Operations).
Are you passionate to be innovative and creative to ensure a competitive profile of clinical operations management, driving engagement and education among healthcare professionals and patients? Do you have new ideas and solutions that can be developed to further advance clinical trials? We are looking for a Scientific Strategic Advisor to join our Global Medical Affairs team in Bangalore. If you are ready to make a difference and contribute to our mission of improving patient lives, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.
About the department
The Global Medical Affairs team in Bangalore is an extension of the Global Medical Affairs department headquartered in Denmark. We work closely with the regional CMR departments and the Medical Affairs department in the US affiliate of the company. Our team consists of highly motivated global medical advisors, global scientific advisors (medical writers), project managers, graphic designers, and publication managers. We are dedicated to communicating scientific and medical knowledge on our products to the external scientific community and across the organization.
The Position
The position holder will assist closely in providing medical/scientific guidance and strategic inputs covering a portfolio of products for clinical operation across trials. He/she will execute the below tasks demonstrating Subject Matter Expert status:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and refine clinical trial strategies, ensuring alignment with scientific objectives and business goals.
- Provide scientific leadership and guidance throughout the lifecycle of clinical trials, including protocol development, study design, and scientific review of study-related documents.
- Contribute scientific insights to the selection of investigational sites, study endpoints, and the evaluation of scientific data, supporting the development of clinical trial protocols.
- Identify potential scientific and operational risks within clinical trials and develop proactive strategies to mitigate these risks, ensuring the scientific integrity of the studies.
- Stay abreast of relevant regulations, guidelines, and industry best practices, providing scientific input to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in clinical trial conduct.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to interpret scientific data, ensuring accurate and meaningful presentation of clinical trial results.
- Coordinate early trial feasibility input.
- Organize recurrent insights sharing within and from the clinical medical manager (CMM) network.
- Identify early TA trends and plan solicited insights among CMMs.
- Identify common trial challenges and suggest CMM intervention points.
Qualifications
- Should possess Bachelor’s/Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., MD, PhD, PharmD, MDS).
- Should possess at least 2+ years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
- A strong understanding of clinical research and drug development processes.
- Demonstrated research experience (e.g. publications).
- Proven experience in clinical operations, clinical trial management, or related roles within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or clinical research industry.
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and guidelines governing clinical research.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively translate complex scientific concepts for diverse audiences.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
Deadline
9th April, 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.
