Clinical Operations Manager

Are you a dedicated clinical operation professional who enjoys working in dynamic and multicultural work environment? Are you passionate about clinical research and have previous experience in people management? If yes, you might be our new Clinical Operations Manager. This position is based in Prague, Czech Republic and will report to Therapeutic Area Head. Clinical Operations Manager will accompany Clinical Research Associates on monitoring visits 1-2 per month.

The Position

As a Clinical Operations Manager, you will be leading Trial Operation team to deliver specific Therapeutic Area trials allocated by implementation of CDC (Clinical Development Centre) tactics within onboarding, talent management, people development, performance management, etc. in alignment with CDC.

You will be also responsible:

• Delivering in-time and in-quality TA-specific clinical trials through effective management of team to reach CDC, CDC country, and Adjacent Affiliate, if applicable, trial targets, incl. risk management.
• Building effective TO team operational model.
• Effective resource and workload management.
• Continuous development of TA capability in TA TOs team internally and externally.
• Driving TA-level improvement initiatives/change management to achieve overall CDC efficiency.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in life science.
• Minimum 5 years of RECENT experience as a Clinical Research Associate with at least 2 years of experience of leading CRAs.
• Fluent in written and spoken Czech and English.
• You are experienced in delivering ambitious results, able to challenge the status quo and make decisions.
• You have the ability to deliver through effective management of other in-time and in-quality.
• You are able to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• You are good at leveraging connections with internal and external stakeholders to make things happen. You are a self starter who is fond of innovation and digitalization.
• You have the ability to deal constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
• You have solid track record in clinical trials execution in multifunctional team and training.

About The Department

CDC (Clinical Development Center) Czech Republic is a new set up of clinical organization in Novo Nordisk. Within CDC, you will join Therapy Area unit specialized in CVD (Cardiovascular Disease), OSCD (Other serious chronic diseases) & Rare Diseases.  As a manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of 6 -12 CRAs.

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 energise 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.

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