Clinical Medical Manager (Rare Disease)

Are you interested to be part of global company with great reputation worldwide, working every day to improve the life of many people living with rare diseases? Are you motivated to drive significant success and development, in a fast-growing working environment? If the answer is YES, then you may be our new Clinical Medical Manager in Novo Nordisk Cairo Office, Egypt.

The Position

In this position, you will facilitate execution of clinical trials related to New Therapy Areas (including sickle cell disease & Haematology within Rare Disease) by providing medical/scientific expertise and advice based on interactions with KOLs, independent professional associations and patient advocacy associations as necessary. You will identify and map KOLs, investigators and research centres within the relevant therapy areas. You will provide operational input from country insights to early protocol development, identify and engage with relevant patient advocacy groups and investigate areas of mutual interest and potential collaboration.

Furthermore, you will:

• Collect early scientific insights and guidance by discussing relevant early development data with external medical and scientific experts optimizing the feasibility process for the clinical trial conduct.
• Ensure site staff at main site and referral centres are properly trained on the scientific background of the trial. Provide leadership in the scientific community within New Therapy Areas conducting advisory boards, scientific meetings, guidelines, publications and engaging with local associations for Health Care Professionals on relevant topics.
• Support process on Investigator Sponsored studies by contributing to evaluation of proposals and ensuring follow up after approval in close collaboration with local and Regional Medical Affairs team.
• Contribute to Clinical activities by delivering successful clinical trials (phase II-IV) in collaboration with clinical operations including driving scientific discussions at site selection and initiation visits, performing ad hoc visits, supporting attendance at investigator meetings, ensuring KOL inclusion in clinical trials, and engaging key investigators to communicate trial results.
• Deliver Medical guidance internal training by supporting training creation and coordinating training of CMMs, clinical staff, as well as CMR, commercial and MAPA cross functional teams.

Qualifications

To be successful for this position, you hold an MD or PhD degree in healthcare with strong clinical or research background, and a minimum of 3 years of experience within clinical or pharmaceutical industry.  

In addition, you have:  

• Bold scientific communication expertise and excellent communications skills.

• Understanding of pharmaceutical drug development and familiarity with clinical trials investigations
• Fluency in English, written and spoken

About the Department

As the Clinical medical manager, you will be a member of the CMRPV (Clinical, Medical, Regulatory and Pharmacovigilance) department working closely with medical affairs colleagues and reporting to the CMRPV Director. Our mission in the CMRPV Department is to respond to Novo Nordisk Egypt business growth needs and bring scientific innovations and ensure patient safety in a continuously changing environment. All CMRPV activities are built on our strengths in business understanding, strategic thinking, creativity and innovation, aiming to ultimately serve patients and address their unmet needs.

About the Department

Our mission in the CMRQ Department is to respond to Novo Nordisk Egypt business growth needs and ensure compliance to the local and global guidelines in a continuously changing environment. All CMRQ activities are built on our strengths in business understanding, strategic thinking, creativity and innovation.

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. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified, and cannot wait to take the challenge, please upload your motivation letter, CV and relevant documentation in English language, directly via our online application tool.

Deadline

Apply before 31/12/2024

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.