Job Description

Senior Director, Clinical Development

Category:

Medical Affairs

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Clinical Development, Medical, and Regulatory Affairs (CMR), Novo Nordisk Canada,

Mississauga, Ontario.

Are you passionate about clinical development and eager to lead impactful initiatives in a dynamic and innovative environment? If so, we invite you to join Novo Nordisk as our new Senior Director Clinical Development. Read on and apply today!

Your new role

As Senior Director Clinical Development, you will build and maintain an effective operational structure for the Clinical Development Centre (CDC), addressing current and future needs based on local and global portfolio requirements. Some of your specific responsibilities will include:
Develop and execute short- and long-term organisational development plans to maximise clinical operations opportunities in Canada, aligned with global clinical drug development strategies. Actively participate in leadership teams, including the CMR Leadership Team and the global Clinical Development Leadership Team, providing strategic input and a Canadian perspective. Plan and deliver on the assigned trial portfolio, ensuring key milestones are met with high quality and efficient resource utilisation. Drive cross-functional collaboration with teams such as Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure readiness and alignment across therapy areas. Oversee the implementation of global clinical operations initiatives and conduct annual organisational reviews to identify and address operational needs and challenges. Build and develop a high-performing Clinical Development team, ensuring robust talent management, succession planning, and training.

Your new department

As the leader of the Clinical Development Team, you'll be part of a unit that passionately serves the needs of patients by shaping, building and executing on an industry leading pipeline. By relentlessly focusing on collaboration, and scientific and operational excellence in everything we do, we aim to fulfil the potential of our product pipeline of innovative medicines for the future.

You will be part of the Clinical Development, Medical, and Regulatory Affairs team at Novo Nordisk Canada. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who possesses:
Master's degree (or equivalent) in Business, Science, Life Sciences, or a related field 7-10 years of experience in clinical operations or clinical trials execution within the pharmaceutical or Clinical Research Organization industry Minimum 5 years of people management experience and demonstrated success in leading and motivating high-performing teams At least 3-5 years in a strategic clinical development role with direct team leadership

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while

our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.

To complete your application, click on "Apply now", attach your CV and follow the instructions.

Deadline

Please apply before

July 20th, 2025

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.



We're not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.