Clinical Medical Manager

Clinical Medical Manager
Trial Operations for region Europe & Canada
Clinical Development Center Poland (based in Poland)

Are you looking for an opportunity where you can utilize your medical knowledge to communicate scientific data and interact with medical thought leaders? Are you passionate about the world of clinical trials and motivated by making a real difference to patients' lives? If so, read on and apply today.

Your new role

As Clinical Medical Manager, you will facilitate the execution of clinical trials in obesity, diabetes and the cardiometabolic area across Poland. By providing medical and scientific expertise – and engaging with key opinion leaders (KOLs), independent professional associations and patient advocacy groups – you will help shape how our trials are designed, delivered and experienced at investigator sites nationwide. This position offers remote flexibility, with candidates welcome from different locations in Poland.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Delivering industry-leading clinical trial excellence by partnering with Clinical Operations Therapy Area Leads and Trial Managers on scientific and medical aspects of trial planning, start-up, recruitment and retention, and providing scientific input into portfolio review, country allocation and site feasibility


• Leading 'National Leader' selection, contributing to site selection criteria, assessing medical capabilities and scientific training needs, and engaging KOL investigators to optimize trial methodologies and build long-term relationships


• Acting as the local subject matter expert on the product and protocol – discussing early clinical data with external experts, resolving medical queries from site staff, and ensuring investigators are well versed ahead of FPFV


• Securing early medical and scientific input into product development by incorporating the perspectives of clinicians and patients, and proactively addressing potential development challenges


• Establishing a strong scientific presence in new and current therapy areas, communicating the Novo Nordisk pipeline and scientific narrative to external stakeholders, and mapping clinical care pathways to support recruitment and retention


• Building organizational readiness through cross-functional scientific communication, transferring knowledge between medical, clinical and commercial functions

Your new department

In Trial Operations you'll be part of a unit that explores bold scientific ideas and advances them into clinical testing. We combine curiosity, AI tools, and human data to develop transformative therapies. Through collaboration and operational excellence, we shape and deliver an innovative pipeline to meet future patient needs.

You will join Global Trial Operations in the Europe & Canada region. Our mission is to prepare Novo Nordisk for the future by optimizing how we plan and execute clinical trials – delivering faster, more efficiently, and with line of sight across our value chain. We do this by transforming our processes and ways of working through digital solutions, driven by an organization focused on individual development and portfolio performance to enable world-class trial execution.

Your skills & qualifications

We're looking for a Clinical Medical Manager who combines scientific depth with strong stakeholder engagement skills, and who thrives in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You'll bring with you:

• An MD, PhD, MSc, MPharm or equivalent qualification in healthcare, with a background in clinical practice or research


• A minimum of 3 years' Medical Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with significant exposure to human clinical trials (from either academia or industry); experience as a clinical trial investigator or sub-investigator is preferred


• Expertise in a relevant therapeutic area (obesity, cardiometabolic or diabetes), preferably with authorship in peer-reviewed journals


• Extensive knowledge of the Polish healthcare landscape and system, with understanding of pharmaceutical drug development is essential


• Polish language proficiency and fluency in English


• Excellent and proactive scientific communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage credibly with internal teams and external experts alike

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don't wait for change – we drive it. For over a century, we've stayed true to our mission of defeating serious chronic diseases, and today we are reaching more patients than ever before. Here, you'll work alongside dedicated colleagues at the forefront of obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic care, exploring bold innovations that advance health outcomes around the world. We fuel curiosity through skills investment, celebrate experimentation and courageous action, and partner beyond our walls to keep our scientific pipeline at the cutting edge. When you join us, you join a company at a defining moment – one where your work has real and immediate impact on patients' lives.

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.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 237,950.00 to 416,410.00 PLN, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level,  location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Deadline

16 July 2026

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.