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 Istanbul Türkiye and will report to Therapeutic Area Head.
The position
As a Clinical Operations Manager, you will be leading Trial Operation (TO) team to deliver specific Therapeutic Area (TA) 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
You have a bachelor's degree in a related field within at least 4 years of experience in clinical trial management and/or people management. You' re fluent in written and spoken English and Turkish. Further sought-after skills are:

• You are experienced in delivering ambitious results.
• You have the ability to deliver through effective management of other in-time and in-quality.
• You have influencing skills and proven successes.
• 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 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
Clinical Development Centre Turkey is responsible for all clinical operations activities within Türkiye and project management of clinical studies conducted in Ukraine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Morocco. The team consists of more than 60 employees as TAs team members, Clinical Operations Excellence team members and Start-up team members
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 60,000 employees. 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
Apply before 22 October 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.