Job Description

Clinical Data Management & Programming (CDMP),

Madrid, Spain (Virtual)

Are you a clinical data management professional with a passion for chronic diseases? Do you thrive in a global environment where your expertise can turn complex clinical data into decisions that change lives?

Apply now and help make data count where it matters most.

Your new role

As a Senior Clinical Data Management Professional, you will play a pivotal role in leading end‑to‑end data management for global clinical trials with real strategic impact. You will own quality, integrity, and delivery from protocol to submission, collaborate across functions, partners, and portfolios worldwide, and drive innovation by challenging the status quo and shaping better ways of working.

Your main accountabilities will be:

• Lead planning and communication trial timelines.

• Align and prioritize deliverables with trial goals.

• Coordinate risk and issue management with stakeholders.

• Ensure project-level alignment with Project Clinical Data Manager (P-CDM).

• Develop and maintain DM plans and other DM key documents.

• Optimize trial design through protocol input.

• Define and manage data collection requirements and risks.

• Ensure data quality and integrity.

• Support submission deliverables and data access processes.

• Ensure regulatory and process compliance.

• Ensure trial-level audit and inspection readiness and support P-CDM in project-level inspection readiness.

• Support P-CDM in vendor assessments within area of expertise

Your new department

Clinical Data Management is responsible for the end‑to‑end planning, execution, quality, and delivery of clinical trial data across Novo Nordisk’s global development portfolio. Operating within Clinical Data Management & Programming (CDMP), the department ensures that high‑quality, reliable, and submission‑ready data are generated from protocol development through database lock and regulatory submission.

The department plays a critical role in leading trial‑ and project‑level data strategies, including data collection design, risk‑based quality management, and oversight of internal and external data flows.

With a strong global footprint, the department supports global trial portfolios and contributes strategically to cross‑trial alignment, audit and inspection readiness, and submission excellence. Through close collaboration with Project Clinical Data Managers (P‑CDMs) and project leadership, Clinical Data Management provides both operational excellence and strategic input, helping transform complex clinical data into evidence that changes lives.

Your skills & qualifications

We are searching for a strategic, proactive, and results‑driven Senior Clinical Data Management Professional with strong integrity, ethical judgment, and accountability, who meet the following criteria:

• MSc/BSc in IT, Natural or Life Sciences, or equivalent.

• 3+ years working within clinical data management or equivalent.

• Strong Project Manager mindset and stakeholder management experience

• Good understanding of Data Management processes, clinical data flow, GCP and regulatory requirements.

• Experience leading trials or projects in an international setting with increasing complexity.

• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Moreover, as a professional you are known for your analytical rigour, cross‑functional collaboration, operational excellence. You strive for operational excellence by challenging existing ways of working and drive the implementation of one or several innovative solutions and / or new methodologies.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

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.

Contact

Please apply to the role via our careers site, as unfortunately we don’t accept directly sent resumes. In case you wish to know more about the role and the team, don’t hesitate to reach out to Anders Larsen (Associate Director, Clinical Data Management, Diabetes): +45-30752669

Deadline

Apply before 4 May 2026.

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.