(Senior) Scientific Publication Manager - Parental cover 12 months

Do you have a great interest in scientific communication and enjoy interacting with global key opinion leaders (HCPs) in a dynamic working environment? Then please read on!  

We have one open position as a (Senior) Scientific Publications Manager 1-year parental cover (throughout 2025), where you will lead the planning and execution of key scientific publications ensuring clinical trial transparency and communication in alignment with guidelines.  

Apply now for a life-changing career! 

The position 

As a (Senior) Scientific Publications Manager, you will be driving the development of publications for Novo Nordisk sponsored data. 

Your main responsibilities will be focused on:  

• Day-to-day, as well as strategic project management 
• Interacting and collaborating with key senior stakeholders across the global organisation 
• Drive the development of scientific publications such as abstracts, poster/oral presentations, manuscripts and review articles 
• Develop publication strategies/develop and execute publication plans for compounds in clinical development 
• Guiding the organisation to ensure both internal and external adherence to ethical and transparency standards and guidelines within Good Publication Practice 
• Creating and maintaining budgets incl. vendor interaction, budget forecasting and follow up 
• Interacting in a compliant manner with health care professionals and key opinion leaders within specific therapy areas
• Exploring, assessing and ultimately enabling the use of new digital tools/platforms to increase efficiency when developing publications, and the impact they have 

For this position, success is contingent upon your ability to be in the frontline of scientific communication, being an excellent stakeholder manager and driving multiple deliverables simultaneously whilst maintaining the project overview. 10-15% worldwide travel days per year primarily to scientific congresses. 

Our commitment to innovation also applies to the way we work, with an on-site office-based work in Søborg, Denmark where our team is based. 

Qualifications 

To be a competitive candidate, you should have: 

• As a minimum, a relevant master’s degree in Life Science or any related field, Project management experience (ability to manage multiple tasks with successful outcomes (i.e. ability to prioritise) and Stakeholder management experience 
• Scientific communications experience in pharma, academia, publishing, medical communications or similar is an asset 
• An understanding of how to create and maintain budgets 
• Change ready to quickly adapt to new situations in a continuously developing environment 
• An interest in the ethics of scientific communication and good publication practise. To be a certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP) is an asset 

As a professional, you are fluent in written and spoken English and you have strong communication skills. You have a forward-thinking and innovative attitude to help develop and improve processes. 

About the department 

The Scientific Publications Department is anchored in Global Medical Affairs (GMA) in the Development organisation of Novo Nordisk. Scientific Publications are responsible for publishing scientific research across all drug development phases and are headed up by our Scientific Publications Director and split into two Publication Teams. We are looking for a publication professional to join the Scientific Publications team 2 in the Obesity, MASH and CVOT space. The position is office based -situated in Site Søborg (Copenhagen) office Denmark, with some flexibility to work from home. 

Working at Novo Nordisk 

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease. 

Contact 

For further information about the position, please contact Team Lead and hiring manager Kristian K Hansen at +45 3075 4668. 

Deadline 

13 November 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.