Senior Director - Healthcare Data Strategy - Clinical Data Analytics & Modelling (remote)

About the Department                                                                                                                                               

The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative groups within the organization. From health-care-provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies with the FDA to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. The one thing that keeps us all marching to the same beat is our patient-centered focus. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world. As their needs evolve, so does our challenge to find better and more innovative ways to improve their quality of life. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?

 

The Position

The Senior Director of Healthcare Data Strategy within Clinical Data Analytics & Modeling (CDAM) is responsible for providing, direction and expertise for clinical and real-world data across the Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs department (CMR), driving complex insights and data governance initiatives across CMR with significant impact on business decisions as well as contributing to the strategic vision of CMR.

 

Responsible for developing and executing strategies to optimize and maintain complex company-wide clinical and real-world data asset needs using advanced techniques and technologies. Responsible for providing high quality solutions across a wide range of issues to strengthen decision-making across NNI.

 

Leads the development of strategic networks and collaboration with NNI-wide and global counterparts. Provides a high degree of innovation and strategic thinking to continuously drive value and growth.

 

Proactively identifies potential challenges and pursues new ideas and opportunities. Leads the implementation of highly innovative solutions to meet multiple stakeholder requirements.

 

Relationships

This is an Individual Contributor position that reports to the Executive Director – Clinical Data Analytics & Modeling (CDAM).

 

The Senior Director works very closely with a number of NNI functions including Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, HEOR Strategy, Research Partnerships and Real-World Evidence, Data Governance, Legal, Regulatory, Market Access and Public Affairs, Marketing and Sales, and other key internal stakeholders. The Senior Director will work within the NNI cross-functional team to develop the strategy and protocol for data cataloging and linkage. This individual will take the lead on all aspects of communication and dissemination associated with the activity.

 

Essential Functions

• Provides direction and strategic oversight to ensure organization and linkage of clinical and real-world data resources aligned with high level business plans
• Develops solutions to problem solve for various complexities in data tokenization and linkage
• Makes business case for innovative solutions via presentations to management
• Strategically analyzes technology landscape to stay abreast of new methodologies and develop innovative technological approaches to improve existing access to scientific information and data
• Demonstrates a high degree of strategic leadership and broadly communicates the link between business direction and functional objectives
• Anticipates capability & resource needs for change management and collaborates closely with stakeholders from Global and NNI to effectively plan and roll out adequate change management efforts to drive adoption of digital products
• Revisits processes on an opportunistic basis to uncover any needs to improve efficiency
• Serves as an advisor to CMR functions on real world and clinical data sources
• Develops a Clinical and Real-World Data Strategy to support CDSE functions to meet the needs of CMR
• Provides training and education on real world and clinical data sources where needed
• Serves as a liaison to global and non-CMR functions with respect to real world and clinical data initiatives

 

Physical Requirements

10-20% overnight travel required. The incumbent could work remotely from anywhere in the United States. 

 

Qualifications

• A PhD or Masters/MD/PharmD degree in appropriate healthcare-related field (heath economics, epidemiology, outcomes research, public health, business/health services research, biostatistics, medicine, biomedical sciences) preferred
• Adequate knowledge and experience in innovative trials and data linkage
• At least 10 years of experience in US healthcare (clinical or real-world) data applications in areas such as health economics, outcomes research, pricing, re