Director - Diversity in Clinical Trials

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

Drives the North America Clinical Operations Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) strategy integrating diversity and health equity systematically in clinical trial planning and execution.

 

The Director will create an equity & inclusion experience for patients, sites, and serve as DE&I advocate for North America Clinical Development (NACD). They will actively work to understand patient barriers, advocate for inclusive trial design, collaboration with private and public sector to establish common understanding and definition of diversity and establish site selection criteria on diversity in the feasibility assessment process. They will serve as an advocate for patient and site awareness, education, knowledge, and inclusion in our clinical portfolio that is grounded in diversity and inclusion for all patients.

 

Relationships

Reports to Executive Director Operational Excellence and Delivery. This role will partner with other internal and external stakeholders. Internally, they will partner with the Local and Global Clinical Operations, regulatory affairs, legal, communications and compliance. Externally, this role will regularly interact with patients, sites, advocates, caregivers, and community organizations.

 

Supervisory responsibilities including both direct and indirect reports, as well as supporting contingent workers.

 

Essential Functions

• Responsible for developing and implementing the DE&I clinical trial strategy to fulfill and adapt to the needs of patients, sites, and caregivers
• Successful delivery of DE&I focused advocacy & engagement initiatives, with holistic implementation plans for patient and site experiences in alignment with the overarching North America DE&I strategy
• Serves as NACD DE&I SME for local and global forums, initiatives, and communications
• Develops DE&I clinical trial partnerships & forums and works to ensure that the patient voice of underserved patient populations is embedded into the clinical development plans and materials
• Engages with clinical sites throughout the development program to drive a diverse recruitment and retention strategy in collaboration with Clinical Operations and OED
• Enhances data visualization via dashboard for easy access of NACD data to facilitate tracking of trends in diversity by therapeutic area over time and promote overall actions on improving diversity across North America
• Drives training and support of NNI staff on diversity, health equity and inclusion
• Identifies patient advocacy groups for key TAs in collaboration with NN global strategy. Develop consistent process for including diverse patient voice in the planning and execution of clinical trials
• Champion diversity enrollment and enrichment efforts to attract broad patient populations

 

Physical Requirements

Up to 20% overnight travel required; May be required to work company holidays and weekends.

 

Development of People

Ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process.

 

Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility.

 

Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.

 

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.  An advanced degree preferred and may substitute for some years of experience as deemed appropriate.
• 12 years of progressively responsible clinical trial experience in the p