Clinical Research Physician
Job description
Department: Novo Nordisk Clinical Innovation Centre A/S (CLINiC)
Location: Gentofte, Denmark
Your impact begins here
Contribute to early-phase clinical research and phase I trials at CLINiC. As a Clinical Research Physician, you will combine clinical work with medical and scientific knowledge across trial setup and execution. Your expertise will support participant safety, robust decision-making and reliable data generation, while contributing to the development of potential new treatments in line with the Novo R&D strategy.
Introduction
Novo Nordisk Clinical Innovation Centre A/S (CLINiC) is an organisation dedicated to early-phase clinical trials assessing the safety and tolerability, pharmaco-kinetics and dynamics of potential new Novo medicines. In this role, you will combine hands-on clinical activities, medical oversight and trial leadership in an environment where participant safety, scientific quality and operational excellence are central.
What you’ll bring
We are looking for a physician with strong clinical judgement, experience in clinical research and a collaborative approach.
- A Medical Doctor (MD) degree and solid clinical experience; a PhD is an advantage.
- Experience in conducting clinical trials as a Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator; experience with early-phase clinical trials is an advantage.
- Knowledge of ICH-GCP and relevant regulatory frameworks.
- Solid experience in managing acute medical emergencies.
- Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills in an international setting.
- Fluency in Danish for interaction with trial participants and strong English skills for internal collaboration.
You bring a proactive, quality-focused mindset and can navigate complexity while keeping participant safety and trial excellence at the center of your decisions.
What you’ll do
You will play a key role in delivering safe, high-quality early-phase clinical trials at CLINiC. Your essential work will include:
- Leading and conducting clinical trials, including protocol review, trial execution, medical oversight and informal leadership of trial teams.
- Acting as Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator, with responsibility for participant safety, trial conduct and data integrity.
- Conducting screening, in-house, overnight and ambulatory visits. Shift work (on-call or on-site) will be part of the role according to trial activities.
- Providing medical and scientific expertise to stakeholders and supporting the training and development of colleagues.
- Driving risk assessments, management of protocol deviations and quality processes.
- Contributing actively to cross-functional initiatives, continuous improvement and the development of supporting IT systems.
Who you’ll work with
You will join CLINiC in Gentofte as part of our Operations team, working closely across clinical, scientific and operational disciplines to deliver high-quality data to the Sponsor organisation. You will also support colleagues through medical guidance, knowledge sharing and informal leadership of trial teams.
What you can expect here
At CLINiC, you can expect meaningful clinical work in a highly collaborative environment. You will contribute to an organisation focused on participant safety, scientific excellence and continuous improvement, with opportunities to develop through cross-functional collaboration.
Salary: The annual base salary for this role ranges from DKK 847,000 to DKK 1,245,100, corresponding to the level of the position. Placement within the range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.
Incentives andbenefits
The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area, and relevant market benchmarks. Benefits are designed with different career and life stages in mind.
Learn more about our Reward Philosophy: [external link]
Start now
Apply now and bring your clinical expertise to work that can shape the earliest stages of medicine development.
Application deadline: 25. October 2026
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo 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 in 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.
Skills mentioned
We are a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat. Our story began over 100 years ago when two small Danish companies started producing the revolutionary new drug, insulin, which had just been discovered by Canadian scientists. These companies, Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium and Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, were established by individuals driven by a common goal: to make life-saving insulin available to people with diabetes in Denmark and beyond. August Krogh, a Nobel laureate, and his wife Marie, a physician whose own diabetes fueled their quest, played a pivotal role in bringing insulin production to Denmark, leading to the founding of Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium in 1923. Shortly after, in 1925, the Pedersen brothers, former Nordisk employees, established Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, creating a dynamic of competition and innovation that would characterize the Danish pharmaceutical landscape for decades. After years of parallel growth and groundbreaking research, these two entities merged in 1989 to form Novo Nordisk A/S, a company that has since expanded rapidly. Today, we are a world leader not only in diabetes care but also in obesity care, haemophilia care, and therapies for rare endocrine disorders. Our commitment extends beyond developing innovative medicines; we strive to make them accessible to patients worldwide. We employ more than 77,000 people across 80 offices globally and market our products in approximately 170 countries. The Novo Nordisk Way, our set of guiding principles, is rooted in the vision of our founders and continues to inspire our thousands of colleagues. We are dedicated to applying our passion, skills, and commitment to defeat serious chronic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people and represent some of the most urgent global health challenges. Our U.S. headquarters is located in Plainsboro, New Jersey, playing a vital role in the life sciences industry through sales, marketing, and clinical trial management for all Novo Nordisk U.S. products. We are also significantly investing in manufacturing capabilities, including a $4.1 billion expansion in North Carolina, to meet the growing demand for our diabetes and obesity medications.
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