Does it excite you to work in Medical and Science? and do you have experience with conducting and designing pharmaceutical industry trials? If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities, then you could be our new colleague.
Your new position
Currently, we are looking for a (Senior) Medical Director who have a medical background and experience from conducting and designing pharmaceutical industry trials. You understand drug development programs and the associated regulatory framework and preferably you have a track record within obesity. We are looking for a self-driven team-oriented colleague with the capability to informally lead cross-functional teams towards innovative solutions for delivering the highest standard clinical development trials for our drug candidates. We offer a unique culture, based in the Zealand Pharma’s DNA where we are bonding to discover, design and develop innovative peptide-based medicines to change the lives of patients If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities with an independent attitude, you are a match for us.
We offer exciting responsibilities:
- Create and guide clinical development plans for selected projects, in close collaboration with the project teams
- Create clinical trial outlines ensuring fit for purpose design excellence in accordance with strategy and the needs of the assigned drug development projects.
- Act as Zealand’s medical expert for selected clinical projects and trials
- Provide medical subject matter expertise to the clinical and projects teams as appropriate; liaise with other drug development disciplines regarding the conduct of trials, statistical methodology, data analysis, interpretation and reporting, and regulatory issues
- Support execution of the strategy and other project related tasks on-time and with the highest quality
- Support the clinical team in executing the clinical development plan
- Ensure proper medical monitoring, including when the role is delegated to appropriately qualified medical personnel, such as outside consultants or CROs in accordance with SOPs
- Work in accordance with applicable guidelines and regulatory plans/regulatory advice to ultimately support marketing authorizations
- Write essential part of the documentation required to support conduct of the clinical program and the documentation required to respond to regulatory agencies regarding any clinical queries and for product approval by regulatory agencies
- Provide relevant post-approval medical and life-cycle support
Your profile
You will have most or all the below qualifications:
- Medical education is required, specialization not necessary
- Proven pharma experience with hands on drug development experience, incl. preparing clinical trial plans, development plans, clinical pharmacology trials or later stage trials
- Experience within the field of obesity is preferred. Alternatively, knowledge about metabolic/endocrine/cardiovascular disease areas would be an advantage
- Scientific experience within relevant areas, PhD or equivalent is ideal
- Proven ability to drive and lead scientific project sub-teams towards results in a complex scientific field or in a pharmaceutical organization
- Experience from a lead medical role or similar is an advantage
- Experience with regulatory affairs, regulatory agency meetings and drug registration is preferred
- You must be able to work independently and actively contribute as a highly collaborative team player
- You must have skills for project management and be able to get people on board in your team
Your new team
We are around 450 people in Zealand Pharma involved in the full value chain of drug development and working closely together with external collaborators as well. It’s an exciting period of time for us, as we are growing to support our diverse project pipeline, moving more candidates into later stage clinical development phases. Specifically, in the Medical & Science area we are ~30 highly skilled Medical and Clinical Pharmacology experts as well as leaders, working across the full portfolio, where the Obesity department consists of 13 Medical Experts with diverse backgrounds and a lot of experience all together. In the role, you will be referring to the Head of Medical & Science, Obesity and you will contribute to all medical and scientific aspects of one or more projects across all stages of clinical development. In addition, Zealand Pharma is undergoing a fast development with many near future opportunities depending on your experience and engagement.
Let’s bond and be bold
We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization. And we want you to help us strengthen this culture.
Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. From discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, to engaging with our partners or connecting with each other. We bond through curiosity and playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking and drive future innovation. Join us and let’s bond and be bold
Interested in bonding with us? Then please apply no later than 15th of November 2025, or as soon as possible. The applications will be reviewed as they come in. While a cover letter is not required, please include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.
For further information, please contact Senior Director, Head of Medical & Science Obesity
Charlotte Giwercman Carson on ChCarson@zealandpharma.com
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from all job applicants.
About Zealand Pharma A/S
Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide-based medicines. More than 10 drug candidates invented by Zealand Pharma have advanced into clinical development, of which two have reached the market and three candidates are in late-stage development. The company has development partnerships with a number of pharma companies as well as commercial partnerships for its marketed products. Zealand Pharma was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a team in the U.S. For more information about Zealand Pharma’s business and activities, please visit www.zealandpharma.com.
