Clinical Development Centre (CDC), Poland

Warsaw, Poland

Are you passionate about clinical trials and vendor management? As a Local Vendor Manager for our Clinical Development Centre in Poland (CDC PL), you’ll play a crucial role in overseeing vendor relationships and ensuring seamless delivery of clinical trial services at the local level. You’ll act as the key link between internal teams and external partners, driving vendor performance, managing risks, and championing continuous improvement. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on clinical development by fostering collaboration, ensuring compliance, and leading innovative vendor initiatives in a dynamic, global environment. Does it sound like you? Read more and apply today.

Your new role

As a Local Vendor Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of vendor relationships and services for local clinical trial execution. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing local vendor selection, operations, and relationships to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Leading strategic vendor risk management by identifying, managing, and resolving vendor-related risks and issues.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance vendor efficiency, service quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Acting as the primary liaison between internal teams and external partners to optimise vendor activities and mitigate risks.
• Supporting trial teams with vendor coordination and management for Decentralised Clinical Trials (DCTs).
• Overseeing local vendor adherence to GCP, regulatory requirements, and quality standards to ensure inspection readiness.

Your new department

Unordinary drives change. At CDC Poland, you will be part of a dynamic team that drives clinical trial activities and are passionate about clinical trials, then we may have just the right job for you! Our team embraces the spirit of experimentation and strives for excellence without fixating on perfection. We seize opportunities to develop and never shy away from challenges. Located in Poland, our fast‑paced and collaborative atmosphere ensures that we stay ahead in the ever‑evolving clinical trial industry.

Your skills & qualifications

To excel in this position, you hold an academic degree in life sciences, healthcare, or business administration, besides a proven experience (min. 3‑5 years) in clinical vendor management, contracting, or site‑related collaborations in the pharmaceutical industry or CROs. Exposure with international clinical trials and diverse regulatory landscapes is highly desirable.

Additionally, you should demonstrate:

• Comprehensive understanding of CRO partnerships, outsourcing models, and contract management processes.
• Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of business operations, financial drivers, and market dynamics.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills to foster collaboration across matrixed and cross‑functional teams.
• Proficiency in project management principles, tools, and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure high‑quality execution of vendor activities in compliance with ICH‑GCP, regulatory standards, and company policies.
• Proven ability to negotiate effectively, resolve conflicts, and deliver solution‑oriented outcomes with internal and external stakeholders.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

If you believe you are qualified and cannot wait to take the challenge, please upload your CV directly via our online application tool.

Deadline

10 January 2026. (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis).

Novo Nordisk is not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long‑term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.