Head of Pre-Clinical & Chemical Analysis

Head of Pre-clinical & Chemical Analysis 

Coloplast is strengthening its R&D organization with a Centre of Excellence (CoE) designed to accelerate innovation and secure cross-functional impact. As Head of Pre-clinical and Chemical Analysis, you will lead a critical scientific function that helps ensure robust evidence and decision-making in product development from early exploration to launch and lifecycle support. 

Lead a high-impact scientific function 

In this role, you will set direction and create the conditions for a high-performing team delivering pre-clinical and chemical analyses that underpin safe, compliant, and competitive medical devices. The department sits at the intersection of R&D development projects and specialist area of the CoE, which includes adjacent capabilities such as R&D process excellence, laboratories, engineering analysis expertise, AI and data science. This creates a unique platform for you to strengthen how pre-clinical models and chemical/analytical evidence are developed, scaled, and integrated into decision-making across the portfolio, while balancing day-to-day leadership and resource prioritisation with building the right capabilities for the future. 

Above all, the focus of this role is leadership. First and foremost, leadership of the team and the individuals within the team but also leadership to position scientific excellence as a strategic agenda.  

Responsibilities 

• Lead and develop a team of 13 scientists across pre-clinical and chemical analysis, building capabilities for both current delivery and future needs. 
• Set the long-term direction for the department, ensuring methods, models, and infrastructure support R&D’s strategic ambitions and an efficient evidence-generation roadmap. 
• Integrate the department’s agenda into broader stakeholder strategies by aligning priorities, roadmaps, and decision forums across R&D and relevant functions. 
• Plan and prioritise resources, budget, and external partnerships to deliver high-quality results to project timelines across the R&D portfolio. 
• Drive scientific and technical excellence through continuous improvement of test methods, pre-clinical models, and analytical approaches across the biology-chemistry-materials interface. 
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and quality requirements, including design-control ready documentation and robust reporting of data, results, and conclusions. 
• Build and leverage strong internal and external scientific networks to bring in new knowledge and strengthen decision-making. 

Who you are 

You are an empathetic and strategic leader with a proven ability to guide and develop highly skilled specialists in complex, regulated environments. You excel at building relationships, setting direction, and enabling others to deliver impact. You thrive in roles that require collaboration, clarity, and influence across organizational boundaries. We imagine that you bring: 

• Experience leading and developing expert teams within pre-clinical, chemical analysis, materials science, or related disciplines. 
• A track record of developing and implementing departmental strategies. 
• Strong scientific credibility and curiosity, with the ability to connect biology, chemistry, materials, and device performance in relevant biological environments. 
• Understanding of medical device development and how pre-clinical and analytical evidence supports regulatory submissions. 
• A collaborative mindset and strong motivation to make it easier for others to do great work. 
• Ability to navigate a large, matrixed organisations. 
• Professional proficiency in English. 

Interested? 
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Joan Brandt Hemmingsen, Talent Acquisition Partner,  at dkjohem@coloplast.com.

We review applications on an ongoing basis. 

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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