Head of Section for the Development of Rigshospitalet's Platform Trial Initiative

Would you like to be part of developing the future of clinical research and creating a stronger evidence base for decisions on patient treatment and resource use in the health care system?

Rigshospitalet is seeking a section head to lead and further develop the Platform Trial Unit (PTU) and at the same time be a driving force in the strategic investment in platform trials across the hospital, regionally, nationally and internationally.

We are looking for a leader with good collaboration skills and a view for both strategy, organization and communication. You must be able to unite many different stakeholders around common goals and create momentum in the development of an area with great research and clinical significance.

About the Platform Trial Unit

The Platform Trial Unit supports clinical departments in the development and conduct of platform trials and contributes to dissemination and strategic anchoring of the area nationally and Nordic. The unit currently consists of a strategic team coordinator, a statistician and a project coordinator with method-specific competencies within platform trials, clinical research and project execution. The unit is under development, and there are ambitions to strengthen the area further in the coming years.

Platform Trial Unit will, from 1 November 2026, be anchored in the Strategy Unit in the Directorate Support Staff. This means closer collaboration with other administrative staff who work with strategic directorate support.

The position

As section head you must ensure coherence between strategy, organization and development of the area. You will be responsible for the continued development of the unit, including personnel management, prioritization of resources and strategic strengthening of internal and external collaborations.

You will work closely with the unit's strategic team coordinator for platform trials, who has been central in establishing the unit/area at Rigshospitalet and contributes with strategic sparring, organizational insight and cross-cutting coordination. At the same time, you must ensure that the unit's overall competencies are brought into play and developed in line with the area's needs. The ambition is to develop the platform trial unit into a strong national environment for clinical platform trials in close collaboration with university hospitals in Denmark and the Norden.

Your primary areas of responsibility

• Strategic leadership and development of the Platform Trial Unit
• Personnel management, recruitment, competence development, well-being and sparring
• Development and implementation of strategic initiatives
• Preparation of decision proposals and management support for the board of directors, particularly the Chief Medical Officer, and the steering group for platform trials
• Further development of governance, processes and organizational framework for platform trials
• Building and maintaining collaborations with clinical environments, research institutions, authorities, regions and industry
• Strategic stakeholder management and representation of Rigshospitalet's investment in national and international collaborations

Your profile

We imagine that you

• Have a relevant academic education, e.g., in public health, pharmacy, medicine, social sciences or similar
• Have experience with leading strategic development efforts in complex organizations
• Have experience with personnel management
• Have experience with project, program or portfolio management
• Can work with great independence and have the ability to maintain overview and structure in complex processes in large organizations
• Have understanding of clinical research and preferably experience with clinical trials and research processes
• Can create direction and momentum across disciplines and organizational levels
• Have strong collaboration and communication skills

We offer

• A central role in an exciting development of a strategically prioritized research area with collaboration relations at all levels both internally at Rigshospitalet and externally
• Opportunity to set the direction for an area with high national and international attention
• To become part of a Rigshospital in transformation, including as a result of the health reform and our vision to benefit the individual patient and the health care system as a whole
• A professionally strong environment with dedicated and helpful colleagues and a close and rewarding collaboration with the clinical environments

Employment terms

• Application deadline: 17 November 2026
• First and second interviews will be held in weeks 47 and 48 2026.
• Start: 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.
• The position is classified as chief consultant with personnel management responsibility according to the applicable collective agreement.
• The position is organizationally anchored in the Directorate Support Staff, which is one of Rigshospitalet's three common staff.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact

Lisbeth Simper Elmstrøm, Head of Unit for Strategy, phone: 93 56 66 29, who can tell about the anchoring in Strategy and the recruitment process.

Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen , Strategic Team Coordinator, phone: 20459294, who can tell about the team and the professional work.