Lukas Westphal-Ostrowski · PhD Candidate, Real-World Studies & Regulatory Science
Salary target: 651,100 – 956,900 DKK/yr · benchmark: Novo Nordisk Epidemiology Manager (Jun 2026)
| Position | Company | Location | Deadline | Status | Fit | Contract | Link |
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Clinical Data & AI Engineer
Data pipelines, agentic AI, clinical data science architecture
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ALK
Clinical Data Science / Global Clinical Development
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Hørsholm, Denmark (DTU Science Park) |
Apr 23, 2026
✓ Applied
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Interview | 7.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Clinical Data Manager
eCRF, EDC systems, data quality, clinical trials
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ALK
Biometrics / Global Clinical Development
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Hørsholm, Denmark (DTU Science Park) |
May 3, 2026
✓ Applied
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Submitted | 7.0/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Health Data Scientist — Medical Evidence (Nordics)
Nordic RWE datasets, healthcare data integration, observational evidence generation
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AstraZeneca
Medical Evidence / Nordic Marketing Company
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Stockholm, Sweden (flex: Copenhagen, Oslo, Espoo) |
Jun 18, 2026
✓ Applied
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Interview | 8.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Safety Surveillance Principal Specialist
Clinical study safety analytics, benefit-risk, product safety profiles
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Novo Nordisk
Global Patient Safety
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Søborg, Denmark |
Jun 14, 2026
13 days left
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Identified | 8.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Postdoc — Precision Cardiometabolic Medicine
Computational modelling, ML, multi-cohort cardiovascular / cardiometabolic RWD
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Novo Nordisk
IHI Consortium / Innovative Healthcare Initiative
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Måløv, Denmark |
Jun 15, 2026
14 days left
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Identified | 8.0/10 | Postdoc 1.5 yr (Aug 2026 – Mar 2028) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher — Health Economics & Data Science
CarePath consortium, HTA, treatment persistence, health economic modelling
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Novo Nordisk
Public-Private Partnerships
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Søborg, Denmark |
Jun 15, 2026
6 days left
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Identified | 7.0/10 | 2 yr FTC Start: Aug 1, 2026 |
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Epidemiology Manager
PASS, post-authorisation RWE, pharmacoepidemiology, regulatory & safety evidence
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Novo Nordisk
R&D Real-World Evidence – Regulatory & Safety
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Søborg, Denmark (or London, UK) |
Jun 28, 2026
✓ Applied
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Submitted | 9.5/10 | 12-month FTC Maternity cover |
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Data Analyst
Marine coating performance analytics, Power BI, BI tools
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Hempel
Marine Data & Technology
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
Not specified
Rolling
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Identified | 5.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Analyst / Senior Analyst – RWE
RWE consulting, Nordic registries, pharmacoepidemiology
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Signum Life Science
Nordic RWE Consulting
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
No deadline
Closed — ghosted
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Closed | 9.0/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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RWD Steward Manager
RWD governance, FAIR principles, data ethics
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Novo Nordisk
R&D Real World Evidence
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Søborg, Denmark |
Apr 23, 2026
Closed — rejected
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Rejected | 7.8/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Safety Surveillance Specialist
Signal detection, PASS, post-marketing PV
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Novo Nordisk
Global Patient Safety
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Søborg, Denmark |
Apr 27, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 9.2/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Senior COA Manager
Clinical outcomes assessments, patient-focused drug dev.
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Novo Nordisk
Global Medical Affairs
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Søborg, Denmark |
Apr 28, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 6.0/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Senior Clinical Data Management Professional
End-to-end trial data management, GCP, regulatory submissions
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Novo Nordisk
Clinical Data Management & Programming (CDMP)
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Søborg, Denmark |
May 4, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 7.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Data Scientist / Biostatistician
AF-BOLD data infrastructure, EU-IHI consortium, cardiovascular RWD
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UKE Hamburg
University Heart & Vascular Centre
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Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
May 11, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 6.5/10 | 3 yr FTC Full/part-time |
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AI & Digital Transformation Professional
Generative AI use cases in pharma Quality (GxP)
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Lundbeck
Corporate Product Quality
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
May 15, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 6.0/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Statistician / Senior Statistician
Danish registers, EHR data, mental disorders research
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Copenhagen Research Centre for Biological & Precision
Psychiatry
Mental Health Centre Copenhagen / Region H
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Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen |
May 17, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 9.0/10 | 1 year Start: Jun 1, 2026 |
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Scientist — Computational Audiology & ML
Real-world hearing data, ML models, translational research
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Demant / Eriksholm Research Centre
Oticon R&D — 35+ scientists
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Snekkersten, Denmark (partly Smørum) |
May 17, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 8.5/10 | Permanent | → View job |
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Senior Researcher — Child Public Health
COPSY longitudinal study, child & adolescent mental health epidemiology
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UKE Hamburg
Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin / Kinder- & Jugendpsychiatrie
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Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
May 18, 2026
Closed — not applied
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Not Applied | 7.0/10 | 80% FTC Jul 2026 – Aug 2027 |
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Key differentiator: Most statisticians applying here will have strong methods but no content-area relevance to psychiatry. You have both: your antidepressant effectiveness and safety research is literally psychiatric pharmacoepidemiology. Lead with this explicitly — it is unusual and highly valuable.
Cover letter angle: Frame as a natural scientific progression: "My PhD research on SSRI effectiveness and safety using Danish registry data aligns directly with your group's focus on mental disorders and treatment. I already work with the same data infrastructure, the same causal inference methods, and publish in the same journals your group targets."
Highlight on CV: SSRI personalised treatment project (g-formula, doubly robust), SSRI safety cohort study, and the literature network analysis project. Explicitly list g-formula and target trial emulation in your skills section — they are preferred qualifications here.
Honest assessment: The hands-on CDM experience gap (EDC systems, eCRF builds, site query management) is real, but ALK explicitly says a different data-intensive background can work. Your PhD-level statistics and SAS/R/Python skills significantly exceed what most CDM candidates bring — that's your differentiator.
Cover letter angle: Position this as a deliberate move into clinical trials from a strong methodological base. Emphasise that you already work with large health datasets, write analysis plans, manage data quality, and understand the regulatory context. ALK's investment in automation and data governance is the hook — show genuine curiosity about that direction and how your programming skills are directly relevant to it.
Address the gap directly: Acknowledge you haven't worked with EDC systems specifically, but note that your data management depth and technical skills mean the learning curve is in the tooling, not the underlying concepts.
Honest assessment: Lundbeck is hiring for someone early-career curious about AI. You are a PhD with real LLM project experience. They may see you as overqualified; alternatively, they may see your technical depth as a bonus. The role description mentions only "a few lines of motivation" — low investment to apply.
If you apply: Keep the motivation minimal and lean into AI enthusiasm and pharma curiosity. Don't oversell the PhD — frame it as scientific rigour applied to practical AI implementation.
Honest assessment: This is the weakest domain fit in the batch. Marine coatings is far from your background, the role centres on Power BI tooling you haven't used, and it sits below your qualification level. The statistical work is present but not the focus. Apply if the other roles thin out or if you're genuinely drawn to the marine sustainability angle.
Key differentiator: Most applicants will be ML engineers without a research publication track record, or researchers without strong engineering depth. You sit at the intersection — an MSc in Social Data Science (explicitly listed), a PhD with peer-reviewed output, real-world data ML experience, and demonstrated ability to build end-to-end systems. That combination is unusual.
Domain gap strategy: The role is fundamentally about ML on real-world longitudinal data — the fact that the data is audiological rather than pharmacoepidemiological is a detail, not a disqualifier. Frame your SSRI outcome prediction work (predicting treatment response from registry data) as directly parallel to predicting hearing aid satisfaction from usage data. Both are treatment outcome prediction problems on observational, real-world cohorts.
Cover letter angle: Lead with the methodological parallel — real-world data, treatment outcomes, longitudinal population-level modelling — then acknowledge the domain shift as intentional and explain why hearing care research interests you. Eriksholm explicitly values research integrity and taking chances; that culture suits your profile well.
Note: Deadline is May 17 — same as the psychiatry statistician. Both deserve strong applications; this one may have higher upside given the research environment and the explicit MSc field match.
Honest assessment: The data infrastructure and software engineering requirements (microservices, CI/CD, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes) are significant gaps relative to your analytical background. The biostatistics core is a strong match, but this role leans toward data engineering leadership. Worth applying given the German-language advantage and direct NLP/LLM match, but temper expectations on the engineering side.
Cover letter angle: Write in German. Lead with your biostatistics/epidemiology depth and NLP/LLM experience — medical text extraction from clinical trial data is listed as a preferred qualification and maps directly to your LLM pipeline work. Frame the DevOps gap as tooling to learn, not concepts: you already design and maintain complex research data pipelines.
Deadline: May 11 — 6 days. German Bewerbung (CV + Anschreiben) expected.
Honest assessment: Methodological profile (longitudinal analysis, R, population studies, publications) is a strong match. The main gap is the child/adolescent mental health domain. Parental-leave cover means a fast hiring decision is likely.
Cover letter angle: Write in German. Lead with your longitudinal epidemiology methods and R expertise — these are the technical core. Frame domain adjacency positively: public health epidemiology methods transfer directly to survey-based child health research. Mention any relevant co-authored work touching on mental health, quality of life, or population surveys.
Deadline: May 18 — 6 days.
Context: This is a more senior counterpart (Principal Specialist) to the Safety Surveillance Specialist posted in April. The focus shifts toward clinical development safety rather than post-marketing, but your pharmacovigilance and RWE-based safety research background is a direct match for the core analytical and benefit-risk work.
Cover letter angle: Lead with your drug safety publications and pharmacovigilance research depth. Frame the shift from post-marketing to clinical development safety as a natural progression — emphasise that the underlying methodology (benefit-risk evaluation, causal inference, safety data analysis) is the same. Highlight independent research leadership to address the Principal-level seniority expected.
Key differentiator: Your PhD + MSc combination in real-world studies and social data science is precisely the computational-meets-epidemiology profile this role requires. Leading ML modelling on multi-cohort patient data in a cardiometabolic precision medicine context is a direct extension of your current research.
Note on contract: This is a 1.5-year postdoc, not a permanent position. If you want to strengthen your research profile before a full industry transition, this is excellent. If you're prioritising a permanent role now, focus on the Principal Specialist first.
Cover letter angle: Lead with your multi-cohort RWE modelling experience and precision medicine research interest. Emphasise that your Danish registry work has prepared you for large-scale multi-source patient data, and that your ML/statistical methods map directly to cardiometabolic precision medicine. Highlight publication record and the independent research leadership gained during your PhD.
Honest assessment: Your RWD and data science profile maps well to the analytical core of this role. The gap is health economic modelling — cost-effectiveness analysis, Markov models, and budget impact are specialised methods not covered in an epidemiology/data science PhD. Whether this is disqualifying depends on how central HTA modelling is vs. the RWD analysis and ML components. Given three NN postdocs with Jun 15 deadlines, this is likely the weakest fit of the three.
Cover letter angle: Frame as a methodological bridge: your RWD expertise (registry-based longitudinal analysis, causal inference, treatment outcome modelling) generates the evidence that feeds health economic models. Emphasise the CarePath ML personalisation angle — that maps directly to your strengths. Acknowledge the health economics specialisation gap directly and note that it's learnable within the postdoc environment.
Note: If bandwidth is limited with three June 15 deadlines (Safety Surveillance, Cardiometabolic Postdoc, this role), prioritise the Safety Surveillance Principal Specialist and Cardiometabolic Postdoc first — both are better fits.
Key differentiator: The requirements (SQL/R/Python/SAS, ICD/ATC coding, registry-based RWD, observational evidence generation, GDPR compliance) describe your day-to-day PhD work almost exactly, just extended to a Nordic multi-country scope instead of Denmark alone. A PhD against a stated Bachelor's requirement signals strong overqualification in a positive direction here, since the role is data-science-heavy rather than purely operational.
Cover letter angle: Lead with concrete registry/RWD pipeline experience — building, cleaning, and integrating large-scale longitudinal datasets, applying ICD/ATC coding, and producing evidence for regulatory and clinical audiences. Note the Copenhagen-based flexibility explicitly so they know relocation isn't a barrier. Mention any exposure to Swedish/Nordic registries or willingness to learn Swedish if relevant.
Deadline: June 18 — 8 days. Posted June 8, so still fresh; apply promptly given strong fit.
Why this fits so well: R&D RWE – Regulatory & Safety is precisely the intersection of your PhD training. PASS design and execution using real-world registry data, translating pharmacovigilance questions into epidemiological studies, regulatory evidence generation — these are the literal outputs of your PhD research. Few applicants will have this combination of pharmacoepidemiology depth, RWD expertise, and regulatory science background.
Biggest advantage: The role explicitly requires hands-on real-world data experience (registries, EMR, claims). Danish national registry expertise is your strongest differentiator — Novo Nordisk's PASS studies frequently rely on Nordic registry data, and you know this data infrastructure better than most candidates they will see.
On the fixed-term: 12 months maternity cover, but Novo Nordisk has a strong track record of converting strong maternity cover candidates to permanent roles. The network and internal visibility gained are highly valuable even if not converted directly.
Cover letter: Lead with PASS. Cite specific PASS/NIS experience from your PhD and name the Danish registries you use. Frame the role as the exact industry application of your academic work. Apply before the deadline — applications are reviewed continuously.
| # | Position | Why this order | Action needed |
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| — | RWD Steward Manager — Novo Nordisk | Applied Apr 23 — rejected. | Closed |
| 🎯 | Clinical Data & AI Engineer — ALK | Applied Apr 23 — interview secured. | Prepare for interview |
| — | Safety Surveillance Specialist — Novo Nordisk | Closed Apr 27 — not applied. | Closed |
| — | Senior COA Manager — Novo Nordisk | Closed Apr 28 — not applied. | Closed |
| ✓ | Clinical Data Manager — ALK | Submitted — CV + short motivation via EasyCruit. | Done |
| — | Data Scientist / Biostatistician — UKE Hamburg | Closed May 11 — not applied. | Closed |
| — | Analyst/Senior Analyst RWE — Signum Life Science | Applied; phone call then no response — closed. | Closed |
| — | Statistician / Senior Statistician — Copenhagen Research Centre for Biological & Precision Psychiatry | Closed May 17 — not applied. | Closed |
| — | Scientist, Computational Audiology & ML — Demant / Eriksholm | Closed May 17 — not applied. | Closed |
| — | Senior CDM Professional — Novo Nordisk | Not applied — prioritised ALK Clinical Data Manager instead. | Skipped |
| — | AI & Digital Transformation Professional — Lundbeck | Closed May 15 — not applied. | Closed |
| 4 | Safety Surveillance Principal Specialist — Novo Nordisk | Strong fit (8.5/10). Deadline Jun 14 — 13 days. Closest role to the April Specialist (9.2/10) you nearly applied to. Clinical development safety focus; pharma-level seniority expected. | CV + cover letter via Novo Nordisk careers portal by Jun 13 |
| 5 | Postdoc — Precision Cardiometabolic Medicine — Novo Nordisk | Good fit (8.0/10). Deadline Jun 15 — 14 days. Fixed-term 1.5-year postdoc — assess against career goals. Computational ML on multi-cohort cardiometabolic data: direct match to your profile. | CV + cover letter via Novo Nordisk careers portal by Jun 14 |
| 5b | Postdoctoral Researcher — Health Economics & Data Science — Novo Nordisk | Fit 7.0/10. Deadline Jun 15 — 6 days. RWD and data science profile maps well; health economic modelling (HTA, cost-effectiveness) is the key gap. Weakest fit among the three Jun 15 NN roles — apply if bandwidth allows after the other two. | CV + cover letter via Novo Nordisk careers portal by Jun 14 |
| ✓ | Health Data Scientist — Medical Evidence (Nordics) — AstraZeneca | Submitted — CV + cover letter via AstraZeneca careers portal. Deadline was Jun 18. | Done |
| 6 | Epidemiology Manager (maternity cover) — Novo Nordisk | Strongest fit in the batch (9.5/10). Deadline Jun 28, but applications reviewed continuously — apply now. PASS / RWE / pharmacoepidemiology / Danish registries: your exact PhD profile. 12-month FTC with permanent conversion potential. | CV + cover letter via Novo Nordisk careers portal — apply immediately |
| 7 | Data Analyst — Hempel | Lowest fit (5.5/10). Marine domain mismatch; BI/Power BI focus differs from your analytical stack. Apply only if other options thin out. | CV + motivation letter via Workday portal |