API Manufacturing Professional for Downstream

Do you want to be a part of Novo Nordisk's most significant biopharma investment project at site Hillerød aiming at expanding our Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) capacity? Does the idea of being involved in a new capacity expansion project where you can influence future API production facilities sound interesting?

Once completed the facility we will employ approximately 350 colleagues and feature highly automated and state-of-the-art technologies for new processes and products.

Within Downstream processing we have open positions for API Manufacturing professionals with different levels of experience. Apply now and join us!

The Position

In our team we are currently 15 professionals working as Engineering responsible and Operational responsible with different backgrounds, experience level and nationalities working together to establish two purification lines.

As API Manufacturing professional you will have the role as Operational Responsible (OR) and you will join the project at an exciting time. We are preparing to receive all our downstream process equipment on site, getting ready for installation, planning validation activities as well as all activities required for operational readiness. This include designing the day-to-day operation of the facility, defining procedures, workflows and communication between teams, and process surveillance.

Your key tasks will include:

When the facility has been fully validated and production has started, you will continue to:

In these positions, you will work in collaboration with a wide network of stakeholders, including the Work Package Owner (WPO), local production specialists, IT/Automation specialists, other engineering/operation responsible, operators, and engineering partners.

Some travel activities must be expected.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

As a professional, you like to work independently, take initiative, and have a forward-thinking outlook. As someone who enjoys collaborating, learning, and sharing information with others, you are driven by achieving great results together with colleagues.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills and a positive mindset are essential in this role, making it easier to interact effectively with stakeholders across the organization.

About the department

Our team is working to expand the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) capacity of our production in Hillerød. You will become a part of one of the most significant expansion projects in Novo Nordisk – and when finished the facility will employ app. 340 colleagues. The highly automated facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology that is flexible to accommodate new processes and products. It will expand our capacity for our portfolio of clinical late phase products to serve more people living with serious chronic diseases including rare diseases. 

We do not only drive change for our patients – we also drive life-changing careers for our employees by promoting a learning culture with high levels of trust, innovation, and development throughout the organization. To drive the project and reach the initial phase of production, we need your help! Are you ready to join the project team and our journey? 

Working in PS API expansion, Novo Nordisk

You will be joining PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees.

PS API Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients.

We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way.

We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.