Associate Manager for Market Release QC

Are you an authentic people leader with a track record of leading a team to success? Do you have natural talent for both changing and running the business? If so, this might be the right opportunity for you!

The Position

As our new Associate Manager in Emerging Technologies Market Release QC you will head up one of the 5 analytical teams, that together are responsible for the quality control of tablets produced at site Måløv. Your team consists of approx. 18 employees, both professionals and laboratory technicians.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure efficient daily operations in compliance with GMP and corporate standards, whilst optimising our internal flow.

• Make sure high performance is met and that the team meets project, quality, and organisational goals.

• Lead and participate actively in board meetings, process confirmation and structured use of problem-solving tools to locate and eliminate the root cause of an error.

• Foster a climate of high well-being and innovation within own team and across related organisational departments.

• Motivate your team towards what is best for both the business and the team, together with your team ensure prioritisation and willingness to adapt to changes and new priorities.

We are in the middle of re-establishing the department after a functional split into two, and our sole focus is now quality control analysis of tablet products to secure a stable supply to our patients.
You can look forward to a job where you will set direction for the future work with oral products in  Emerging Technologies, where your effort will have invaluable importance for the lives of people living with diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you have:

• A Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent degree in Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or related field.

• Proven experience as a people leader, who builds trust, drives engagement and ensures wellbeing in the team.

• Experience with and understanding of GMP.

• Preferably experience from QC, but as a minimum you have an understanding for the analytical field preferably from the pharmaceutical industry.

• Fluency in Danish and English.

As a person, you have solid stakeholder management and communication skills, and you are authentic with strong interpersonal skills that enables you to build trust. We expect you to be a people leader by nature with the ability to coach and lead others in a busy environment. You are robust and renowned for your strong interpersonal skills and ability to set challenging goals and challenge status quo. By working in a structured manner with a non-compromised focus on quality and deliverables, you have a can-do mind-set and focus on opportunities rather than limitations and provide the right balance between leadership and management to your team.

Lastly, you have a high degree of independence and take initiative to challenge ways of doing things and to drive innovative improvements.

About the Department

Market Release QC consists of around 85 employees across 5 teams all of which are in Måløv. Our main responsibility is to deliver reliable, analytical results and analytical support for our oral products going out to our patients all over the world.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

If you have any questions. please contact Director Rikke Brandt on +45 3075 9511.

Deadline

Apply before November, 24 2024.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.