Director and Head of Process Innovation - Data Science

Do you want to drive change and sustain a more data-driven development organisation? Are you looking for a position in which you will set direction and drive prioritisation? 

If yes, then you could be our new head of Process Innovation. The head of Process Innovation is responsible for leading a team responsible for driving process innovation including improve and simplify our processes and make them ready for digitalisation. 

Apply now for a life-changing career!

The position
As a Director and Head of Process Innovation you will be responsible for the team driving, facilitating, and developing new and simplified processes across Data Science and make sure it fits into the Development value chain to ensure that processes are simplified, future proof and ready for digitalisation. This should be done with the end user in mind and will be a key activity to unlock our business aspirations.

This includes leading a team of strong individual with domain and process understanding and with a desire to drive process innovation using technology to foster the right insights and drive the process change. This will enable more quality by design, efficiencies and faster cycle time by driving standardised, harmonised, and reliable business processes, that consider end-to-end process steps optimise our value chain ultimately enabling new medicines to patients faster. 

As our head of Process Innovation, you will set clear direction for the Process Innovation in Data Science, and you will head up a team responsible for the functional ownership of our process innovation. You are responsible for vision, roadmap, and for building and prioritising the overall direction of process innovation across Data Science and to ensure execution in close collaboration with the business areas and the users. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Be a strong lead for the Process Innovation in Data Science
• Identify and shape the strategic focus and roadmap for the Process Innovation 
• Support discovery processes across Data Science, pushing for new ways of running clinical trials and developing end to end solutions
• Aligning with stakeholders across business areas, finance, and IT, to ensure end-to-end thinking that optimises the Novo Nordisk value chain enabling high quality inputs and new insights
• Build a culture within the team, characterised by curiosity, passion, openness, and psychological safety

You will be part of the area Digital & Process transformation responsible for driving new digitalisation and process improvements to spearhead the business transformation ultimately enabling and efficient insight driven Data Science. 

Our commitment to innovation also applies to the way we work. We therefore embrace the hybrid workplace – with a blend of home office in Denmark and on-site work in Søborg, Denmark where our team is based.

Qualifications
To be a competitive candidate, you should have:

• A BSc or MSc degree within science, engineering and/or business 
• Experience and proven track record as a leader for a team and in process innovation, which could include but not limited to Lea, Six Sigma and other relevant tools
• A strong understanding of product innovation and newest tools available to drive an insight-based process innovation
• Proven track record with driving changes in a cross-functional, multi-cultural and cross-geographical environment
• Ability to think ahead and set strategic direction and can turn strategic priorities into tangible direction and progress
• Experience with clinical data and analytics is an advantage, but not a requirement    ​​​​

As a person, you inspire passion, and encourage a feeling of ownership in people you work with and you set clear direction, prioritise, and communicate a compelling purpose and vision with passion and urgency on all levels of the organisation.

About the department
In Novo Nordisk, our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases by providing the best sustainable solutions and products. To identify the right solutions for tomorrow, we need to digitalise the way we do development.

Data Science is an area within Development, responsible for managing clinical drug development worldwide, from early development phases to product introduction and life cycle management. In Data Science our focus is to deliver data and data insights through advanced analytics to support new drug submission. We provide insights to fact-based decisions on new drugs and indications for Novo Nordisk product portfolio, which make a difference for the patients.

In Digital & process transformation, we are responsible for the digitalisation & process innovation across the Data Science organisation. We support the Data Science organisation in setting the scene, the goals and follow-up on deliverables. This leads the planning and designing of the business transformation, and we drive and oversee implementation. We collaborate and liaise intensively with other areas both within Development and across Novo Nordisk. 

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 
For further information, please contact Valdemar Borum Svarrer, Vice President (VP) and head of Digital & Process transformation, [email protected], mobile +45 3079 0301. 

Deadline
11 December 2024
 

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.