Director, DD&IT PS Technology Partnering

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Are you ready to lead our efforts in digitalising the way we work in a production context? Do you thrive in setting the strategic direction in a tech area impacting production sites across the world? Do you want to engage with stakeholders across the value chain while implementing cutting edge technologies?

If yes, then you might be our new Director for Product Supply Technology Partnering, in Digital, Data & Information Technology (DD&IT), Technology Foundation & Transformation!

The department
You will be part of the management team in the DD&IT PS unit Technology Foundation & Transformation, where we are united in changing the way, we work in Product Supply. Product Supply is the largest organisational unit in Novo Nordisk with 20,000+ employees globally across five continents, being responsible for the full supply chain of all Novo Nordisk products.

You will head up the unit PS Technology Partnering; a high performing, international, and diverse unit, driven by the vision to make adaptable change by exploring, digitalising, and automating complex business challenges in Product Supply.

The position

As our new director, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in PS Technology Partnering and partnering with a wide range of stakeholders across Novo Nordisk. In doing so, you will be responsible for ensuring an optimal strategy that sets ambitious, yet realistic goals for the department.

You will manage and develop a unit of approx. 30-45 dedicated and talented employees, spilt into teams. You will report to the CVP of Technology Foundation & Transformation. The position is based in Ballerup, Denmark, and you should expect to visit other Novo Nordisk sites for collaboration and occasional travel activities.

Candidate profile

You thrive in an agile and dynamic environment. You enjoy challenging status quo; you are enthusiastic and show a high degree of initiative and engagement.

We expect that you have:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills

• Strong people management skills, where you will act as an authentic and credible role model for our Novo Nordisk values, demonstrating a high level of integrity, personal drive, and strategic insight

• Certain understanding of various production processes, IT and automation complexities, GxP regulations, etc. The level of complexity is high as the strategic decisions have a global impact across Product Supply

• Experience within Agile frameworks (e.g. SAFe), IT/tech in a GxP context, and cutting-edge technologies

To succeed in this role, you should have at least 10 years of work experience ideally in the interface between production and IT, with solid leadership experience, stakeholder management capabilities, and a proven track record of creating business results within a complex matrix set-up. As a person you are an ambitious and innovative team player who has a result-oriented way of working. Most important of all, you are passionate about powering digital transformation across the entire value chain!

Join the Novo Nordisk family

Founded in Denmark in 1923, Novo Nordisk has become one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. At Novo Nordisk, we are committed to driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. To fulfil this purpose, we pioneer scientific breakthroughs, expand access to our medicines, and work to prevent and ultimately cure disease. That said, we are anything but linear.

With us, your skills, commitment, and ambition help us change patients’ lives worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a rewarding and purpose-driven culture with talented and diverse co-workers. Therefore, your professional and personal development is essential for us, and in Novo Nordisk, the sky is the limit for career opportunities. 

Every day, our thousands of digital experts work in all areas of technology. We navigate the tech spectrum from front-end to back-end, from artificial intelligence to machine learning, and from cloud systems to quantum computing. All to make a tangible impact on lives across the globe. How? Go explore at TechLife at Novo Nordisk. 

 
Any questions?
For further information, please contact the CVP of Technology Foundation & Transformation, Michael Møllmann, at [email protected]

Deadline
28 November 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.