IT Operations Manager

Are you ready to build up, lead and inspire a dynamic IT team? Do you have leadership experience, a quality-oriented mindset and a passion for ensuring compliance and digital transformation? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity at Novo Nordisk.

Read more and apply for a life-changing career with us today!

The position
In this forward-thinking role, you will play a pivotal role in leading and optimizing our IT operations Team, while ensuring top-tier performance and regulatory compliance. You will be instrumental in building a competent and motivated team, driving continuous improvement, and effectively managing resources. You will:

•    Build and coach a team with the right competencies, setting clear roles, ambitious goals, and effective work planning.
•    Oversee IT systems, ensuring compliance, validation, security, and optimal infrastructure management.
•    Drive performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster a strong quality mindset within the team.
•    Implement effective performance management, recruit talent, and continuously improve team processes using cLEAN® principles.
•    Contribute to budgeting, provide backup for other managers, and ensure seamless department operations through effective collaboration.

Qualifications
We are looking for someone with:

•    Ideally a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, IT, Pharmacy or equivalent professional/technical experience.
•    At least 3 years of leadership experience, preferably in the Pharmaceutical or Biopharmaceutical Industry. IT experience will be beneficial.
•    Understanding of pharmaceutical production processes.
•    Experience building a team, motivating them and ensuring that your team members have the right competencies.
•    A strong quality and result-oriented mindset with an ability to create an empowering and engaging work environment. 

Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering an effective organization, optimizing resources, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. On a personal level, you need to be responsible, ambitious, reliable and with a realistic approach to achieving results. You possess excellent communication skills, a strong quality mindset, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Your commitment to continuous improvement and your flexibility to build and motivate a competent team are essential traits and will help you succeed in this role.

About the department

You will be joining one of the IT operations teams in our Tech Support & IT department, which is part of the CMC Oral Product Development and consists of 7 teams of close to 85 employees. We are responsible for identifying, designing, building, and implementing solutions that assist our Sandbox testing facility and the clinical trial production in performing their processes more efficiently and reliably. The team works closely with other departments and functions within OPDev, as well as external partners and vendors. The workplace is in Måløv and at the beginning you will work fully on-site with an option for 4 days on-site per week and one day from home in the future. 

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
For further information, please contact Morten Damm Justesen, Director OPDev Tech Support & IT: +45 3075 9345

Deadline
02 March 2025

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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.