IT System Manager in Oral Product Development

Come and join a department who are frontrunners in Novo Nordisk in relation to digitalisation, future manufacturing processes and risk-based decision making. As a team member you enjoy working in an open, dynamic, and social atmosphere with a strong focus on technical and scientific skills. Your team consists of 18 dedicated colleagues maintaining the overall IT infrastructure and compliance of various systems within production and production development within the Product Supply family in Novo Nordisk.

The position
You will join the department - OPDev Technical support – which consists of seven teams, contributing with a broad range of skills, such as maintenance, calibration, qualification, IT and general support to ensure daily operations of GsP and GmP IT systems. You will be a part of one of our two IT-teams.

As IT system Manager, you will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of several GxP critical IT systems located and used in OPDev during their full life cycle. As equipment and processes are developed and optimized, you need to ensure that all our systems always follow Novo Nordisk’s procedures and external guidelines for computer systems validation (e.g. GAMP) and that we are ready to meet the standards of the future. To achieve that, you:
Continuously plan and perform validation activities, provide maintenance support to the process IT systems currently used within the area, including user administration, ensure IT security and data integrity. 
Drive implementation of IT system upgrades and new process IT systems. Implement IT systems/-solutions together with other IT Validation Managers to ensure appropriate test protocols and documentation standards are met. 
You will work closely with an IT sub-team – IT System managers, IT Administrators, IT/OT Engineers and IT Specialist - where teamwork is a key value, and planning and coordination is a must, to be able to succeed in a dynamic environment. Across your tasks and projects, you will also have a close collaboration with stakeholders such as End-users, Project managers, Quality Assurance and Process Groups, but most of all, our team, ensuring that our project timelines and deliverables are met.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should:

• Hold relevant educational background (e.g., Bachelor, Masters, or equivalent) in engineering or IT.
• Possess a solid analytic approach to problem-solving gained through relevant working experience.
• Have knowledge of IT security and networks.
• Understand compliance within IT systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Have experience in supporting, configuring, and maintaining IT systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Be proficient in English and Danish.

As a person, you dare to take the lead, even when the task initially is a bit blurry. You possess a strong quality mindset in general, and specifically in documentation and validation. You enjoy providing daily support within your area of expertise to end-users. Working together with stakeholders of different professions is something you find rewarding. You are thorough and find it natural to work independently. Additionally, you are a good communicator, who shares knowledge to strengthen the overall abilities of our team. 

About the department
As part of OP Development you make a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop and formulate all new processes coming out of our research units in our pilot plants, ensuring that we bring best-in-class treatments to the market. The Oral Product Development (OPDev) is an area within Emerging Technologies. OPDev employs approximately 700 highly skilled people organised in seven departments and is based in Måløv. Our focus is to develop and manufacture solid dose tablets for pre-clinical and clinical trial phases I, II and III covering a broad and exciting range of process technologies for solid dosage forms.

Working at Novo Nordisk 
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
For further information regarding IT tasks please contact Sr. IT System Manager Henrik Jakobsen on +45 30753180, or Manager Nicolai Kristensen on +45 30792697 for general Novo Nordisk questions.

Deadline
5 January 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.