Product Manager in New Tech & Extended Reality

Are you passionate about driving digital innovation to improve the productivity and capacity of current and future pharmaceutical manufacturing? We are looking for a talented Product Manager to join our New Tech & Extended reality (XR) team in the Emerging Technologies area of Novo Nordisk. Do you have what it takes to challenge status quo and dare to investigate how new technologies can have a significant impact on patients around? Then we have a talented team of people waiting for you! 

The position 

As a Product Manager in New Tech & Extended Reality, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Support on setting the strategic direction for the New Tech & XR team  

• Interact with key senior stakeholders across Emerging Technologies’ value chain 

• Open up doors for new XR business models to support increasing productivity 

• Evaluate and recommend the acquisition and application of new technologies to improve manufacturing processes in collaboration with the NN central teams. 

• Drive the New tech agenda in collaboration with the team, the other product managers in the department and our internal customers (the production sites).  

Qualifications 

To excel in this role, we are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications: 

• 5+ years within consultancy within technology, innovation and/or manufacturing 

• Proven experience in product management, with a focus on developing and implementing IT solutions. 

• Proven track record of implementation of complex digital solutions within a larger organization.  

• Have a technical understanding of the capabilities and limitations of new technologies- e.g. digital twins, virtual reality and augmented reality 

• A relevant master’s degree 

• Proficiency in English 

On a personal level, you have excellent communication and collaboration skills with many stakeholders plus excellent stakeholder management capabilities. Also strong passion for driving innovation in a regulated industry and experience within agile ways of working. Moreover, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate critical parameters and make data-driven recommendations. 

About the department 

The position is anchored in the Manufacturing Tech & Innovation unit within Emerging Technologies and our key mission is to redefine our manufacturing approach by creating a fully data driven and continuous process for oral tablet formulation and optimize the manufacturing production and analysis from end to end. We aim to create a new paradigm that will alter the approach to drug development by redesigning and digitalising the processes. The department is growing, and we are currently around 50 colleagues covering Manufacturing Intelligence, Process Digitalisation, Robotics, New tech and Extended Reality. We are divided into 5 teams. With the rapid advancement within technology, we are expanding our department and bringing in new competences and skills. Our ambition is to be the frontier, use the latest technology to make a significant impact on how we operate the future regulated manufacturing processes.  

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. 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 Manager of New Tech & XR, Nikhil Unarkant at [email protected].  

Deadline   

17 July 2024 

Applications will be reviewed after the deadline.  

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.