QA Professional (maternity cover)

Are you motivated by regulatory requirements, automated and digitalized testing processes, setting compliance direction and advise your colleagues across the organisation? Can you picture yourself working in a great team with passion for Quality Assurance and thriving by launching important medical devices and combination products to patients in need? Then you might be the person we are looking for in Device Manufacturing Development (DMD QA) placed in Hillerød for a one-year maternity cover, apply now!
 

The position
We are currently expanding our automated and digitalized testing facilities which are used in our local laboratories as well-as world-wide for release of our innovative products within the devices category. You will be responsible for setting the compliance direction within operations in laboratories as well as testing equipment, methods and IT in digitalised and automated laboratory processes.

Among other key responsibilities, you will:

• be responsible for setting the compliance direction during development projects, market launches world-wide, production activities and their maintenance.
• play an important role in ensuring that we build competent skills in QA in all aspects of testing and have an in-depth understanding of relevant regulatory requirements.
• impact on a broad range of the crucial processes to deliver products to our patients.
   

In this role, you will be able to handle situations independently, apply your subject matter knowledge, identify better practice, create improvements to processes, share knowledge and to let your colleagues learn and shine.

Finally, you will find solutions through a solid process and business understanding and give proactive advice to our stakeholders to secure we establish simple compliant solutions within processes such as: system validation/qualification, laboratory operations, product design verification, product customer complaint investigations, batch release testing, among others.
 

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you:

• hold master’s degree within engineering, medicine and technology, pharmacy, chemistry or similar, or a bachelor’s degree supported by extensive experience.
• have experience from laboratory or QA activities, within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry.
• preferably have worked with medical devices and combination products.
• preferably have experience with automated testing and validation.
• are fluent in English.

On a personal level, you are ambitious and ready to take on the responsibility in building strong competencies in our team and trustful relations across the organisation. You can use your excellent cooperation skills when you manage your stakeholders to ensure solutions that will meet both requirements and stakeholder’s interests and it is important that you approach your work with an openminded and positive attitude, want to make a difference and are eager to learn. 

Finally, you are well-organised and have a flexible, but firm approach when making decisions.

About the department
At DMD QA, we are a team of 42 highly qualified professionals based at our Hillerød site, with diverse backgrounds and interests. 
We are responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance of all processes in DMD, including product development and life cycle management, design control, testing, manufacturing development, and manufacturing processes. 
 

We take pride in our work and are constantly seeking to improve our competencies and processes through a focus on simplicity and collaboration. By joining our team, you will have the chance to make a real difference in the lives of patients through the development and life cycle management of crucial medical devices. 
 

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. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
 

Contact 
For further information, please contact the QA manager Carlos Gonçalves at +45 3079 4194.
 

Deadline 
29 September 2024
 

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 CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. 
 

Applications will be evaluated continuously when received, and candidates may be called for interview before the deadline. 
 

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.