Release Train Engineer for Digital, Data & IT, Research & Early Development

Do you want to play a key role in driving, facilitating, and executing activities in our agile product operating model? Do you wish to contribute, improve, and modernize the platforms for the scientists in Research & Early Development (R&ED), to help accelerate our science for the benefit of our patients? Then this position is for you!

Apply today for a life-changing career!

Team waiting for you

This role invites you to onboard into Digital, Data & IT, Research & Early Development (DD&IT R&ED). DD&IT R&ED partners with our colleagues in Digital Science & Innovation and with all areas of R&ED to support their digitalization journey and accelerate innovation. The digital transformation is a high priority to fuel our science with high quality data in a gen-AI enabled drug discovery practice.

Our Lab Operations Cluster consists of 7 teams that drives the modernization of our +300 laboratories globally. The cluster and the agile teams are cross disciplinary, value and outcome obsessed. The cluster works to shorten the time from experiment idea to insight by providing modern tools for experiment design, run, data capture and inventory and sample management and to allow for increased automation and digitalization.

As Release Train Engineer (RTE) you will be a part of the department with other RTEs, Scrum Masters, agile coaches and project managers. We provide business outcomes through digital, data & IT deliverables. We apply various methodologies and often takes outset in agile methodologies and mindset. The department enjoys empowerment and autonomy and believes that it is the people’s differences, knowledge, and experience that create the joint strengths of the team.

The position

In this role you will work in a cluster leadership team together with the Product Manager and the System Architect. Your goal will be to create followership in your cluster, leveraging your experience and using your strong leadership skills to set direction and create high performing teams. You will have a key focus on optimising the way we work agile, including ensuring optimal team size, composition, and resource allocation. In addition, you also have the chance to oversee economy, vendor management and represent best practice in IT‑processes in general.

Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be responsible for other agile activities such as managing and monitoring progress, system demos and retrospectives
• Support in solving escalated impediments from the agile teams
• Facilitate workshops and create well-defined demands

As DD&IT R&ED is driving the agile transformation in Novo Nordisk, you will get the chance to connect and spare with many other RTEs across this business, coaches etc. You will get the opportunity to have a positive impact on our culture and ways of working as well as strengthening and developing our agile environment.

Qualifications

As RTE in Research & Early Development in the Lab Operations cluster you have an interest in the daily life of a lab technician and understand how the digital products support our research ambitions.

To be successful in this role, we imagine you have:

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, chemistry, biology or another relevant field combined with 5+ years of experience as RTE, IT Program Manager or similar positions, preferably in an agile environment
• Proven experience in vendor management, negotiations and product lifecycle management, as well as in overseeing budgets
• Knowledge and experience from the research environment preferably within natural sciences
• Great communication skills to collaborate and communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Familiarity with the Agile methodology and concepts and a scaled framework as an advantage

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. For 100 years, we have been driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. As a result, our treatments today benefit millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. We are proud of that.

We are proud of our people too, and we employ more than 57,000 bright and diverse minds in 80 offices worldwide. With us, your bright mind and commitment help us change lives for people worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a seat in a rewarding and purpose-driven culture where your professional and personal development is highly valued. That said, opportunities are many in Novo Nordisk.

Any questions?

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.

Deadline

5 January 2025

Feeling overwhelmed by job requirements and doubting if you're 100% qualified? Don't let it stop you! We encourage you to apply anyway, as your profile could surprise us and fit our needs better than you think. So take the leap and submit your application.

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.