(Senior) Drug Product Manager

Do you want to play an essential role in ensuring drug product quality throughout its lifecycle and in supporting Novo Nordisk's production of high quality, world-leading diabetes and obesity products? Are you motivated by cross team collaboration, driving optimization and ready to change the game together with colleagues in a dynamic department? Then this is a unique opportunity to join us as a Drug Product Manager.

The position

As a (Senior) Drug Product Manager in our team, you will be involved in many different life cycle management activities.

Your role is to take responsibility of the drug product (DP) and ensure the quality of the product. To do this, you will be involved in many different disciplines, e.g. risk assessments, control strategies and product as well as process optimizations.

Your responsibilities will among others include:

• Ensure overview of all on-going projects and activities related to the DP
• Ensure insight and monitoring of the DP
• Drive optimizations related to DP
• Ensure relevant requirements are maintained
• Anchor strategies for DP activities

In this role, you will represent the area in a project context, establish and update project plans including resource estimates and deadlines in collaboration with relevant project members and managers.

You will manage internal and external stakeholders across various areas, such as stability, aseptic production, devices, strategic sourcing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Regulatory Affairs. Additionally, you will support colleagues involved in drug product-related activities, including subject matter experts and regulatory writers.

Qualifications

As a person, you are a collaborative team player with a proactive mindset and work well with many different stakeholders. You approach tasks with an open-minded and curious attitude, always eager to learn and explore new ideas.

Your ability to foster a positive and cooperative environment will be key to ensuring successful outcomes and continuous growth for both you and your colleagues.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A master’s degree in science within Pharmacy, Chemistry, Engineering or similar
• Extensive experience within the field of Chemistry Manufacturing & Control and/or manufacture, e.g. process or product support
• Experience within a highly regulated industry (i.e. pharmaceutical, medical devices or food production)
• Project management skills
• Great communication skills and are fluent in written and verbal English.

Knowledge of GMP regulations and drug product production will be seen as an advantage, as well as project management experience.

About the department

In ‘Product Life Cycle Management I’ we are drug product owners of marketed injectable diabetes and obesity products and experts where product meets process and component.

We maintain the specification of the drug product and the stability program. Our Drug Product Managers and Product Responsible Scientists continuously monitor the wellbeing of our product and react fast to trends.

We have a high team spirit and share best practises, learnings and support each other. We share a relaxed tone and strive for a great working environment, where we can develop our competencies.

We will set the scene in a motivating environment with direct impact globally and close collaboration with very experienced colleagues willing to help you grow - you decide how far.

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 call Rikke Langkjær Trebbien (Manager) at +45 3075 9263.

Deadline

16th February 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.