Senior Outsourcing Manager to lead CMO Projects

Are you an experienced specialist in outsourcing management thriving in a fast-paced and dynamic Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMO) landscape? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your drug development experience and apply your project management and negotiation skills to exciting challenges? Do you want to play a key role in supporting an ambitious drug development pipeline Novo Nordisk and helping millions of patients world-wide? 

If yes, then you might be our new Senior Outsourcing Manager to join our team in Søborg/Denmark. You will be part of the many Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) activities for our Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing processes, selected API, or drug product manufacturing processes. Come join us for a life-changing career, apply today!

The position

As Senior Outsourcing Manager, you will lead a cross-functional collaboration group comprised of experts from R&D and other relevant parts of the organisation. In close collaboration with the Contract Managers your will ensure strong and collaborative partnerships with the various CMOs globally and effectively manage various outsourcing projects, specifically in the fields of chemical synthesis and biotechnology.

You will also be responsible for:

• Serve as the primary liaison in the selection and approval of CMOs, negotiating and maintaining relevant agreements
• Protecting Novo Nordisk intellectual property rights while ensuring quality and timely delivery of quality assessments
• Facilitating cross-organisational collaboration with relevant stakeholders across Novo Nordisk, e.g., in global research, quality, regulatory, purchasing, manufacturing development and commercial manufacturing

The position offers you exciting challenges as well as broad organizational exposure. You will experience a high degree of responsibility and visibility across the business unit.

 
Qualifications
We expect you to have a MSc or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering or other relevant life science degree in combination with:

• +5-8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
• Thorough understanding of the R&D value chain and development processes along with expertise in Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)
• Experience with outsourcing working with or at a CMO and strong negotiation skills are advantages
• Preferably, previous experience working as a Project Manager or Alliance Manager
• Proficiency in English both verbally and in writing

As a person, you have a commercial and strategic mindset, with the ability to quickly understand different complex CMO and industry dynamics. You can put the strategy into action by breaking the bigger picture down into outsourcing-related decisions.

To succeed in this role, excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities is needed as well as capable of working within a complex interdisciplinary organisation. As a person, you are proactive, positive, and independent and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Additionally, you enjoy taking the lead while also being a valuable team player.

About the department
As part of Novo Nordisk PSQIT organisation, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Development & Scaling makes a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop, manufacture and distribute drug candidates for clinical trials and have a strong culture with a “can do” mind-set. 

The CMC Outsourcing team supports the Novo Nordisk development pipeline. Comprising of approximately 30 dedicated and experienced employees, the department is responsible for executing sourcing and outsourcing activities. This includes selecting competent collaboration partners, negotiating contractual frameworks, and project management until all deliverables are completed. The department is a part of CMC Development in Product Supply and plays a significant role in bringing new medicinal products to the market.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we do not 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 or questions, please contact Senior Manager, Laust Andrés, on +45 3079 6935.
 
Deadline
21 November 2024.

Please note, applications will be reviewed, and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

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.