Senior Product Owner

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Are you passionate about building digital products and would like to be a part of a fast moving and transforming organisation with the aim to be global leader within clinical  development? Are you excited about making an impact and improving health outcomes of people living with chronic diseases? Then you might be our next Product Owner (PO) for developing products and enablers in DD&IT Development! 

Apply today and join us in DD&IT Development for a life-changing career. 

Where you will be working 

In Novo Nordisk, Development is responsible for managing clinical drug development  worldwide, aiding Novo Nordisk in driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases through developing innovative and sustainable treatment solutions and making them accessible to patients worldwide. 

You will be the Product Owner of one of our digital product teams that is centered  around enabling the Development organisation and its partners in executing our flagship digitalisation initiatives and strategic aspirations. We aim to achieve scale and speed by transforming our clinical development processes through harnessing advanced automation, data insights, and cloud infrastructure capabilities as an integral part of our next-generation digital solutions. We have fun at work, collaborate with skilled and engaged colleagues while we liaise intensively with other areas across Novo Nordisk. 

What you will do 

We are looking for a Product Owner to support strategic digital initiatives within clinical and regulatory areas. The role plays an active part in leading the transformation as we derive actionable insights using state-of-the-art digital services and solutions. Particularly the position is intended to start out defining our IT enabler product roadmap. 

As a Product Owner, you will ensure we focus on outcomes that make a difference to our internal and external stakeholders. You will utilise your product thinking in translating business strategy into value-driven product roadmaps and backlogs, balancing input from users, strategy, architects and developers, with the goal to build and operate a high-quality solution that is continuously improved upon to meet business needs. 

In your role, you will work closely with your team, internal stakeholders and external partners to understand the needs of the business. Furthermore, you will also work closely with relevant software vendors. In your daily work, you will apply agile methods to ensure a flexible and incremental approach to product development. You are expected to shape the digital solution to support the overall organisation and use design thinking to identify how the organisation and processes can be reshaped to better support the scalability and efficiency of developing digital products. 

Some of your key activities will be to: 

• Product breakdown and refinement together with your team and other stakeholders 

• Ensure that product discovery is continuous, and always considering end-user value 

• Define and drive operational roll-out, support, and communication to endusers 

• Deliver value to customers through iterative releases and continuous improvement 

• Adapting the product backlog based on feedback and data 

• Having a good understanding of development processes, technologies, and constraintsWork within lean portfolio management and epic maturation 

• Support the continued roll-out of agile across the area 

What you bring 

To be successful in this position, you probably have: 

• Preferably a Master’s degree in relevant area (Business, Design, IT, Engineering, or other related fields) 
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product Owner (or similar role working closely with development of digital solutions and customers) 
• A passion for building and scaling digital products from problem discovery to realised benefits 
• Positive, solution-oriented mindset with an interest in process optimization and IT system development 
• Preferably having experience navigating a complex stakeholder landscape ensuring that everyone is aligned 
• A holistic approach with a flair for distinguishing needs and recognising priority business requirements, and an eye for simplification 

As a person you get energized from solving complex problems and navigating across functional stakeholder landscape to ensure the creation of high-impact solutions. You need strong communication skills including the ability to communicate complex subjects in an easy and understandable way - and excellent command of English, both written and spoken. 

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Founded in Denmark in 1923, Novo Nordisk has become one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. At Novo Nordisk, we are committed to driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. To fulfil this purpose, we pioneer scientific breakthroughs, expand access to our medicines, and work to prevent and ultimately cure disease. That said, we are anything but linear.

With us, your skills, commitment, and ambition help us change patients’ lives worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a rewarding and purpose-driven culture with talented and diverse co-workers. Therefore, your professional and personal development is essential for us, and in Novo Nordisk, the sky is the limit for career opportunities.

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

Any questions?

For further information, please contact Director Michael Buch-Hansen ([email protected], mobile +45 30756860) 

Deadline

10 December 2024 

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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.

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