(Senior) Quality Partner

Are you passionate about Quality and have experience with Quality Systems and processes? Are you ready to engage, support, and mobilize colleagues to make a difference for people living with serious chronic diseases? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a (Senior) Quality Partner. Apply today for a life-changing career!

The Position

As our new Quality Partner, you will be responsible for strategic quality improvement initiatives in our Primary Packaging and RAW departments. The role holds significant compliance and business impact.

You will have the opportunity to influence the role and contribute to building the quality coordination network across the VP area of Material Manufacturing Development.

In cooperation with subject matter experts, you will support management in setting the direction for the departments on quality challenges and opportunities to ensure the highest quality for patients.

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Strengthen and maintain the training setup in the departments in collaboration with department specialists.
• Act as a one-point-of-entry for audits and inspections in the departments and drive the planning and execution. Additionally, you ensure overall inspection readiness.
• Support and drive the yearly planning of quality activities to be performed across the departments.
• Be the “go-to” person on quality subjects; you actively identify and drive quality improvement projects, and support as needed by applying systematic problem solving, process mapping, or other LEAN methodologies.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed, we expect you to have:

• An academic degree as a Pharmacist, Engineer, Scientist, or similar, or equivalent knowledge through relevant practical experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience within GxP and current legislation.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English.

In addition, the ideal candidate has practical experience with one or more of the following:

• Experience working as a supporter, QA, or GMP coordinator in a GxP environment.
• Working with GxP and quality systems, preferably at  SME level.
• Development of training and training frameworks.

As a person, we expect that you take responsibility, work independently, and make decisions that balance quality requirements, authority expectations, and business needs; demonstrate a LEAN mindset, curiosity, and possess some project management skills or experience; have excellent communication and collaboration skills; and motivate colleagues with a positive and proactive attitude while actively engaging in decision-making processes.

About the Department

You will join Material Manufacturing Development in Product Supply, Sourcing Operations. We consist of approximately 140 employees organized into four departments spanning two sites (Bagsværd and Hillerød): RAW, Primary Packaging, Analytical Development, and CMO Material Support. The position is located in the Processes & Raw LCM team in the RAW department. Today, RAW and Primary Packaging are situated in Bagsværd, but will be moving to Taastrup in December 2024. In Material Manufacturing Development, we are responsible for the development, implementation, and management of complex materials (raw materials, excipients, primary packaging, CMO material, etc.) from use in development to production, and we maintain documentation on existing materials.

Contact

For further information, contact Manager Charlotte Overby: +45 30790279

Please note that the Hiring Manager will be unavailable to take calls between July 17 and July 24 due to travel.

Deadline

11 August 2024

Please note that due to the summer holiday period, we will begin reviewing applications after August 11th.

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.