UX Designer

Are you ready to take up the challenge of elevating digital solutions and products in Novo Nordisk? Are you energized when collaborating with multi-talented teams to build new opportunities? 

Then come join our Design and User Experience team in Digital, Data & IT.
 

Role description

In your role as UX Designer, you will be supporting the digital product journey in Novo Nordisk. You will take part in driving and facilitating the development of user centric products, ensuring coherent experience and solutions across our value stream. You will join the area Digital, Data & IT where we are supporting Novo Nordisk Development with IT development and operation of digital solutions and products.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams across IT and Business to connect strategic objectives with user insights to design impactful digital products
• Defining cohesive user experience across our Drug Development Value Stream thereby developing innovative and best-in-class solutions as enablement of the digital transformation in Development
• Gather and evaluate user needs and business requirements
• Explore hypotheses, ideas, concepts, and features through user research, competitor analysis, and user testing
• Communicate research findings and recommendations effectively through compelling presentations, reports, and other media to influence decision-making

Do you have what it takes?

• A MSc degree or equivalent in e.g., Digital Design, Design and Innovation or Computer Science
• 1-3 years of experience within digital development/transformation from related industries or digital agency
• Fluency with design tools, most notably Figma and Miro. Optional and appreciated: Maze, Dovetail and/or other design, prototype, and research tools
• A good understanding of UX's role in application development, adept at applying the Double Diamond approach effectively within this context, and skilled in planning and running design methods, gathering insights within an agile working framework
• Proficient in thoughtfully utilizing research data and insights to guide decisions, with excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical mindset
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English

On a personal level you have a positive, inclusive mindset. You are curious and bring energy as well as an ability to challenge the status quo into your interaction with stakeholders. You are self-driven, a good collaborator and good communicator. You are eager to learn how to use your skills on strategic matters and are curious to learn how to communicate an engaging vision that is founded in the broader purpose of Novo Nordisk.

Department overview

Digital, Data & IT Development is part of Digital, Data & IT: A global community of 3200+ colleagues, driving digital, data, and IT. Digital, Data & IT partners with the business to support digital transformation and innovation in all parts of the Novo Nordisk value chain –from idea to patient. We accelerate digital value creation through standardised, efficient, and secure technology platforms – the foundation for everything digital in Novo Nordisk.

Joining 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.

Any questions?

For further information about this position, please contact our Director - DD&IT Development, Michael Buch-Hansen at: MBHH@novonordisk.com

Deadline
24 May 2024

Please describe your concrete experiences of using your UX and design thinking skills to solve a problem and explain how you solved it. Portfolios, study cases, etc. in various formats are welcome. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. 

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.