Associate Vice President, Digital Solutions, Processes & AI

Associate Vice President, Digital Solutions, Processes & AI

Lead our global digital, AI, and process transformation agenda within People, Organisation & Corporate Affairs for Novo Nordisk, driving innovations that span from intelligent automation to responsible AI adoption. This is your opportunity to reimagine Global People Services & Workforce Enablement at enterprise scale – where strategic vision meets cutting-edge technology to create lasting impact.

Your new role

As Associate Vice President of Digital Solutions, Innovation & AI, you will own the end-to-end design and execution of Novo Nordisk's global digital, AI, and process design agenda within People, Organisation & Corporate Affairs (POCA). This is a role where strategic thinking meets hands-on transformation – where you will set the vision for how our processes work across the enterprise while ensuring they are digitally enabled, automated, and AI-supported.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Defining and leading the global digital, AI, and process design agenda for POCA, translating strategic priorities into a coherent multi-year roadmap with measurable business and employee outcomes
• Owning the Global POCA Process Design team and framework, ensuring end-to-end process standardization, digital-first design, and continuous optimization across the employee lifecycle
• Driving digital and AI enablement of POCA processes, identifying and scaling use cases that improve efficiency, quality, compliance, and employee experience through automation and AI-supported decision support
• Acting as the primary strategic interface between POCA and Enterprise IT, ensuring technology solutions meet business needs while maintaining clear accountability for process design versus platform ownership
• Establishing governance frameworks for POCA process design, digital solutions, and responsible AI adoption, ensuring compliance with legal, data privacy, and regulatory requirements
• Leading and developing high-performing teams across Digital Solutions, Digital Delivery, AI Transformation, and Digital Learning, building future-ready capabilities across the organization
• Holding accountability for overall HR Tech spend, with decision-making authority on process design, digital priorities, and AI roadmaps within enterprise governance

Your new department

In People, Organisation & Corporate Affairs, you will be part of a team that enhances employee engagement and attracts top talent to ensure Novo Nordisk remains a premier choice for exceptional individuals. Together, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that empowers individuals to thrive and supports our mission to make a positive impact on people's lives.

You will be part of the senior leadership team in Global P&O Services & Workforce Enablement, specifically leading our Digital Solutions, Innovation & AI function. This is a newly established strategic role with enterprise-wide visibility, reporting to the Senior Vice President of Global P&O Services & Workforce Enablement. You will work at the intersection of people strategy, process excellence, and technology innovation – partnering closely with P&O Business Partners, Centres of Excellence, Workforce Intelligence, and Enterprise IT to drive our digital and AI transformation journey.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for a strategic digital transformation leader who can balance big-picture vision with disciplined execution

• Extensive experience leading enterprise digital transformation, process excellence, and/or technology-enabled operating model change, including senior leadership roles
• Strategic vision with the ability to translate enterprise ambitions into coherent roadmaps, coupled with a track record of delivering complex, multi-year transformation initiatives at scale
• Proven ability to identify, prioritize, and scale digital, automation, and AI use cases that improve efficiency, quality, compliance, and user experience
• Strong understanding of end-to-end process design and governance, with experience standardizing and optimizing processes across a complex, global organization
• Strong leadership and change management expertise, with the ability to lead diverse teams, build future-ready capabilities, and drive adoption of digital, data, automation, and AI at scale
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of operating effectively at executive level and building productive partnerships across complex matrix organizations
• Analytical and data-driven mindset with experience establishing governance (portfolio, architecture, data/privacy, risk), managing technology investments, and ensuring responsible and compliant AI adoption
• Experience partnering with IT organizations and navigating the intersection between business process ownership, product/platform delivery, and enterprise architecture standards

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. We are on a remarkable transformation journey, emerging as a highly-respected global healthcare leader—and this journey offers many opportunities to take careers in exciting new directions. We encourage bold action and experimentation, challenging ourselves to go beyond what we know to find new ways forward. When you join us, you are not just starting a job—you are becoming part of a story that spans generations, where your work creates meaningful impact for employees and patients alike.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind. In this role, you will have enterprise-wide visibility, the chance to shape our digital and AI agenda at its most strategic level, and the support of senior leadership as we transform how work gets done across Novo Nordisk.

Deadline

Please apply before May 18. For further information, please contact Sr Executive Search Advisor Kristoffer Baadsgaard, +45 3077 5605.

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're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.