Director, Head of Global Order to Cash & Global Process Owner - Maternity Cover

Digital Finance & Architecture

Bagsværd, Denmark

Step into a global role at the intersection of Supply Chain, Finance and IT, where you will lead and shape our Order to Cash (O2C) agenda during a critical transformation period. This is your opportunity to maintain momentum on strategic initiatives while ensuring operational excellence across our global O2C landscape.

Your new role

We are looking for an experienced Order to Cash (O2C) leader to join Novo Nordisk on a fixed-term parental leave cover (10-12 months) to maintain momentum on our O2C transformation and run the day-to-day leadership of our Global Order to Cash team. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a visible role that sits at the intersection of Supply Chain, Finance and IT, enabling core business and system value, by supporting Novo Nordisk through our SAP journey.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the Global O2C organisation during maternity cover, with direct leadership of 4 high performing project managers and indirect leadership across the O2C GPO community in IT and GBS.
• Act as Global Process Owner for Order to Cash, ensuring end‑to‑end process integrity, standardisation, governance and performance.
• Own and drive the O2C project and initiative portfolio, securing progress, prioritisation, and value delivery across key transformations.
• Provide governance, prioritisation and oversight for local-to-global process standardisation and system utilisation improvements.
• Maintain and advance delivery of the O2C Strategy 2026 including functional benchmarking, end-to-end process definition and KPI monitoring.
• Manage senior stakeholders in HQ, regions, affiliates across market access, supply chain and finance to ensure alignment and adoption.
• Provide clear governance, reporting, and decision-making on O2C priorities and risks.
• Ensure sustainable solutions through strong documentation, training, and handover structures.

Your new department

You will join Digital Finance & Architecture, a centre of excellence committed to enabling coherent, data‑driven, and future‑ready financial processes across Novo Nordisk. Our ambition is to simplify, standardise and innovate across Finance, Legal & Global Solutions—an organisation focused on safeguarding the business and enabling value creation worldwide.

Within this environment, the Global O2C team brings together experts across HQ, regions, affiliates, IT and GBS. You will lead a dedicated group of 4–5 colleagues, supported by a wider virtual community driving execution of the global O2C roadmap.

Your skills and qualifications

To be successful in this role, you bring a strong combination of leadership capability, process expertise and change execution skills. We expect you to have:

• Minimum 10 years of experience working across Finance and Supply Chain, with deep knowledge of Order to Cash processes (Order and Customer Fulfilment, Billing and Revenue Management, and Credit, Collections & Cash Application). Experience at affiliate or consolidation level is preferred.
• Proven managerial experience with a track record in people development and leading high-performing teams, direct and indirect.
• Solid understanding of SAP and end-to-end business process flows, and experience with ERP transformation initiatives (S/4 HANA is a plus).
• Experience working in a global, matrix organisation with strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to drive collaboration for impact.
• Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken), cultural awareness and the ability to simplify complex topics.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination, and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

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.

Application deadline

11 March 2026.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.