GMP Material Professional within Raw Material - 18 months paternity cover

Are you ready to take on the challenge of setting the direction in the challenging field of materials used for Novo Nordisk marketed productions worldwide?

Do you thrive in a work environment with many simultaneous and varied tasks? And is finding creative solutions while balancing compliance, business and collaboration a natural part of the way you work?

If yes, then you might be the one we are looking for to join our team of ambitious GMP Material Professionals. Apply today for a life-changing career!

The position

As GMP Material Professional within Raw materials, you will play a key role in managing critical issues and ensuring optimisation of raw material controls used globally in accordance with Novo Nordisk standards, while also navigating a complex stakeholder landscape and collaborating across functions.

The position is an 18-month temporary position (paternity cover)

Your key tasks will include:

• Having the scientific responsibility for raw materials used in Novo Nordisk productions worldwide
• Establishing internal material specifications through continuous evaluation of both internal and external requirements
• Providing support in day-to-day operations to ensure seamless incoming controls of materials
• Scientific evaluation of critical cases such as deviations or change requests and assessing their impact on product quality and patient safety
• Improving and optimizing procedures in technical and scientific projects across the organisation

We have a strong on-boarding culture, and if you bring the drive and energy, we will ensure your success in the role. As a team member, you will have the opportunity to take many responsibilities to improve and develop your own capabilities, while provided with the necessary support from the team. You can expect to grow both on a personal and professional level as we encourage all our employees to take charge of their own development plan.

While this position is office-based, we offer flexibility to work from home when the tasks at hand allow it. 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we imagine you:

• Hold a minimum of a master’s degree in science, such as chemistry, pharmacy, engineering, or another relevant field within the natural sciences
• Demonstrate hands-on experience with handling raw material controls and with GMP
• Possess strong technical and analytical skills and can use those actively
• Showcase a proactive and result-oriented mindset
• Display proficiency in both spoken and written English

About the department
You will join Material MSAT – RAW, in Product Supply, Sourcing Operations. The position is in the Processes & Raw Material Specifications team, but you will support the entire department. In the team we are today a mix of material professionals and project managers.

The department consist of approximately 60 employees, located in Bagsværd, but moving to Taastrup Q1 2026.

In the RAW Department, we are responsible for implementation and management of complex materials (raw materials, excipients etc.) from the use in development to production, as well as maintaining documentation on existing materials. We cooperate extensively with a broad variety of functions, including CMC, QC laboratories, QA, inbound supply, warehouse, various Novo Nordisk production sites and a range of external suppliers and contract manufactures (CMOs).

You will join a department with talented employees, each bringing diverse perspectives and backgrounds. We recognize that people are essential to our success and that is why we are committed to cultivating strong relationships and an inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity of our employees.

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

Deadline
May 27th  2025

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.  

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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.