Lead IT Validation Manager

Do you have a solid understanding of IT, compliance, and business processes? Are you enthusiastic about driving validation of local IT Systems and Computerized Equipment, bringing our IT landscape to the next level and scaling it up to match our new strategy?

If this resonates with you, we are looking forward to welcoming you in our Sourcing Operations (SoOp) organization. Submit your application today!

The position
As Lead IT Validation Manager, you will navigate in a varied stakeholder landscape, driving continuous improvements of the validation methods that are used in our organization. On top of that, you set the direction and guide the team in relation to validation better practices and compliance requirements.

We value diversity in our team, which means that many of our colleagues bring a competency spike from other functions or experiences, and we are looking forward to hearing what yours is, and how that can build the team further.

Some of your key tasks include:

• Overseeing validation processes & framework improvements in SoOp
• Understanding the business objectives behind the new implementation and upgrade projects
• Defining validation strategy, preparing, and following-up on validation plans
• Driving dialog with the stakeholders, such as QA organization, System Owners, IT Solutions Managers
• Ensuring test execution, reporting and related approvals

The position is located 80/20 in Hillerød/Bagsværd with high degree of freedom to define your own working day schedule.
 

Qualifications
To thrive in this role, we imagine you:

• Have completed a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, or a related field
• Demonstrate at least 4 years of hands-on experience in a comparable role, preferably from a GxP or another regulated industry
• Display a continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on optimizing processes and procedures
• Showcase proficiency in both verbal and written English

As a person, you have strong process improvement skills, coupled with a flair for developing relationships and interacting with multiple stakeholders at all levels. You are solution-oriented, proactive, and like ensuring progress in projects, with a high attention to detail and commitment to quality, all while quickly adapting to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
 

About the department  
SoOp ensure that our production sites globally have the materials they need to keep production lines running and meet patient demands in the market. We source raw materials, primary packaging and printed packaging materials, maintain specifications, plans and purchase, store and perform quality controls before the materials are released for production.

We are operating mainly out of Denmark in Bagsværd, Hillerød, Høje Taastrup, and Kalundborg, but are expanding rapidly and are currently also setting up a sourcing hub in the US to support our growing production facilities there.

Approaching 700 people in the business unit, you will be joining our IT Operations & Projects team consisting of 16 employees.

Working at Novo Nordisk 
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can live a life independent of chronic disease. 

Contact   
For further information, please contact Christina E. Torp, Manager, at + 45 34485489.

Deadline   
8 December 2024. 

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.