Manager- Counterfeit Product Protection

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for compliance and quality management? Do you excel at driving business results? If so, we invite you to explore an exciting opportunity as a Manager - Counterfeit Product Protection within our Product Protection Team.

Join us in the fight against pharma crime and help preserve the integrity of our products. Your expertise could make all the difference.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now!

The position

As a Manager- Counterfeit Product Protection at Novo Nordisk, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our product protection strategies. You will have the responsibility to ensure that skills and competencies in the team are in place to support the future growth of the area and, together with your team, you will ensure that we build and maintain a close collaboration with our stakeholders. Simplicity is built into our processes and the way we work, which remains a continuous focus in the department.

To succeed, you must be a visible leader, who is good at listening to your team and who sets a clear direction. You provide sparring and coaching, and you support the thriving and development of your employees. 

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the Product Protection Team
• Ensure operational responsibility
• Serve as the Process Owner Delegate (POD) for handling falsified medical products
• Identify and implement training and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance processes
• Ensure training of stakeholders in product protection processes
• Improvement and optimization of processes to match stakeholder needs
• Drive selected improvement projects

You will report directly to the Director and will be a member of QAS management and OSQ leadership team.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

• MSc in Natural Science e.g. Engineering, pharmacy or equivalent background
• GxP background with a good understanding of regulatory requirements, including GMP and GDP
• 5+ years of relevant experience with strong people skills including 2+ years as people manager
• Extensive experience in international pharmaceutical industry
• Solid business understanding and knowledge of the Novo Nordisk organisation and product portfolio
• Proven track record of creating business results
• Experience in working internationally and with many different stakeholders
• Proven change management experience or a strong experience in project management

You have a can-do approach, you are self-driven and can work independently but understand that teamwork is on top of the agenda, and a requirement for us to succeed.

About the department

Quality Affiliate Support (QAS) comprises of 3 teams. One team of 12 highly qualified people who are responsible for overseeing quality compliance and optimizing processes in affiliates worldwide. In addition, the area includes a team in Global Business Services in India supporting affiliates on core Quality processes. Finally, it consists of the team in questions handling counterfeit cases and managing the process of ensuring confirmation of possible pharma crime cases. The department is diverse on many levels; backgrounds, knowledge, education, nationality, and competences, which is crucial and mirrors our need and ability to understand and help our colleagues worldwide.

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 energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact 

For further information, please contact the Director of Quality Affiliate Support Pia Foldager at +45 30794466

Deadline 

16 March 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. 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.