Senior Manager for Global Standards Team

Would you like to be a part of shaping the future of managing global standards together with your team and our production sites? Do you have exceptional skills in stakeholder management?If so, come join us as Senior Manager for Global Standards Team in our business unit FPM engineering!

The position

As a Senior Manager you will join the department Global Process Group where we oversee the process management across the Finish Product network and manage the Global Standards for Assembly and Packaging Processes. In this position, you will be leading a new area with the responsibility of managing Global standards. The team is under development, and you will be the main driver to establish the area and finalize the recruitment of the right profiles. The team is made up of key profiles with diverse competencies, all united by common goal: maintaining standards.

The team will be distributed at our different production sites in Europe, North America and Asia. This means that you will also be part of establishing the best practice of how to work as a hybrid team. There will be an opportunity for you to work from one of our international NN sites. Travel activity should be expected.

Your key responsibilities will include:

· Translate the standardization strategy into operation

· Building up the network around managing standards across SVP areas

· Driving the managing global standards process

· People management

· Change management

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

· Direct leadership experience from a multicultural area, and the ability to lead stakeholders indirectly

· A Master’s degree within Natural Science or relevant field.

· At least 5 years of leadership experience within manufacturing with some of the experience gained g within or close to the Assembly and/or packaging process, preferable related to GxP production.

· Experience with change management within a global stakeholder landscape and track record in creating followership.

· Experience within GxP regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is considered a strong advantage.

· Practical knowledge from shopfloor and have LEAN experience.

· Professional proficiency in English.

On a personal level, you excel in fast-paced environments and enjoy cross-cultural collaboration. You are a team player with a "can-do" attitude and you are eager to learn, innovate, and improve process efficiency. You prioritize development of employees, empowerment and have an inclusive management style.

About the department

FPM Engineering is a part of Final Product Development & Manufacturing (FPDM) with a team of around 50 colleagues working together to support and optimize processes across all global sites. Our primary responsibility is to drive performance in FPDM on all assembly and packaging lines to ensure best practices.

In FPM Engineering, we are committed to bringing value to our patients. We do so by supporting all sites with process standardization, ramp-up excellence and technological leadership enabling Novo Nordisk to serve significantly more patients in need of our products.

Working at FPDM

Novo Nordisk Final Product Development & Manufacturing (FPDM) is a part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, a global production network at the forefront of technology and quality production of pharmaceutical products. At FPDM, we not only manufacture all finished products for people living with serious chronic diseases, we also use our competencies to drive technology leadership and improve standards across our core technologies to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk.

Our global network consists of around 6,000 colleagues across ten countries. Here, we are responsible for the manufacturing of all finished products, including devices, needles, assembly, and packaging. As more and more people need our products, we support Novo Nordisk's initiatives in new therapy areas. Every day, we strive to streamline and expand our capacity through process innovation, automation, and the introduction of new technology.

Contact

For further information, you are welcome to contact Mikala Stormly (Director) at +45 30753765.

Deadline

June 29, 2025.

However, interviews will be conducted continuously so do not hesitate to apply.

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 to 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.