Strategic Business Partner for Vice President

Do you want to join a rapidly growing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) production area that is eager for more? Are you motivated to use your analytical skills and ready to tackle exciting business challenges and drive operational and strategic change? Do you thrive in a trusted advisor role, collaborating with stakeholders and senior management?

In Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) API Pilots, we’ve welcomed over 200 new colleagues in recent years and continue to expand to meet tomorrow's demand. With over 300 skilled professionals organized in a new Vice President (VP) area, we are looking for a new Strategic Business Partner to support our VP on our continuous transformation in CMC API Pilots DK.

This dynamic position involves engaging in exciting investment and development projects to scale up our API production for clinical trials and promoting digitalisation of our processes to prepare us for the future. Come join us for a life-changing career!

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The position

As VP Strategic Business Partner in CMC API Pilots DK, you will provide support on a variety of strategic, operational and financial tasks while offering day-to-day guidance and analysis.

You will:

• act as the local anchor for the annual strategy process (Strategy2Action)
• support strategy deployment by identifying, developing and implementing business initiatives
• tracking actions and create presentation material for the VP
• collaborate closely with different business units, incl. the CVP Strategic Business Partner

You will drive impactful partnerships through frequent interaction with senior management and identify opportunities to help the organisation prepare for the many future opportunities and challenges. Furthermore, you will have a close collaboration with Strategic Business Partners in other CMC CVP areas.

As VP Strategic Business Partner, you will have a dotted line to the CMC Executive Office with other Business support functions. Our mission is to deliver strategic management support and sparring and to drive communication and other cross-functional projects and tasks across CMC.

Qualifications
We imagine you hold a relevant Master’s degree within science, business, finance or a related field, with 4-8 years of experience in business partnering, preferably within business development, project management or consultancy. Ideally, understanding of API production and/or other complex manufacturing processes is seen as an advantage.  

Furthermore you:

• Possess excellent analytical skills, able to transform analyses into clear, impactful communication and actions.
• Can facilitate strategic discussions on a senior management level and effectively manage stakeholders.
• Take pride in handling and delivering on multiple operational and tactical projects simultaneously.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to enhance operational efficiency and drive business results.
• Work proactively and independently, taking the lead on complex tasks and projects.
• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in written and spoken English are essential.

To succeed in this role, a deep understanding of business dynamics and the ability to analyse forecasts and translate them into actionable business strategies is required.

As a person, you are ambitious, self-driven and a dedicated team-player with a genuine interest in understanding other’s perspectives. You engage with stakeholders respectfully and thoughtfully, while not being afraid of challenging status quo.

About the department
As part of the Novo Nordisk PSQIT organisation, CMC Product & Process Development makes a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop, manufacture, and distribute drug candidates for clinical trials and have a strong culture with a “can do” mindset.

CMC API Pilots is the preferred partner for API production supporting clinical trials and ensuring process transfer to commercial production. You will be part of the VP area CMC API Pilots DK, located in Bagsværd. We have a high focus on continuously improving individual and team competencies with a clear focus on people development.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We believe that “unordinary drives change”. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care. 

Contact
For further information, please contact VP Mette Hughes at +45 30753403 or Strategic Business Partner Sune Søsted Paarup Odér at +45 3075 1362

Deadline
March 19th, 2025

Due to short deadline, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please note that we will review applications and call in for interviews continuously.

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.