Vice President, Corporate Facilities

Finance, Legal & Global Solutions

Bagsværd, Denmark

Impact begins with strong partnerships. If you are driven by making a difference to Novo Nordisk as a company and colleagues, and working in a diverse global organisation, this position might be for you.

Your new role
As Vice President Corporate Facilities, you will join a highly engaged, diverse, and experienced organisation within the Executive Vice President area of Finance, Legal & Global Solutions (FLGS).

Corporate Facilities counts around 315 employees located at our sites around Denmark. The area counts various professional areas and is an area characterized by strong development and engagement – securing the right level and quality needed of services, facilities, security, power etc. for Novo Nordisk.  

Key Responsibilities in role

In this role, your overall areas of responsibility are:

• Common physical infrastructures in DK, including office buildings and production sites (Novo Nordisk DK represents 400 buildings of +1 mio. sqm)
• Strong project execution of physical infrastructures and best in class provision of facility services, impacting all 25,000+ Novo Nordisk DK colleagues
• Center of Excellence for the office portfolio in Novo Nordisk DK housing 10,000+ colleagues
• Center of Excellence for energy solutions in Novo Nordisk DK, critical of seamless production
• Knowledgeable planning and execution of corporate facility process digitalization
• Leadership – lead, engage and develop the Corporate Facility people and organisation

You will report to Group Vice President Global Solutions and be part of the Global Solutions leadership team, counting 8 highly engaged and global colleagues within various professional areas.

As a member of Global Solutions Management, the role also includes the responsibility of pursuing the overall GVP area strategy.

Your skills and qualifications

We are seeking a talented leader with strong strategic thinking abilities and interpersonal skills:

Strategic, enterprise-wide leadership: Ability to think strategically and translate business needs from different EVP areas into forward-thinking functional decisions/standards, based on a thorough understanding of corporate aspirations, challenges, and data based outlook, across multiple and geographically dispersed units/sites.

Stakeholder management: The position demands a high level of both internal and external communication across a hugely complex stakeholder landscape to achieve required results. A proven ability to effectively manage and nurture relationships with diverse stakeholders, both internal and external, and adept at aligning stakeholder interests with organisational objectives. To navigate in a complex political context with collaboration with DK government, local municipalities/authorities and utility companies. Finally advanced negotiation skills combined with a diplomatic approach.

Mastering transformation, change management and adaptability: Demonstrated capability in leading transformation - fostering an adaptable and resilient organisational culture, and effectively managing change within a growing and evolving organisational structure.

Inclusive leadership: Leading, engaging and developing the organisation and people, and having a strong ability to foster an inclusive and psychological safe organisation where all the immensely diverse job types in Corporate Facilities can thrive and feel valued for their unique contribution. People development, closeness and wellbeing naturally are in focus.

Professional background: You bring a relevant Master’s degree, preferably also relevant advanced leadership programme education and at least 5 years of relevant corporate facility experience within a similar complex, international, and culturally diverse organisation including knowledge of best practice within Facility Management.

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination, and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results. 

What we offer 

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind. 

  
Deadline  
Deadline for applying is 7 August 2026

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.