Sr Director, Finance & Operations, India

Department : Finance & Operations (India commercial entity - Novo Nordisk India Private Ltd)

Location : Bengaluru, India

Shape the financial backbone of one of the world's fastest-growing markets for life-saving medicines. This isn't just a finance role – it's a strategic leadership position where your decisions will directly influence how millions of patients across India access the treatments they need.

Your new role

As Senior Director, Finance & Operations, you'll be the strategic partner to India's General Manager, driving financial excellence while managing critical supply chain and procurement operations. You'll have the autonomy to build systems, shape strategies, and lead initiatives that ensure sustainable business growth in one of our most dynamic markets. You will be a member of the India Leadership Team, reporting to the General Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Developing and executing strategic financial plans that shape short, medium, and long-term business success, including budgeting, forecasting, and management information systems

- Leading the pricing framework in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure our medicines reach patients effectively

- Overseeing all accounting operations, building robust control systems and ensuring audit and compliance readiness across India operations

- Managing the end-to-end supply chain, liaising with contract manufacturing partners and distribution networks to ensure seamless product availability

- Driving procurement excellence and administrative operations across headquarters and zonal offices, through strong benchmarking and collaboration with Global Shared Services

- Leading and developing a high-performing team of 15-20 finance and operations professionals across multiple locations

- Partnering with the leadership team to deliver strong financial KPIs while building a sustainable business foundation

Your new department

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

Within India, you'll be a key member of the leadership team driving our ambitious growth strategy in a market where access to quality healthcare can genuinely transform lives. India represents both significant opportunity and complexity – and your role will be central to navigating both while maintaining our commitment to ethics, quality, and patient focus.

Your skills & qualifications

We're looking for an accomplished finance leader who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and can operate strategically while maintaining operational excellence. You'll bring:

- CA or MBA in Finance from a reputed institute, with strong technical skills across financial planning, tax, treasury, and accounting

- 15+ years of progressive experience as a finance leader, ideally within multinational organizations with a global mindset

- Proven ability to drive business results in complex and dynamic environments, with experience managing multiple stakeholder relationships

- Exceptional leadership capabilities with experience building, developing, and coaching high-performing teams

- Outstanding communication and influencing skills to interact confidently with senior internal and external stakeholders

- Strategic thinking combined with attention to detail – able to see the big picture while ensuring operational rigour

- Experience in supply chain or operations management would be advantageous

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. In India, this means working in a market where your contribution genuinely matters – where financial stewardship enables patient access, and where operational excellence translates to treatments reaching those who need them most. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

Being part of a global healthcare leader means opportunities to learn and develop are all around you. You'll work alongside talented colleagues across functions and geographies, gain exposure to diverse business challenges, and have the platform to make a tangible impact in one of our most important growth markets. Our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind, ensuring you can bring your best self to work every day.

Deadline

14 August 2026 (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis)

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