Tech Lead

Are you looking to transform global healthcare through new and innovative digital solutions? Do you have a passion for provide value by leveraging technology?

If so, you might be our next Tech Lead. Apply now!

What’s in it for you?

We are looking for a Tech Lead who will shape, develop, and implement digital solutions in Product and Supply, ultimately addressing one of the bigger digital manufacturing initiatives we have in Novo Nordisk. You will have a chance to immerse yourself into not only the tech, but also understand the ins and outs of the business challenge as you engage with team members, end-users, as well as internal partners to craft the best regulated solutions. As a Tech Lead you are responsible for creating and maintain a healthy product, with all that it entails (DORA metrics, Solution tech stack, regulation, engaged team members, committed stakeholders).

Additionally, your responsibilities are to:

• Drive and build value-driving and innovative digital solutions with a user-centric approach
• Proficiently manage technical and business stakeholder relationships
• Advise, drive and improve decision making trough effective communication
• Explore and qualify new technologies and tools with the team during the development of these solutions to ensure we are using the right thing for the right job
• Guide and mentor software developers on the team
• Prioritise your work with the team and its product owner, weighing both the business and technical value of each task

The team is well established and already delivering value to its end-users who love the product. The task is to continue this progression and support the team in further maturing their practices toward Continuous Delivery (in a highly regulated environment). The position is primarily based in Gentofte, Denmark, and you should expect the majority of your time to be onsite to ensure better collaboration across the teams and organisation.

Which competencies to bring?

To be successful in this role, you should come with a strong understanding and hands-on experience within broad software development. In addition, we imagine the ideal candidate to meet most of the following:

• Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or other relevant field
• 7+ years’ professional experience and previous experience in a similar position
• Solid and proven programming polyglottic experience (we are using python and vue3 typescript) and hands-on experience with AWS, especially around PaaS service offerings, and multi-layered architecture
• Broad knowledge of AWS resources, deployment methods and Azure Dev Ops pipelines are a plus
• Past experiences with how to create and manage APIs as a natural component of a digital product is needed
• Experience with creating impactful end-to-end user experiences

On a personal level, you are passionate about development and you care deeply about Product Engineering as a topic. Lastly, you could have a presence on GitHub or other OSS platforms with publicly available code that will help us assess your skills.

The team waiting for you

The Digital Accelerator is the home of the digital product. People that are successful here care deeply about three things: Putting technology to use, how collaborate and continuously innovate/develop/operate our product, and we love the complex domain that we exist in and drive impact through. We are anchored in the Digital Products & Software Engineering unit in our global IT organisation called Digital, Data & IT (DD&IT). Our purpose is to a drive cultural change through partnering with the business to accelerate digital innovation.

We are established as a team to  solve complex and meaningful challenges, and you as a Tech Lead will help support and facilitate this. Your team will be tasked with iteratively refining and releasing a technical solution what will support highly experienced quality staff to ensure perfect quality of our pharmaceutical products. Essentially, we want to manage the complexity by providing end-users with contextual and actionable insights (and potentially actions), and reduce redundant work such that they can focus more on the right things.

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Joining Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. For 100 years, we have been driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. As a result, our treatments today benefit millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. We are proud of that.

We are proud of our people too, and we employ more than 57,000 bright and diverse minds in 80 offices worldwide. With us, your bright mind and commitment help us change lives for people worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a seat in a rewarding and purpose-driven culture where your professional and personal development is highly valued. That said, opportunities are many in Novo Nordisk.

Deadline

2 May 2024

We will come back to you after the closing date, however, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.

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. 

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.