Strategy and Portfolio Lead

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Are you ready to play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of Novo Nordisk's SVP External Supply area? Do you thrive in a dynamic, innovative environment and have a passion for driving impactful change? As a Strategy and Portfolio Lead, you will drive strategy development, oversee portfolio management, provide expert insights to support top management decisions, and occasionally could support strategic initiatives. This role demands a strategic mindset, strong analytical skills, a can-do attitude and the ability to foster collaboration across functions, ensuring alignment with Novo Nordisk's long-term objectives. 
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The Position
As a Strategy and Portfolio Lead, you will hold a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of the SVP External Supply (ES) area, ensuring alignment with Novo Nordisk's long-term goals. This role demands a keen understanding of the broader business landscape, including the impact of political shifts and market trends, to navigate complexities and identify opportunities. You will oversee portfolio management, analyse industry developments, and deliver strategic counsel to senior leadership, empowering them to make informed decisions that drive innovation and sustained growth.
Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the annual refresh and review process of the SVP External Supply area strategy, collaborating with top management to align on long-term objectives.
• Monitor industry trends, PESTLE triggers, and internal enterprise risks, providing timely insights and recommendations to inform strategic decisions.
• Integrate relevant strategic insights into the Business Plan, proactively addressing internal and external triggers.
• Analyse and manage the ES Portfolio, maintaining a clear view of cross-interdependencies within and beyond the SVP External Supply area to mitigate risks effectively.
• Prepare and deliver sharp, insightful materials for top management presentations, highlighting portfolio development, risks, and opportunities.

This position requires a high level of independence, a strategic mindset, a go-do attitude and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and stakeholders.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we imagine you:

• Hold master’s degree in business administration, Economics, Political Science, Strategic Management or a related field.
• Have extensive experience in strategy development or a related field, demonstrating a deep understanding of the discipline.
• Possess proven ability to work independently and lead cross-functional projects.
• Can drive Innovation and Strategic Change: Develop and implement innovative strategies to tackle complex challenges across social, economic, and scientific domains, leveraging advanced data analytics to forecast industry trends and inform decision-making.
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English.

As a person, you excel at developing and articulating long-term strategies that align with organisational goals, drawing on your strong analytical skills to provide data-driven insights for decision-making. You thrive in cross-functional collaboration, leveraging your expertise to integrate diverse perspectives and drive impactful outcomes. With excellent communication and problem-solving abilities, you ensure complex ideas are clearly conveyed and challenges are addressed with innovative, ethical, and effective solutions.

About the department
ES Portfolio & Strategy is a team within the department External Supply Business Development and Support. ES Portfolio and Strategy team is responsible for driving and overseeing the ES Transformation, deploying the newly launched ES Business Plan, and driving the ES Strategy development each year. This also includes portfolio management and prioritisation of strategic business initiatives across External Supply, encompassing all transformation related initiatives across the line. 

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk we use our skills, dedication, and ambition to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease. By working with us you will have the opportunity to do the same in a global business environment. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development.

Contact
For further information, please contact Priyanka Bansal (Manager of ES Transformation Office) at +45-34482473

Deadline
4 March 2025. 
Please note, applications will be reviewed, and interviews will be conducted 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. 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.