Senior Quality Professional

Are you THE facilitator of problem solving on a professional level, and THE driver of the handling of deviations, from initial discovery to the implementation of corrective and preventive measures on the production lines? Are compliance and efficiency core values for you as an individual? Do you have a systematic yet creative mindset to pursue robust solutions that create value for your customers? 

If yes, then this is your call for action! Quality Support, Device Component Manufacturing (DCM) in Hillerød is looking to expand our team with a Senior Quality Professional, that will use systematic problem-solving techniques to solve our biggest quality related projects. Apply today for a life-changing career! 
  
What’s in it for you? 

Your main task will be to handle deviations related to medical devices from our production. In this context, you are expected to play a key role in:  

• Driving / facilitating root cause investigations together with process experts, Quality Assurance and Production. 
• Pursuing robust countermeasures with positive impact in product quality, patient safety, compliance and process efficiency, and sharing the improvements and learnings with our stakeholders. 
• Being our expert on quality management and complex deviation handling within medical device production. 
• Setting the direction in deviation handling. 
• Building relationships and expanding your knowledge in a complex and challenging business environment.  
• Creating great results and developing yourself, both on a professional and on a personal level; you will be trusted to execute your great ideas.  

The main purpose of the role is to safeguard patient safety and improve product quality by ensuring a high-quality root cause investigation and implementing the right corrective actions. Your job area will be within medical devices and covers several different technologies within advanced injection moulding, metal components and assembly.  
  
Candidate profile 

To succeed in this role you have: 

• An academic degree with a technical background within Engineering and/or Natural/Pharmaceutical Sciences. 
• Previous experience with systematic problem solving, root cause analysis and deviation, obtained within Quality Assurance, Moulding or Assembly. 
• Familiarity working in compliance with quality and GMP requirements and you demonstrate a LEAN mindset. 
• Knowledge and experience working in a highly regulated GMP environment is an advantage. 
• Proficiency in English ; Danish language will be a plus.  

  
It is an advantage if you have: 

• Experience with working in a production environment. 
• Mechanical understanding of Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM) and/or servo-controlled machines, moulding machines and their utilities, is an advantage, but not a requirement. 
• Experience with project management. 

If you do not meet all the requirements above but you share our passion for quality, trending, regulations and problem-solving and are keen to acquire professional competencies we want to hear from you. 

 
As a person, you possess excellent communication skills and excel in establishing relations with other people. You bring a positive mindset, are a team player, and have a systematic approach to problem-solving. You are proactive and have a great interest in developing yourself and the team you are a part of. Finally, you are curious and seek to understand the underlying complexities and gain energy by going on the shop floor and interacting with your stakeholders and your team. 

About the department 

DCM manages the production of high-quality components and preassembled parts for our internal customers within prefilled and durable devices. You will join DCM Production, which is responsible for ensuring high quality and effective manufacturing of moulded plastic components, and pre-assembled motor modules for prefilled pen systems in our internal production facility. 

Joining Novo Nordisk 

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. 
 

Any questions? 
For further information, please contact Thue Elson Nissen on  TUEN@novonordisk.com. 

Deadline 
1st April, 2025 

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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.