Manager for a QA Project team

Would you like to join Novo Nordisk’s new, ground-breaking biotech facilities utilising modern technology with fully automated operations and digitalised processes? Would you like to be part of expanding our production footprint in Denmark and abroad to support the company portfolio of future oral and injectable pharmaceuticals and to bring new innovative treatments to patients worldwide?

We now have an open position as Manager of a QA Project team. Join us, apply today!

The Position
As Manager you will hold the leadership responsibility for a team of QA Professionals and Principal Scientist. The team has the QA responsibility for the PPV project, which is our new API purification factory in Kalundborg. 

The main tasks will be to:

• Contribute to strategic decisions in the projects representing QA

• Have an overview of resources and processes and to adjust according to the needs

• Collaborate and influence in all organizational processes and decisions

• Ensure individual and team development, as well as a sustainable work environment

In this role, you will report directly to the Director of the department, and you will be part of a dynamic management group. 

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• A M.Sc. in pharmacy, engineering, or equivalent background

• Excellent leadership and people management skills through demonstrated experience in managerial positions

• Background from the pharmaceutical industry e.g., quality assurance or production

• Experience in project management or execution

• Ability to building relations with stakeholders cross functionally and globally

• Proficiency in English

On a personal level, you enjoy close teamwork, are a strong motivator of others and can stay balanced, when the waves get high. You thrive in a multicultural environment working across organizational borders and levels. Building structures comes naturally to you and you enjoy simplifying wherever simplicity can benefit reaching the goals fast and in a sound and solid manner. You are resilient and capable of high complexity, many stakeholders and an environment of execution and decision making. Building relations and creating trust comes easily to you, and you can proactively set clear directions within the quality agenda.

About the department
API Expansions QA Projects supports the capacity expansion projects in Kalundborg and is responsible for ensuring compliance through all project phases, as well as timely approval, and the foundation for flawless operation. The department collaborates with API production areas, internal and external stakeholders both in Denmark and international. We highly value open communication and strong collaboration among our team. Social responsibility is a priority in the department – it must be fun and challenging to go to work.  

Working at Novo Nordisk 
At Novo Nordisk, we do not wait for change. We drive it. We are a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we
seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we are all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact 
For further information, please contact Director Jakob Hovalt Mathiassen on +4530792404.

Deadline 
05 May 2024.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about your motivation to apply in your 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.