Quality Assurance Professional

Do you thrive in a challenging and ever-changing environment? Would you like to ensure the quality of Novo Nordisk’s Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Production in Kalundborg as part of a highly skilled, engaged and experienced team?

If yes, then you may be our new Quality Assurance (QA) Professional to join API QA Purification Plants (QA PP) in Kalundborg. Apply now for a life-changing career!

The position

As our new QA Professional, you will have an important and broad contact with our production. The main responsibility in the role is to be on the forefront to set the right level of our quality standards and ensure that compliance always meet the internal and external requirements.

Our area is divided into three teams, two of which handle quality assurance of production processes, environmental monitoring, and IT, and one team handles cleaning processes. All teams perform a wide range of quality assurance activities, ranging from handling deviations, change requests and validation to quality support to optimization projects in the Purification Plants. 

We are hiring across the department, and together we will ensure the best fit for your personal and professional qualifications. This opportunity offers an exciting and challenging job, where you will be part of one of our very competent teams.

Qualifications

To thrive in this role, you have a strong business perspective and understanding of both the quality standards and the production business. The key success criteria are:

• A Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Chemistry, Engineering in food tech, Biology or equivalent
• To fulfil the requirements to become a “Qualified Person” (QP), according to The Danish Medicines Agency certification, will be advantageous
• Fluency in English and Danish as an advantage
• Great communication and collaboration skills

We are particularly keen on professionals with a focus on Environmental Monitoring and Cleaning, although we are also open to a range of other relevant skills that can contribute to our department.

Our search extends beyond just a handful of individuals, therefore, we urge you to apply no matter your previous experience. Both newcomers and very experienced candidates are more than welcome to apply. We have positions and great opportunities for personal and professional development for all.

As a person, you have great personal commitment and accountability in every aspect of your work, and you solve tasks in a systematic and solution-oriented way, with focus on sustainable solutions, while keeping a healthy working environment.  Furthermore, we expect you to dare to make decisions - even the difficult ones.

About the department

In QA PP we are 50 highly dedicated employees, divided into three teams.

We are responsible for assuring the quality of the APIs manufactured in Purification Plants, Kalundborg.

The department has a very good cooperation both internally and with the rest of API QA as well as with production and stakeholders. We have lots of positive attitude and we are strong in communication and collaboration.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re 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’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

For further information, please contact Manager Andreas Baunehøj Jensen: 3077 7276 or Signe Kjelgaard Kristiansen: 3075 1062.

Deadline

1 May 2024.

Please be aware that we are hiring continuously, please do not hesitate to apply as applications are reviewed and interviews conducted on an ongoing basis.

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.