Senior IT Manager

Senior IT Manager
CMC & Product Supply
Kalundborg, Denmark

Lead IT operations at the heart of a highly complex, GMP-regulated production environment – while still playing a key role in enabling major engineering projects. This is your opportunity to drive operational excellence on the shop floor at our newest Purification Plant V, balancing the urgency of production support with the agility needed for expansion projects that deliver life-saving medicines to patients around the world.

Your new role

As a Senior IT Manager, you will lead the IT System Management and Operations team supporting our production facilities in Kalundborg. You'll be the driving force behind operational excellence on the shop floor while supporting our ambitious expansion projects. The role requires on-premises and on-site shop-floor presence and a high degree of independence, innovation and initiative, while managing multiple stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing your own team within people and business processes, setting goals and providing performance feedback and development plans
• Ensuring operational performance in terms of quality, delivery, cost, environment, health and safety
• Driving continuous improvement through the introduction of new technology, sharing best practices, and practicing change management
• Managing local IT systems and budget to ensure efficient operations of the production facilities
• Ensuring manufacturing IT systems comply with requirements from internal, external, local and global authorities, while supporting audits and inspections
• Building strong relationships with leaders across business, project and IT organisations
• Implementing site-specific strategies and anchoring them within your team and the plants, fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Your new department

In CMC & Product Supply, we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules, processes, devices, and products, dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

PPV IT is organised within CMC&PS IT and API IT, where you'll report to the Director of M2 & PPV IT Operation. Your team will be a central point of IT within the newest Purification Plant V, balancing the urgency of production support with the agility needed for expansion projects while ensuring IT operations integrate seamlessly with production.

Your skills & qualifications

We're looking for a leader who thrives in dynamic, high-stakes environments and has the right mentality and drive to create change and build something new. You'll bring with you:

• +5 years of proven experience of managerial skills and demonstrated leadership abilities in leading teams (direct leadership experience)
• +3 years of IT technical competencies within IT and automation systems
• Experience with IT operations in regulated manufacturing environments (GMP experience is a clear advantage)
• A structured, analytical, and solution-oriented approach to complex challenges and change willingness
• Strong ability to establish cross-organisational collaboration and manage complex stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills in English - Danish is an advantage

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. Here, you'll find a culture that values presence and collaboration – where leaders are visible, available and present on the shop floor. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations, ensuring our production systems deliver medicines that change lives around the world.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline

12th of April 2026.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.