Senior Manager for API production

Are you a highly motivated leader, driven by complex challenges and a broad area of responsibility? Do you have strong technical competencies? Would you like to be part of a highly skilled production unit dedicated to making a difference for people living with Diabetes or Obesity? Then you may be Novo Nordisk's new Sr. Manager.

The position

We are looking for a Sr. Manager for M1 Fermentation and Recovery at site Kalundborg. You will be part of a dynamic business area in constant development which produces Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for patients across the world.

As a Sr. Manager, you will lead a support team of highly skilled employees.

You will play a key role in developing your team and continuously improve performance as well as delivering excellent results. You will also be responsible for coordinating and prioritizing resources and tasks in the team to ensure fulfilment of our ambition to obtain more capacity and a stable production of high-quality products out of the facility. In addition, you will be part of the management team and will work closely with your management colleagues on day-to-day operations and people management related matters.

Your key responsibilities will be to

• Recruit, Lead and develop your team, coach and train the employees to ensure the right composition of skills to address current and future needs.
• Ensure production output and product release with continuous improvement of performance as well as delivering excellent results.
• Secure quality and compliance of product and process. Assist in further development of LEAN production.
• Set objectives and targets to realize productivity and cost optimizations.
• In addition, you will be part of an experienced management group and will work closely with your management colleagues on day-to-day operations and people management-related matters.

Qualifications

To succeed in this position, we expect you to:

• Have proven leadership experience.
• Preferably have experience with the production and/or development of pharmaceutical products.
• Preferably have experience in GMP-regulated areas and possess LEAN knowledge.
• Communicate fluently in English and Danish or have a willingness to learn it

As a leader, you are good at collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across the organization. Moreover, you need to oversee and manage day-to-day operations and long-term coordinating, prioritizing and planning of resources and tasks in the team to ensure fulfilment of our ambition to obtain more capacity and stable production of high-quality products out of the facility. This would include prioritization and portfolio management of multiple projects of varying sizes and complexity.

As a person, you have strong analytical skills with an interest in systematic problem-solving. You are structured and proactive in your work and will never compromise on quality. To succeed you need to be able to keep calm and make decisions in a busy work environment, where the agenda changes frequently. As a leader, you see and match your employees' needs and ambitions, where you naturally adapt your leadership style, ask curious questions and can communicate at all levels of the organization.

About the department

In everything we do in Fermentation and Recovery, we believe in continuously developing people and processes in a safe and learning-oriented environment, thus creating the best place to work.

The department consists of approx. 170 employees divided into 10 teams (6 operation- and 4 support teams). Over the coming years we will optimize our production to keep up with the demand.

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 to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

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.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600 to 1,091,600 DKK (DK), corresponding to the level of the position.
The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short‑term and/or long‑term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Contact & Deadline

For further information please feel free to contact Senior Director Anne-Mette Oldelund Nydam, +45-30 75 09 07

Deadline is 10th May 2026

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