Senior Digital Strategy Partner

AI & Digital Innovation, R&D

Copenhagen Area, Denmark or London/Oxford, United Kingdom

Are you passionate about bridging science, AI, and strategy to drive real impact? This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge research, digital innovation, and business execution. Join us and help accelerate high-impact initiatives across R&D, collaborating directly with senior leaders while delivering tangible outcomes.

Your new role

As Senior Digital Strategy Partner, you will operate at the interface between senior leadership and operational teams, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into impactful execution. You will take ownership of high-priority initiatives and drive them forward in a global fast-paced, complex environment.

Moreover, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead high-impact R&D projects
• Drive complex, long-term programmes across R&D, including collaborations with external partners and technology leaders
• Act as a trusted advisor and “translator” between senior stakeholders (EVP/SVP level) and operational teams
• Navigate a highly complex stakeholder landscape, aligning diverse perspectives and enabling execution
• Operate with a high degree of independence, managing ambiguity and delivering results at pace

Your new department

You will join AI & Digital Innovation, a key area within Research & Development focused on accelerating innovation through advanced digital and AI capabilities. As part of the AI Execution team, you will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to ensure that strategic initiatives are effectively executed and deliver measurable value.

The team operates in a high-demand environment with significant growth potential, playing a critical role in shaping how digital and AI are embedded across the organisation.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a rare “hybrid” profile combining science, digital understanding, and strong business acumen.

• Advanced degree (PhD or Master’s preferred) in life sciences, with a solid scientific foundation (e.g. biology, chemistry, clinical)
• +6 years of experience driving high impact projects, ideally combining life sciences with consulting, strategy, or digital/AI exposure
• Solid understanding of digitalisation and/or AI 
• Proven experience of robust business acumen 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are required 
• Fluency in written and spoken English 

As a person, you are highly adaptable, curious, humble and self-driven. You are a quick learner with the ability to interact and build trust with multiple stakeholders across levels and disciplines.

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. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600.00 to 1,091,600.00 DKK, 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

Application Support

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. If you're a person with a disability, if you're neurodivergent, and need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please send an email to ebhn@novonordisk.com. Please include your name, the role you are interested in and the type of adjustment your need.  

Deadline

14 June 2026. Interviews may start during the posting period.

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.