Director, Business Support & Integration ET

About the Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilites in Emerging Technologies (ET) within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support ET's SMOL projects in the coming years, aligning our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 12 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position

Serve as a strategic partner to site CVP, overseeing business integration, support, and site strategy. Responsibilities encompass budget management, business performance, leadership, integration of acquired sites, and oversight of various functions, including cLean, training, Circular 4 zero, EHS, finance, IT, and compliance with legislation and regulations.

Relationships

Site Leader.

Essential Functions

• Serve as key partner for site leadership, managing business integration and site strategy
• Responsible for oversite of business performance, budget processes and project portfolios
• Ensure legislative and regulatory compliance, including cGMP and ISO guidelines
• Responsible for strategic projects & implementation
• Serve as Financial Business Partner for the site, providing business insight & business value; analyze, budget & forecast financial data
• Own, manage, execute & support process for purchasing of goods & services, including negotiation of major contracts, development & maintenance of purchasing documents & procedures, strategic sourcing & supplier network management
• Maintain effective communication, collaboration & alignment across stakeholders, site management & global sites
• Manage, lead & coach employees in department to ensure a high performing collaborative environment, to include providing continuous feedback, structure & accountability to improve team performance
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities as assigned

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.)

Development of People

Supervisory

Ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process.

Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility.

Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or relevant field of study from an accredited university required
• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in a manufacturing organization required, preferably in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Minimum of five (5) years managing other managers required
• Proven track record of strategy deployment & long-term target settings
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong verbal & written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment & manage multiple deadlines
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Proven process improvement & problem-solving skills

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.