Associate United States Operations Strategy Director

About the Department

The Strategy & Executive Office (SEO) organization is responsible for setting the short, mid, and long-term strategy for Novo Nordisk, Inc and ensures flawless execution of our key priorities. This encompasses long-term strategic planning, empowering and supporting leaders to successfully execute on strategic priorities, as well as driving and delivering high impact enterprise and business unit projects deemed critical to our future success. Furthermore, the Executive Office is responsible for supporting the President of NNI directly to ensure the pull through of priorities to set the direction for the entire organization.

The Position

Responsible for leading the development, evolution, activation, and implementation of the overall company strategy for US Operations (USO) to drive sustainable growth. You will manage enterprise level strategy end to end, ensuring strategic ambition, priorities and enablers are connected and translated throughout the organization. In this role you will define USO's future direction, use scenario planning and stress testing to evaluate alternatives, and surface trade offs to help senior leaders make the hard choices that secure a sustainable, high impact future. You will convert strategic priorities into actionable initiatives with clear owners, timelines, and success metrics, embed change management to drive adoption, and partner with Finance to align investments and track benefits. Acting as the bridge across commercial, medical, access, supply and operations, you will ensure all parts of the value chain come together under one cohesive strategy, working closely with the Director, US Operations Strategy, to integrate strategic shifts into our strategy management processes.

Relationships

Reports to Director, US Operations Strategy. Internal interactions may include USBD Executive Team, Executive Office, USO LT, functional leads, Corporate Strategy, and other HQ counterparts to ensure strategic coordination across Novo Nordisk. External relationships may include interactions with various subject matter experts and vendors based on the needs of special projects or implementation of new programs.

Essential Functions

• Company level strategy ownership: manage the US Operations (USO) company level strategy end to end, maintaining the central strategy repository, governance cadence, and alignment between strategic ambition, priorities, and organizational enablers
• Strategic roadmap development: create and evolve a 3–5 year strategic roadmap that defines USO’s future direction, identifies enterprise opportunities, and aligns mid /long term ambitions with business priorities
• Ecosystem insight and risk assessment: monitor the healthcare ecosystem (regulatory, technology, market, competitor) and translate external trends into strategic implications; identify and assess enterprise risks and recommend mitigations
• Scenario planning and decision support: lead scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and stress testing to evaluate alternatives, surface trade offs, and provide clear recommendations to enable senior leaders to make high impact choices for benefits of our patients
• Strategy activation and initiative delivery: convert strategic priorities into actionable initiatives and operating plans with clear owners, timelines, success metrics, and delivery governance; lead or sponsor cross functional workstreams to achieve results
• Change management and adoption: design and embed change management approaches (communications, training, stakeholder engagement) to ensure organizational readiness and sustained adoption of strategic shifts
• Financial alignment: partner with Finance to ensure alignment between strategy and financial milestones, to accurately translate strategy into investment guidance for the company
• Performance measurement and continuous improvement: define KPIs and dashboards, monitor execution performance, recommend course corrections, and drive continuous improvement of strategy processes and tools
• Stakeholder influence and executive engagement: build alignment across commercial, medical, access, supply, operations, corporate strategy, and external partners; represent USO strategy in senior leadership forums and convene the US Operations Strategy Board for cross value chain decisions
• Communication and strategic reporting: develop audience appropriate strategy communications and presentation materials for executive and management audiences; partner with Executive Communications as needed
• Team dynamics: foster a collaborative, accountable culture; coach and mentor colleagues; ensure close partnership with the Director, US Operations Strategy to integrate strategic shifts into the broader strategy management process

Physical Requirements

10-20% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent education with 9+ years of progressively relevant corporate business strategy development and planning, marketing and brand management, consulting, commercial operations experience required, OR a Master's Degree/MBA from an accredited university or equivalent with 7+ years of experience, and/or a Doctorate degree from an accredited university or equivalent education with 5+ years of experience.
• Pharmaceutical or CPG industries strongly preferred
• Business case development, management consulting, strategy, or finance experience preferred
• Understanding of the external marketplace and familiarity in metabolic disease areas preferred
• Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with senior management and communicate effectively to the highest level of executives
• Strong decision-making skills through demonstrated ability to leverage evidenced-based insights and sound judgement into strategy development, deployment and optimization
• Project management, process development and change management experience required
• Ability to manage competing priorities; strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to streamline and simplify complex concepts for broader audience
• Proven cross-functional organizational behavior and collaboration skills with ability to influence and inspire multiple levels of leadership
• People management/team development experience preferred

The base compensation range for this position is $126,500 to $234,000. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance.  
 
Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.  
 
Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy. 

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 defeating 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.

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.