Sustainability Data Analyst

About the Department                                                                                                                                                   

Novo Nordisk’s Market Access and Public Affairs team engages diverse stakeholders across political and healthcare landscapes to forge solutions that drive patient access to innovative products.  We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, growth hormone deficiencies and rare bleeding disorders through mutual wins for both Novo Nordisk and our Market Access customers.  Our passion for helping people live better lives and our award-winning product pipeline can only be as effective as our ability to provide life-changing information to healthcare providers, key stakeholders and policymakers. Our Market Access and Public Affairs professionals ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most, by creating an environment where innovation and chronic disease management drive optimal health outcomes. Are you ready to realize your potential?

This role may be located in NJ or Washington, D.C.

The Position

The Sustainability Data Analyst will support the sustainability and ESG efforts inside Novo Nordisk, Inc., as directed by the Director, US Corporate Sustainability. Primary responsibilities include compilation, management, analyses, and preparation of data for: sustainability, greenhouse gas, and ESG improvements; dashboards; and reporting; and research to support improvement opportunities. This position will be an integral part of the continued development, implementation and monitoring of internal Quality Assurance and data management programs and, as such, will be required to work cross-functionally within Novo Nordisk, Inc.

Relationships

Reports to Director – US Corporate Sustainability. Internally, this role works in collaboration across the organization to ensure consistency and alignment on the strategies, goals, messaging, metrics, and reporting as it pertains to the environmental sustainability agenda. Strong collaboration with the business functions on goals, strategic projects and initiatives, metrics, and data is essential. External Relationships include engaging with consultants, suppliers, and, occasionally, Novo Nordisk A/S and affiliates on initiatives for data collection, improvement, reporting, visualization - including dashboards, and analysis. Works cross functionally to manage assigned sustainability initiatives. Works with IT, Finance, Risk Management, and Legal, as needed, to support a compliant relationship and activities.

Essential Functions

• Implementing processes, controls, systems, and dashboards to measure progress for consistent and accurate reporting that is aligned with stakeholder expectations
• Gathering, processing, and managing data updates across multiple systems (Data could include: GHGs, energy. waste, water, inclusion and diversity, supply chain, etc.)
• Tracking down data gaps, outliers, and other discrepancies during data collection processes, and reconciling data across sources
• Documenting data processes to support external assurance activities and information requests
• Creating processes to ensure the integrity, timeliness, and completeness of the assigned reporting
• Working with the reporting team to develop and perform sustainability surveys
• Analyzing data to: detect, monitor, and predict risk; analyze the wider impact of the Novo Nordisk Inc. activities, products, and services on the environment and society; and monitor and measure KPIs
• Developing assessments of ESG metrics to determine areas of potential concern and/or opportunity
• Tracking performance of identified programs over time
• Assisting in the development of written policies and procedures associated with Novo Nordisk’s data management and sustainability program
• Thinking creatively to transform sometimes technical content into easy-to-understand material (e.g., graphs. tables, summaries, presentations, website content, reports, etc.)
• Performing research on novel and new areas to support solutions identification
• Anticipate potential problems or pitfalls and actively resolve
• Willing to challenge status quo and provide analysis to drive impact
• Ability to project manage key initiatives, as assigned, including maintaining schedules, ensuring collaborative team interactions, and achieving a professional standard of quality for deliverables

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to Environmental or Energy Management, Data Science, or a similarly technical and engineering-minded field.  An advanced degree in data science, analytics and/or visualization, advanced statistics, programming or similar field may substitute for the environmental sustainability analysis experience”.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in environmental sustainability and analysis
• Sustainability or ESG program implementation or reporting experience preferred
• Advanced skills with data analysis and visualization tools preferred (e.g., Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, Python, R, SQL)
• Strong interest in sustainability
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
• Experience in data collection, management, QA/QC, and analytics, working with various data sources and software tools to aggregate for reporting
• Ability to effectively develop and maintain cross-functional relationships and responsibilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff
• Proficient in team communication with the need to be concise and professional
• Highly organized, flexible and innovative, self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and meet deadlines
• Detail oriented
• Ability to trouble-shoot problems and to escalate to manager, when appropriate

The base compensation range for this position is $125,000-$135,000. 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 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.