Associate Director - RA CMC Diabetes & Obesity

Are you an experienced purpose-driven and business-minded pharmaceutical leader with expertise in drug regulatory affairs? Do you excel in a dynamic environment and want to be part of a rapidly growing organization dedicated to improving the lives of people living with serious chronic diseases? If so, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
We are looking for a leadership colleague that can set direction and that have a strong drive to succeed together as a team. As Associate Director, you will have the daily leadership responsibilities for the people in your team and set direction to ensure that we as a team provide best in class regulatory CMC strategies to the projects we support, thereby ensuring fast submissions and approvals globally.

You will head up one of the Regulatory Affairs Chemistry Manufacturing & Control (RA CMC) teams consisting of around 10-12 colleagues across Denmark and Bangalore.  Our philosophy is clear: When you thrive and are appropriately challenged in your job, you are the best version of yourself and the most valuable colleague. Being part of an organisation that works as a strategic business partner across various parts of a product’s life cycle, you have exciting opportunities in both the department and across the company and you are expected to carry on this mindset when developing yourself as well as your team.

The position is based in Søborg, Denmark.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• An academic degree in life sciences and Global regulatory CMC experience , including experience with European Medicines Agency (EMA)/European agencies and US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA).
• Leadership experience within pharmaceutical operations or drug development, preferably from Regulatory Affairs.
• A strong interest in developing people and teams with a proven track record of strong results.
• Excellent communication skills and are known as a leader who drives change and innovation and gained formal management training in your career.
• Required experience in people management. You have demonstrated your ability to lead collaborative teams and have experience with setting directions and motivating people to be ambitious in their work and interaction with stakeholders.
• You demonstrate a sound business understanding when you develop regulatory strategies.

As a person you are ambitious. You have a proactive mindset – you take the lead on overcoming challenges and show your team the way forward. You demonstrate a sound business understanding and you believe in empowering people around you, offering them constructive feedback and guidance to improve their performance. You have a LEAN approach with a focus efficient operation. You are well-organised and have a good strategic focus. You can keep your spirits high even under pressure and as a skilled communicator you can collaborate at across organisational levels.

About The Department

The position is anchored in the Director area in RA CMC Diabetes and Obesity, organized in the RA CMC & Device organization with 300 employees. As Associate Director, you will lead and develop professionals and specialists organized in the department with more than 10 colleagues in Søborg, Denmark and Bangalore, India, collaborating in hybrid teams. RA CMC & Device has an increasingly important function in Novo Nordisk due to the corporate ambition of bringing new products and innovation progressively faster to market by shortening development timelines and optimise and expand production capacities to help many more patients. The function is represented across the value chain in governance and project teams (matrix teams) and act as an important business partner by soliciting tough decisions based on regulatory requirements, business needs, and patient safety.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. 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. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 60,000 employees to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further. Together, we are life changing. 

Contact
For further information please contact Seemeen Hussain Chandrantooty, SCDT at SCDT@novonordisk.com 

Deadline
6 of April 2025

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

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.