Director, NPP and Forecasting

Commercial Excellence & Strategic Planning 
Søborg, Denmark

Teaser 
Shaping the future of healthcare starts here.
If you are a strategic thinker ready for driving the success of pipeline assets across the Rare Disease therapeutic area, ensuring robust forecasting and informed decision-making for long-term growth, you may be our next New Product Planning and Forecasting Associate Director.

Your new role
In this position you will drive the Target Product Profile (TPP) development for early as-sets within a specific therapeutical area and lead project valuations for major business opportunities. You will further conduct the long-term forecast (LTF) for the same thera-peutical area, ensuring senior management endorsement. 
More specifically, you will:
•    Develop sustainable product development strategies and challenge assumptions for new products 
•    Conduct project risk assessments and translate risks into actionable insights for valuations and portfolios.
•    Manage long-term forecasting (LTF) by gathering and challenging core assump-tions, preparing 10-year sales forecasts, and developing key scenarios.
•    Provide robust decision-making support to brands and senior management through insightful analyses and market scenarios.
•    Establish and maintain strong business partnerships with affiliates, regions, and key stakeholders.
•    Optimize and improve processes, ensuring best practices and clear documentation of deliverables.

Your new department
You will be joining the Commercial Excellence & Strategic Planning team, which is at the forefront of enabling the future success of Rare Disease. The department is dynamic and collaborative, with a strong focus on strategic impact and driving growth. Based in a fast-paced and inspiring environment, the team is dedicated to fostering a culture of excel-lence, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring that every team member can grow and make a difference. You will be part of a newly created team of four em-ployees split between Søborg and Zürich.

Your skills and qualifications
To be successful for this position you have ideally a scientific background, coupled with a minimum of 5 yrs of experience in New Product Planning (NPP), forecasting and analytics, within the pharmaceutical industry.
In addition, you have: 
•    Proven experience in product development, portfolio management, and life cycle management. 
•    Strong analytical skills, as well as ideally forecasting skills.
•    Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate future challenges and address them proactively. 
•    Strong collaboration and communication skills to build effective partnerships with stakeholders. 
•    A pragmatic and fact-based approach to decision-making
•    Fluent English, both written and spoken

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, collaboration and innovation drive everything we do. Every day we work to find solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. For over 100 years, this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company like no other—where mutual respect, curiosity, and determination make extraordinary results possible.

What we offer
In addition to a unique and supportive culture, Novo Nordisk offers strong learning and development opportunities tailored to your career and life stage. Our benefits reflect our commitment to empowering employees to reach their full potential while achieving work-life balance.

More information
To submit your application, please upload your CV in English (click on Apply and follow the instructions). We continuously screen candidates and will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. Therefore, do not hesitate if you are interested in the position.

Deadline
1st of December.

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.