Senior Manager

Are you an empathetic and empowering leader ready to bring your leadership career to the next level? Would you like to put your people management and stakeholder relations building skills to good use? If yes, you may be one of the two Senior Managers we are looking for, both newly established positions, to head up our Global Contract Manufacturing, Drug Substance (GCM DS) Operations teams. We oversee the operations of some of the key products manufactured at contract manufacturers across the world. The area handles high-profile products in Novo Nordisk with high expectations to solid growth in the coming years. Apply today and be part of this journey!

The position

As Senior Manager your focus will be to lead a growing unit of (Senior) Operations Managers responsible for the daily operations of our global network of Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) within Drug Substance.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Overseeing a team of currently five highly educated and dedicated Operations Managers and Senior Operations Managers, with plans to expand the team further in the coming months and years, as the global footprint of CMOs is growing
• Ensuring the focus on Drug Substance, covering various custom-made materials used in our internal API manufacturing plants and finished products manufactured globally, both internally and externally
• Working closely with the other Senior Manager to ensure coherence and alignment of operating standards in both teams, following the split of the current Operations department into two sub-teams
• Collaborating closely with a broad range of stakeholders including Global Strategic Outsourcing unit, the management teams of the CMOs as well as other internal Novo Nordisk departments, covering e.g. Quality and Subject Matter Experts
• Playing a pivotal role in setting the direction for critical CMOs, ensuring quality, overseeing capacity build up and timely involvement of the right competencies

You will report directly to the head of Operations Drug Substance.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, we imagine you:

• Hold a master’s degree in engineering, pharmacy, or any other relevant field
• Have several years of direct people management experience
• Possess a background in at least one of the following: outsourcing of production/quality control, category management, managing of internal production/quality control
• Familiar with cGMP requirements
• Are fluent in English, both written and spoken

As a person, you thrive in engaging, motivating, and inspiring your employees to perform in a dynamic and international environment. You are there for your employees, you help ensure psychological safety in the department. You possess good communication skills and a structured approach, which allow you to gain commitment from both internal and external stakeholders. Finally, you have a strong quality mindset and the ability to make decisions.

About the department

Global Contract Manufacturing Drug Substance (DS) Operations is responsible for the global network of DS CMOs in Novo Nordisk. We are currently handling 18 CMOs in operation, and the number is expected to grow heavily in the coming years. We are responsible for the daily operations, capacity utilisation, deliveries to downstream customers and for ensuring that the quality meets standards. Together with our stakeholders we set the direction for future collaboration with the CMOs in terms of capacity build up, supply chain strategies, collaboration models and quality oversight.

You will join a department of 12 (and still growing) highly dedicated and talented colleagues, where we have an informal and direct tone and where we value each other’s differences.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. 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, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

For further information, please call Ghita Ørts, Director GCM DS Operations, at +45 3075 5409.

Deadline

5 May 2024.

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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.