VP Assistant

Are you a team player, proactive and passionate on applying your accounting and coordination skills? Are you truly motivated by providing proactive PA support for the VP?

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The position

We are seeking a candidate for the position as VP Assistant to the VP of Safety Surveillance in Global Patient Safety. You will work closely with the VP and join the leadership team supporting on various administrative tasks.

Your main tasks will be:

• Leadership meeting planning, including preparation of Agenda, presentation and taking minutes
• Preparing budgets and perform follow-up on realisation of costs on VP level
• Providing the VP with oversight of resources and other relevant information
• Supporting the leadership team on tasks related to organisational development
• Calendar management and travel coordination for the VP, booking and coordinating events and seminars as well as ad hoc tasks

In addition, you will work together with a dedicated team of three administrative assistant colleagues who support the team of directors and provide guidance to the employees across Safety Surveillance in Søborg. You will also work frequently with other assistants across Global Patient Safety.

The job is based in Søborg and offers opportunities for personal and professional development.

Qualifications

We're seeking candidates who fulfil the following prerequisites:

• Possess 4+ years of experience from a similar position
• Have a proven track record in working with budgets and personal assistant support
• Have an extensive knowledge of Microsoft 365 and interest in IT systems
• Have a full working proficiency in written and spoken English
• Have ideally worked with budgets in SAP

As a person you work proactively and independently and handle confidential information discreetly and loyally and have excellent coordination skills.  You have a quality mindset and a structured approach to your work and pay attention to details. You take ownership of tasks and prioritise effectively. You adapt easily to changing environments and collaborate well with other assistants as a team player.

About the department

Safety Surveillance is a global department within Global Patient Safety which guard patient safety. We have global responsibility for the surveillance of all safety information for Novo Nordisk’s products that are currently marketed or under clinical development. Safety Surveillance is based in Søborg with hubs in Bangalore and the US East Coast. Safety Surveillance consists of five director departments with four departments based in Søborg, and one department based in Bangalore.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired

by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

For further information, please contact Gitte Aagaard Philipsen at GTEP@novonordisk.com

Deadline

19th December 2024.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

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.