Sr. Data & Analytics Manager

The Position

As a Senior Data & Analytics Manager, you will serve as the primary Power BI and analytics lead for the International Operations (IO) area, owning the strategic direction and delivery of the Power BI reporting portfolio. You will lead a team of BI resources, define and govern semantic model standards, and act as the central bridge between business units, the regional data & analytics teams and the Global Enterprise IT CDP (Common Data Platform) team who owns upstream data product delivery. The position will be based in Zurich Switzerland.

Responsibilities

Strategic BI & Reporting Ownership

• Define the IO Power BI reporting strategy, translating business priorities from in-market sales, frontline excellence, digital CE, and commercial operations into a structured BI delivery roadmap
• Act as the owner of the IO Power BI Reporting Centre of Excellence (CoE), setting standards, governance frameworks, and ways of working for semantic model design, report development and report maintenance and communications with regional data & analytics leads
• Steward the business-facing taxonomy for datasets so that data products, KPIs and reports are comparable and scalable, jointly with business units like Commercial Excellence and Digital & Customer Engagement

• Lead a team of BI resources to deliver, maintain, and improve the IO Commercial Insights & Analytics Power BI Insights Hub, overseeing the operation of semantic models and reports to ensure they remain scalable, reusable, and aligned with CDP data products

*CDP – Common Data Platform, a consolidated cloud database in SnowFlake

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-functional Collaboration

• Serve as the anchor point towards the Global Enterprise IT CDP team, clearly communicating IO reporting requirements and influencing the prioritization of data products that feed the Power BI layer
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to scale and centralize regional Power BI solutions; drive best practice sharing across regions
• Participate actively in key IO transformation initiatives, such as the Advanced Customer Engagement project to drive reporting layer directions

Thought Leadership & Innovation

• For stand-alone analytics at small scale with focus on validating fast business cases and exploratory analytics, act as the end-2-end data & analytics owner
• Stay current with PBI platform developments, emerging analytics trends, and AI-assisted reporting initiatives, and actively introduce new approaches to enhance efficiency and quality

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Information, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field with strong analytics focus
• 8+ years of experience in business intelligence or data analytics, with a significant portion focused on Power BI solution delivery
• Proven track record of defining and governing Power BI semantic models and reporting portfolios in a complex, cross-functional environment
• Experience working in or alongside Enterprise IT data platform teams, with a clear understanding of how upstream data products feed BI reporting layers
• Strong strategic thinking ability, with a demonstrated capacity to translate business needs into structured BI reporting solutions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to engage and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
• Highly adaptable with the ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced and evolving operational environment
• Professional level written and spoken English

Technical requirements:

• Expert-level proficiency in Power BI, including semantic model design, DAX, Power Query, and dashboard development
• Strong understanding of data governance, data modelling concepts and how to structure semantic models for scalability and reusability
• Working knowledge of SQL sufficient to understand and validate upstream data products from CDP
• Familiarity with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms as a data source context is an advantage

About the team

The department consists of 5 talented employees that in a high-pace environment deliver top-class insights and analytics used for decision making on an IO International Operations level.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk we also recognise 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 and backgrounds, and from different cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and the communities we operate in.  

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

Deadline

Apply before 23rd March 2026

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis therefore do not hesitate to apply if interested.

Contact

Are you interested in this opportunity? We look forward to your online application before the application deadline. Please include your CV in English.

We invite you to not hesitate and apply soon as we reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the requirements. 

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.