Director of Business Support

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Are you an experienced people leader with strategic vision and passionate about enabling high-performing teams? Do you thrive operating in a dynamic and challenging business environment, and inspired by being at the forefront of developing our external manufacturing in Novo Nordisk?

If you are looking for a role that will enable you to make a high impact and be part of shaping and driving two areas both being in the centre of our future and making a significant impact for patients, we look forward to welcoming you into our established Strategy & Business Development (SBD) function and two very engaged management teams. Apply today and take the next step in your leadership journey

The position
We are excited about our central-services function designed to further enhance business growth, build greater organisational resilience, and enable us to quickly adapt to market demands.

As Director you will cover two areas and report into one Corporate Vice President (CVP) and have a dotted line to the other CVP. Also, you will be heading up a team of highly skilled and dedicated professionals. Your contributions will be critical in linking our local business initiatives with the overall strategic ambition for our area. You will be pivotal in driving the agenda locally together with the CVP ensuring alignment and engagement in the management team. Your commitment will centre around striving for excellence with an unwavering dedication to putting patients' needs at the forefront of everything we do.

Our team is known for its collaborative and dynamic work environment where inclusion, caring and fun are cornerstones in our values. However, we will look to you, to promote an environment where every team member not only thrives but truly excels and feels valued. Furthermore, you will strengthen existing synergies between Global Contract Manufacturing Drug Product (GCM DP) and Global Contract Manufacturing Drug Substance (GCM DS) through closely partnering with a wide range of senior stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities include:

1. Serving as a strategic sparring partner to various business support areas, driving efficient processes, ensuring high quality deliverables and linking local initiatives in our areas to the corporate and business unit initiatives.
2. Managing and coaching professionals to promote a high-performing and collaborative work environment, as well as serving as a role-model.
3. Coordinating and driving key projects, utilizing an understanding of business processes, systems, and industry requirements.
4. Formulating and defining operational excellence and continuous improvement objectives in collaboration with leaders and specialists.
5. Ensuring financial transparency, overview and reporting on monthly basis.
6. Driving our business cycles and business reviews 3 times per year ensuring we are well prepared and able to discuss and present our business status and outlook in a clear and convincing manner.
7. Enabling clear communication and timely delivery on business objectives through effective networking and stakeholder management.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you will:

1. Hold a master's degree in management, business, finance, economics, procurement, or a similar discipline.
2. Demonstrate applied experience in at least one of the core functions: Data/Digitalisation, Risk Management/Quality, Strategic Business Development/Capability Planning, or Business Support.
3. Bring strong leadership experience and proven ability to inspire high-performing teams.
4. Showcase expertise in delivering strategic recommendations to senior executives, successful strategy execution, and proving ability to drive change management.
5. Display full business proficiency in both spoken and written English.

As a person, you are a charismatic, influential, and proactive leader who excels at guiding high performing teams, driving new strategies, and elevating quality standards. You are naturally adept at building relationships, easily connecting with people at all levels. You invest in being a valued colleague and member of the management teams ensuring your contribution to a well-functioning team. You thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, confidently making recommendations and performing effectively even under pressure. You are forward-thinking, comfortable challenging the status-quo with data-driven insights and able to quickly establish credibility.

About the department
SBD is part of two CVP leadership teams, ensuring operational effectiveness across both areas and playing a key role in driving the strategic agenda, enabling business development, setting direction for local initiatives, and is responsible for all back-office processes. Business services include budgets; strategic planning; advanced analytics; risk reporting; compliance and sustainability; and evaluating new technologies to drive digital and data innovations. As our organisation continues to grow, the significance of risk and quality management combined with capability building has never been greater.

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 details about the role, please reach out to CVP Lars Bisgaard, at lbi@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
27 April 2025.

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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.