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Novo Nordisk

Head of API Production Systems

Kalundborg

August 28, 2024

Head of API Production Systems
Category: Digital & IT
Location:Kalundborg, Region Zealand, DK
Are you an experienced IT leader with a passion for driving strategic direction and operational excellence? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your leadership can make a significant impact? If so, we invite you to join us as the Head of Digital, Data & IT Product Supply API (DD&IT PS) API Production Systems at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
As the Head of DD&IT PS API Production Systems, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction for IT across API Production Systems. Your leadership will be crucial in ensuring robust and effective IT support, minimising production downtime, and driving operational excellence.

Key responsibilities
  • Set the strategic direction for IT across API Production Systems in collaboration with sites, expansion projects and specialists from DD&IT
  • Lead and support operational sites 24/7, ensuring robust and effective IT support to minimise production downtime
  • Oversee daily operations by directing IT leaders and staff, adhering to company policies and procedures
  • Establish and drive a department of leaders and professionals accountable for planning and delivery
  • Build strong Centres of Excellence (Co Es) and delivery models
  • Ensure operational excellence on the shopfloor and across sites through a robust and agile delivery organisation
  • Own and be responsible for API Production Systems, ensuring high levels of compliance, IT security, and Life Cycle Management (LCM)
Your commitment to high standards of compliance, IT security, and Life Cycle Management will be essential in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of our API Production Systems.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate who can fulfill most of the following requirements for this position:
  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent in engineering or business and economics
  • 10+ years of professional experience as an IT leader, with demonstrated managerial skills and leadership abilities
  • Extensive technical knowledge and experience within IT and automation systems in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience with senior management teams in Production or similar, and an in-depth understanding of production processes
  • Advanced analytical skills and practical experience in analysing complex business issues
  • Exceptional communication skills are required, and proficiency in Danish would be a plus

About the department
You will join a highly skilled and dynamic team dedicated to supporting Novo Nordisk’s API Production and securing products to our patients. Our department DD&IT PS API is based in Denmark and the US. We are a newly established area with high focus on building a robust, scalable and agile organization with an effective delivery model in close collaboration across the whole area and working side by side seamlessly with our colleagues in production, securing the critical ongoing production while keep moving towards an even more automated and digital production. Discover the cutting-edge technologies behind Novo Nordisk's life-changing innovations at Tech.life at Novo Nordiskhttps://techlife.novonordisk.com/.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. For almost 100 years, we have been driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. As a result, our treatments today benefit millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. We are proud of that.

We are proud of our people too, and we employ more than 50,000 bright and diverse minds in 80 offices worldwide. With us, your bright mind and commitment help us change the lives of people worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a seat in a rewarding and purpose-driven culture where your professional and personal development is highly valued. That said, opportunities are many in Novo Nordisk.

Any questions?
If you wish to know more about this position, please contact Rikke Damstedt Ladefoged, Vice President DD&IT PS API at RIDJ@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
13 September 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by job requirements and doubting if you're 100% qualified? Don't let it stop you! We encourage you to apply anyway, as your profile could surprise us and fit our needs better than you think. So, take the leap and submit your application.

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.
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