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Team Lead for CMC API Pilot Plant Support

Bagsværd

September 13, 2024

Team Lead for CMC API Pilot Plant Support

Category: Manufacturing

Location:Bagsværd, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

Ready to join a new department within Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Pilot Production ranging from cultivation to recovery to purification? Are you motivated by working with facilities and equipment surrounding a complex API production, where strong collaboration and stakeholder management is key to our success? And are you an authentic and empathetic people leader, eager to manage and secure operation through a team of dedicated supporters?

If you are passionate about leading, as well as focus on the development and well-being of your team members as one of your core values, then you might be our new Team Lead (Associate Manager) to join our new Mammalian Pilot Plants (MPP) Support team within Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) API Pilots at Novo Nordisk. Take the next step in your life-changing career and apply today!

For an introduction to our business area - CMC API Pilots - please visit our career page.

The Position

As Associate Manager of the MPP Support team, you will lead a team responsible for securing equipment operation and GMP compliance in three pilot facilities on two locations. You will also work closely with skilled employees across CMC API Pilots and other CMC area to secure facility development for future demands. As we are a new department you will also be responsible for creating a team by of employees and new hires, creating an overview and structure for the team, setting a clear direction and helping the team in prioritizing.

Your main tasks will be to:

Ensure stable pilot facility support
Empower and develop team members, ensuring efficient operations
Supporting/leading Project Leads in technical investment projects
Collaborate with stakeholders

As Associate Manager you will be part of the leadership team in CMC MPP, which is composed of 1 Director, 4 Associate Managers and an administrative coordinator that meets frequently, support each other, and routinely use each other as sparring partners.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will need a technical background as an Engineer, bachelor’s in technology management and engineering (“Maskinmester”), or M.sc in Pharmacy. Furthermore, you will need:

Experience in the pharma industry and knowledge of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) is preferred.
Leadership experience and a natural desire to engage, develop and empower people.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with both internal and external collaboration partners.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Good technical insight and interest in qualification/validation requirements is preferable.

As a person you possess strong interpersonal skills, which enables you to build trust within your team. You like to develop, involve, and motivate your team members and can communicate and collaborate effectively across disciplines. You thrive in a dynamic development environment where sharp priorities are part of everyday life, as well as support to employees in their priorities at the pilot facilities and projects.

Additionally, you are driven by the work processes and seeing shopfloor, with your employees, as one of the most important tasks and feel motivated by identifying opportunities to optimize our workflow and processes through a structural approach.

About the Department

As part of Novo Nordisk PSQIT organisation, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Development & Scaling makes a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop, manufacture and distribute drug candidates for clinical trials and have a strong culture with a “can do” mind-set.

The CMC Mammalian Pilot Plants department is organised within CMC API Pilots and support Novo Nordisk’s important strategic projects within our mammalian platform. CMC API Pilots manufacture and control new drug substance candidates for the development portfolio at Novo Nordisk

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 energize 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

If you have any questions about the job, you are welcome to contact Director, Anette Sikjær Jørgensen at +/45 3079 5903.

Deadline

September 30th, 2024

Please note that we will review applications and call in for interviews continuously.

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 resume or CV. To facilitate an unbiased 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.

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