Do you want to be part of a fantastic Quality Assurance (QA) department that values team spirit, empowerment, and good collaboration with our stakeholder? Are you passionate about motivating and supervising your employees and helping them perform at their best? Can you picture yourself working in a great area with passion for QA and thriving by launching important medicinal products to our patients?
If so, you might be our new Director we are looking for to join our Biotech & Rare Disease (BRD) QA API team, apply now and be part of a life-changing career! About the department
BRD QA API is responsible for assuring safe and innovative biopharmaceutical products for our patients. Our department consists of more than 70 highly qualified employees led by an engaged and experienced leadership team consisting of the Director and five Associate Managers. The employees are working out of three locations: Hillerød, Kalundborg and Gentofte, and you will to be present at the shop floor at all three locations on a regular basis.
You will be heading up a department where key behaviours are driving our culture and where setting direction for quality is driven through quality oversight and our ability to support and drive improvements. Therefore, engagement and communication with all levels of employees from Corporate Vice President (CVP) to operators in the API production is a key part of the job. The position
In this role, you will assume a key role in continuing to lead, develop and shape the QA API department on how we work with quality assurance.
Your main responsibilities will be to:
• Act as a role model in promoting and supporting a strong Quality culture in close collaboration with our stakeholders in the API production
• Ensure that the quality of products and processes are compliant with external and internal GMP requirements
• Be the QA partner for the CVP of the API production
• Be a member of the BRD QA management team
In the BRD QA management team you will have an important role in the management and development of the BRD QA organisation as well as driving prioritisation, strategies and setting direction for quality and compliance across sites.

Qualifications
We are looking for a person with a strong business perspective who can understand both the quality requirements and the production business with an ability to balance quality, delivery and cost. You have a visible leadership style and are able to listen, coach and motivate your employees to deliver their best.
To succeed in this role, you:
• Hold a M.Sc. in engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmacy or similar
• Have a broad understanding of the pharmaceutical value chain, gained through direct experience
• Are an experienced leader and people manager with a solid track record
Experience within Quality Assurance and/or API is considered an advantage.
On a personal level, you seek influence in quality matters and are comfortable being challenged by senior stakeholders and your high level of personal integrity and robustness enables you to integrate different views in the decision-making process. Having said that, we expect you can stay firm when needed to secure the quality and compliance aspects.
You are well organised and create strong results by engaging your employees in taking pride in delivering on their objectives. Your ability to communicate clearly and collaborate is highly required and you are fluent in English both in speaking and writing.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
Contact
For further information please contact Jacob Stenmann Valsborg, Corporate Vice President at +45 3075 4798.
Deadline
12 November 2023
Please note that interviews will be scheduled ongoing and we might close the position before deadline as soon as the relevant candidate is identified; for this reason we encourage you to apply sooner rather than later.
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 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.