Are you seeking an exciting international role as a Senior Quality Manager for global suppliers? Are you prepared to lead and inspire a team responsible for ensuring the quality of our external suppliers in the newly established area of Global Contract Manufacturing Devices (GCM Devices)? Would you like to play a crucial role in delivering Novo Nordisk’s high-quality products to our patients? Do you approach decision-making with a patient-centered mindset, maintain a commitment to high quality, and possess excellent collaboration skills?
If so, you might be the new leader we are seeking for our GCM Devices QA team, read more and apply now!
The position
As the Senior Quality Manager for GCM Devices FlexTouch and Projects QA team, you will be responsible for leading, coaching, and developing a team of 13 highly dedicated and competent employees which holds responsibility for all components for Novo Nordisk pen systems, sourced from our external suppliers. Your area of Quality Assurance responsibilities covers the outsourced medical device production and expansion projects on a global scale. This includes various technologies such as advanced plastic injection molding, spring coiling, packaging, and assembly lines, all operating at the highest level of automation.
Main responsibilities will include:
• setting the direction for the area and participate in cross-team initiatives and projects
• being responsible for aligning common goals and strategies and implementing them within your area of responsibility
• collaborating closely with key stakeholders across the entire device value chain to ensure the timely delivery of the highest quality products to our patients
• leading the optimization of our quality processes and systems in a GXP compliant and strategically impactful manner
• participating in audits and inspections
Flexibility and adaptability are key, as new priorities may emerge from day to day, requiring a high readiness for change. Your reporting line will be to the Director of Global Contract Manufacturing QA.
Due to the international scope of this role, you are expected to travel around 10 – 20 days per year, both in Denmark and internationally.
You will find that you have rich opportunities to create great results and develop yourself, both on a professional and on a personal level, and you will be trusted to execute your great ideas.
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you:
• hold a master’s degree in engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related discipline
• have a strong quality mindset and prior experience in Quality Assurance
• have extensive experience as a people leader/manager
• have gained experience in
• are proficient in both English and Danish
As an individual, you are proactive, ambitious, possess a strong desire for self-development, and have a good sense of humor. You thrive in a dynamic environment with numerous concurrent tasks and upcoming priorities, consistently meeting strict deadlines and business targets.
Additionally, you have strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to network, build trust in relationships, and secure commitment from both internal and external stakeholders.
About the department
The GCM Devices QA department is situated in both Hjøring and Hillerød and comprises 46 highly dedicated QA engineers, technicians, admins and professionals divided into four teams responsible for ensuring the quality assurance of our global suppliers, whom who are located in Europe, China, Asia, USA, and Brazil.
The position of Senior Quality Manager is situated in lovely surroundings of Hillerød, approximately 30 km north of Copenhagen.
Our primary objective is to ensure patient safety, product quality, and compliance.
Being a part of Novo Nordisk’s GCM Devices QA organization entails working with a global focus at one of the world’s largest and most successful pharmaceutical companies, and we play a vital role in Novo Nordisk’s commitment to delivering high-quality products to our patients. We are always eager to welcome talented individuals who appreciate a collaborative environment and are interested in growing with us.
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 Gert Petersen at +45 3075 7597.
Deadline
8 October 2024
Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be scheduled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.
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.