Digital Innovation Consultant

Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and drive adoption of emerging technologies in Novo Nordisk?
Want to be bold and challenge status quo by offering a compelling future by delivering value through new technologies? Are you very structured and have experience with Agile frameworks?Does this talk to your appetite? Then, keep reading!

The team waiting for you !
Innovation Consulting is a growing unit in Novo Nordisk. The team itself is a part of Digital Incubator & Innovation area. The team focuses on three main areas. Creation of an innovation framework that brings cross-disciplinary teams together, building a passionate culture and a patient-centered mindset. Establishing space for experimentation, supporting initiatives that challenge status quo and leverage new technologies. Technology & partner scouting to help augment our internal processes and ultimately support patients.
Core focus is to remain forward-looking and showcase strong adaptability. Furthermore, the team works in a highly agile manner and must be able to shift its focus based on rapidly changing opportunities and threats within emerging technologies and within our pharma and healthcare as a whole. Consequentially, you should expect the team structure to be dynamic as well.

What’s in it for you?
As an Innovation Consultant, you will drive early-stage innovation projects using leading innovation tools and methods – most often taking a role as a digital project manager.
You will incubate cross-functional initiatives from discovery to ideation, to proof of concept, to pilot, in an environment where priorities and tasks change a lot – so maintaining a structured overview and making powerful presentations will be key.You must convincingly and clearly communicate to stakeholders across the business and act as a trusted advisor with a strong understanding of business challenges and constraints.
You can expect a high level of responsibility and exposure in this role.
Innovation is a strategic area in Novo Nordisk and the industry is in fierce competition.

Your major contribution to the role will be:• Facilitating and managing digital innovation initiatives with business units and partners in the agile context
• Ideation processes and workshops and other innovation activities with partners, customers, and internal product teams.
• Exploring and managing new technology opportunities from strategic technology partners
• Keeping our technology map updated and relevant by continuous research of emerging digital trends and technologies within Pharma Tech.• Vendor scouting, selection and management for driving digital products
• Conduct continuous research & analysis of emerging digital technologies & assess how those impact our innovation roadmap
• Rapidly de-risk & validate ideas & concepts via Lean Start-up and design thinking methodologies
• Create or facilitate the creation of rich, interactive prototypes of ideas and conceptsTo be successful in this role you
• Communicate fluently and interact fluidly with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Enjoy creating and presenting communications that drive change (project & steerco presentations, project proposals, etc.)
• Enjoy crunching data into structure and appealing, persuasive arguments for senior stakeholders.
Do you have what it takes?
We are looking for a person with deep digital expertise and experience and passion for driving and communicating digital innovations – particularly within the pharma industry.
Strong analytical, technical and business skills are needed to navigate the landscape of technologies and translate uncertainties into tangible opportunities for Novo Nordisk.Formally, we expect you to have 4 - 5 years’ digital experience – preferably within innovation, consulting, digital project management, a relevant Master’s degree, rooted in technology and/or innovation management, constant upskilling and a track record that looks something like this:

• Bring a broad understanding of technology trends & their impact on strategy
• Working on or driving disruptive innovation projects from idea to launch
• Taking ownership and driving results with the ability to perform in high-pressure environments
• Knowledge and passion for digital trends
• Experience in developing relationships and working with multiple stakeholders on high-profile, cross-functional and multinational initiatives

You should also be well-articulated, have excellent business English skills (oral and written), and be able to move stakeholders ranging from technically minded colleagues to C-level executives. Furthermore, you must be able to navigate between changing landscapes internally and externally – with an eye for win-win-solutions that truly matter.

Millions rely on us
Join us in combining great science and innovative digital solutions to fight the global diabetes pandemic. We are setting up agile digital innovation communities to radically change the way we work. It is a vibrant environment where you partner with the business to crack complex challenges with innovative digital tools.
To work for Novo Nordisk, you will need the skills, dedication and ambition to change lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronical diseases. In exchange, we offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development.
Join us accelerate and revolutionize the work of 43.000 colleagues and improve the lives of 27.000.000 patients. Together we will innovate and write history!

Contact
For additional information, please contact Susanne Plykker , [email protected]
Deadline November 18th 2023
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 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.