Are you passionate about leveraging digital expertise to deliver innovative digital solutions that accelerate data-driven pharmaceutical research? Do you have a strategic mindset and strong leadership skills? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of (Senior) Director for Scientific Digital Capabilities at Novo Nordisk. Read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

In this role, you will lead a department of product owners and program managers for our global scientific data registration & visualization systems, including molecular entity registration, raw data management, sample management, and workflow management.

Your main responsibilities can be summarized as follows: 

• Ensure that digital capabilities and solutions fulfil the long-term data-driven research aspirations of Novo Nordisk, with particular emphasis on data capture and registration.

• Provide strong leadership, including growing and developing talents, to drive the success of digital initiatives globally.

• Work closely with senior leaders in research, IT, and strategy offices to align digital strategies.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of important digital platforms (source systems, core data products, etc) that support scientific research.

• Drive the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to improve scientific workflows and data analysis.

The job title will be decided based on the chosen candidates’ qualifications and seniority level. We welcome candidates of all experience levels to apply and grow with us.
 

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in the role, you should have:

• Ph.D. in Science (e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Computer Science, or similar) with 5+ years of experience in drug discovery/research, preferably within research informatics/IT or similar function.

• Strong leadership background with an evident commitment to creating winning teams with a focus on continuous people development.

• Thorough understanding of the drug discovery/research processes in pharma.

• Strong vision and track record as to how data and digital technology (incl. AI) can be used to enable and accelerate target discovery, lead identification/optimization, and clinical translation, including the ability to describe/assess the business value of such technology implementations.

• Familiarity with agile frameworks and/or DevOps is considered an advantage.

This position is right for you if you have outstanding collaboration and communication skills across all organisational levels, functions and cultures. As a person, you are known and respected for your high level of personal engagement, drive and integrity. You possess a strategic mindset and are skilled at navigating a complex matrix organisation and taking tough discussions and decisions.

About the Department

The department is a part of the Digital Science & Innovation area. It is comprised of scientific product owners and senior program managers, primarily based in Denmark, with global connections in the Greater Boston Area (US), Oxford (UK), and Beijing (CN). We are key points of contact to research areas, with a strong digital vision and strategy mindset, where we take pride in understanding where existing solutions are insufficient and articulate how new or changed offerings can meet such needs. We lead business analysts in the scoping phase, and then lead cross-organizational teams to build and integrate solutions. As such, we collaborate closely with scientific software and data engineers, architects, application specialists as well as business owners and end users. We mainly work within agile and DevOps frameworks, with significant emphasis on experimentation, to ensure efficient and effective collaboration towards innovative solutions. Our team is dedicated to driving digital innovation and supporting the research aspirations of Novo Nordisk.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

For further information please contact Erik Vernet, Vice President of Scientific Data Registration, at eikv@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

15 January 2025.

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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.