Head of Global Security Partnering & Security Advisor for Denmark

Are you ready to take a leading role within a global security function that actively contributes to our mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life? Do you have the experience and the leadership skills to proactively drive a global programme enabling us to seize opportunities and deliver impactful solutions? Then please consider this rarely offered position as a potential next step in your life-changing career. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career. 

The position 

As the Global Head of Security Partnering and Security Adviser for Denmark, you play an important role in the further development of our world class security and resilience organisation. You will be leading a team of Regional Security Advisers working closely with senior stakeholders across the company to deliver the Global Security services offering across the organisation. You will personally ensure the delivery of these services across Denmark. 

• Ensure the efficient and effective delivery of Global Security services across Novo Nordisk’s regions. 
• Represent the Business Partnering arm of Global Security in the Management Team. 
• Ensure team motivation and focus on career development for your team. 
• Advise sites and affiliate leadership teams in Denmark. 
• Coordinate the network of Security Champions in the country. 
• Work closely with the Physical Security Operations team within Corporate Facilities. 
• Oversee the effectiveness of security solutions implemented across the organisation. 
• Conduct security surveys, trainings, and investigations as required. 

Working closely with the VP Global Security, and as a key member of the Global Security Management Team, you will contribute to the delivery of a holistic and proactive security risks management approach. You will also deputise for the VP Global Security as required. 

Qualifications 

We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate the following qualifications: 

• Ideally Masters Degree (e.g. Security Risk Management, International Relations, Geopolitics etc), but education can be replaced by corresponding experience. 
• Solid generalist corporate security, military, intelligence or law enforcement experience in an international (ideally global) environment. 
• Significant team leadership experience. 
• Strategic mindset with the ability to build and deliver multi-year plans. 
• Strong business partnering skills, a genuine interest and understanding of the commercial/business aspects of the role, and a proven ability to provide a balanced and pragmatic approach to security risk management. 
• Ability to lead through influence in a matrix organisation and to work and deliver across countries & cultures. 

Candidate should possess a self-driven, can-do attitude with a result-oriented entrepreneurial mindset and a strong ability to deliver, a strong team player with unquestionable integrity. This role required Fluency in English and while fluency in Danish is not required, it is considered a serious asset. 

About the department 

The Global Security department has gone through a significant transformation and will continue to build on its strong foundations of protecting the company, its patients, employees, products, and assets from all forms of security threats. Our values and priorities are deeply aligned with the overall company approach, and we are obsessed with making a positive impact for our patients. The job is based at our headquarters in Denmark, where you will be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. 

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   
If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the Hiring manager Antoine Minot on AOZM@novonordisk.com. 

Deadline  
Please submit your application via our online application tool by 5th January 2025.  

We will screen applications continuously, so don’t hesitate to submit it as soon as possible. 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.