Are you a passionate leader with experience in driving change and stakeholder engagement?  Can you set direction for quality and continuous improvement? If so, you might be the one we are looking for to lead the Global Patient Safety & Regulatory Affairs Quality department.

 

Join our team in Søborg as the new Manager of GPS & RA Quality and seize this fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact!

 

The position

As the Manager of GPS & RA Quality, you will be responsible for activities within the GPS & RA Quality department in Søborg and have the functional responsibility for related activities in R&D Quality Global Business Services in India. As part of the management team of R&D Quality Operations and R&D Quality, you will anticipate new challenges and needs, developing and influencing strategies accordingly. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to drive and participate in cross-functional strategic initiatives across R&D Quality.

 

In this role, you will:

Lead department strategy ensuring alignment with the Novo Nordisk Way, balancing short- and long-term goals, and translating business priorities into operational plans. Foster team development through coaching and mentoring, ensuring effective people management processes. Drive continuous improvement, ensure QA support for audits and inspections, and oversee quality approvals and reporting. Maintain compliance with internal and external requirements, ensure inspection readiness, and escalate critical deviations as needed. Build strong cross-organizational relationships, provide quality support to Global Safety and Regulatory Affairs, and act as a strategic partner. Align team capabilities with business needs, and optimize processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

A Master’s degree in a natural science or related field. +10 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, including substantial experience in Quality. A minimum of 3 years of managerial experience. Extensive knowledge of drug development, production and basic medical terminology. Extensive expertise within NN Quality Management System (QMS) and within national and international quality governance. Experience with collaboration across professional and regional borders. Extensive experience with communication and presentations. Experience of LEAN and process improvement is a valuable asset.

 

On a personal note, you set clear direction and drive performance with the ability to engage, inspire, and motivate employees to do their best. You have excellent delegation and coaching skills as well as solid experience in communication with and management of stakeholders. You also bring an agile mindset and the ability and willingness to adjust quickly to new situations in a continuously developing environment. Additionally, you have a strong quality, simplicity, and Lean mindset as well as a great overview and analytical capabilities. Acting as a role model for Novo Nordisk Way behaviours and displaying an enterprise mindset focusing on what is best for Novo Nordisk is essential.

 

About the department

In GPS & RA Quality, we are Quality partners and Process QA delegates for Regulatory and Patient Safety processes; and we are Labelling QAs and Master Data QAs ensuring the correct setup between product registration and production. We offer QMS expertise for our stakeholders in Global Regulatory Affairs, RA CMC & Device and Global Patient Safety and play a vital role in ensuring high quality fit-for-purpose processes in these areas.

Our team consists of 10 highly skilled individual’s whit different roles and responsibilities, specialised in enhancing GxP process. Our main focus is within deviations, change control, SOP update, inspections & audits, quality monitoring trends, client master data & labelling, projects, and QMS support (preparing inputs for Quality Management Review and process review).

 

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we are all working to move the needle on patient care.

 

Contact

For further information, please contact Senior Director Eva Möller, at +45 3079 6979.

 

Deadline

2 March 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.