Are you an experienced leader with a passion for managing product innovation in a dynamic, global environment? We are seeking a Senior Product Owner to join our Operational Data Insights (ODI) team and drive the delivery of digital products that support Novo Nordisk’s mission to be a world-leading manufacturer of treatments for chronic diseases. Apply today for a life-changing career!
The position
As a Senior Product Owner in the StudyHub team within ODI, you will lead and orchestrate the delivery of digital products by connecting customer needs with business objectives. Your responsibilities will include:
Product Vision & Roadmap: Collaborate with Product Team members on the product vision and roadmap, ensuring execution and strategic alignment. Manage a complex product backlog, guiding the product vision, and empowering the team to achieve product outcomes. Backlog Management & Prioritization: Facilitate the drafting of clear and concise features and stories, refine backlog items, and prioritize based on customer value, development complexity, and dependencies. Stakeholder Management & Collaboration: Manage a medium to large stakeholder group, ensuring strong customer collaboration. Negotiate with business and technical stakeholders, and lead the product trio to balance usability, feasibility, viability, and value. Quality & Value Realization: Ensure a strong focus on value and quality during the drafting and execution of features and user stories. Discover desired product outcomes through empathetic customer conversations and continuous feedback. Agile Leadership: Foster a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability, supporting and guiding the team in understanding customer needs and enabling value-driven development.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a critical function within StudyHub, shaping the future of our digital product suite and enhancing decision-making throughout the clinical trial lifecycle.
Qualifications
We realize that few people are experts at everything. But if you can nod your head at the following attributes, then you could be the person we are looking for:
A relevant degree, such as Master of Business Administration, Design, Data Engineering, or similar fields of expertise. 5+ years of experience in clinical development or clinical operations. Proven leadership role in a global organization. Some years of proven experience driving user-centric digital product development preferably in the pharmaceutical industry. Training and/or certifications in Scrum or other Agile frameworks. Experience with online collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, Miro, or equivalent. Proficiency in written and spoken English.
As a person, you are customer-centric, visionary, and a great communicator. You embody the Agile mindset by embracing change, empowering your team, prioritizing work based on customer and business value, and encouraging continuous learning. You are naturally curious and proactive, excelling in dynamic environments and leveraging feedback for continuous improvement.
About the department
Operational Data Insights (ODI) within Global Trial Portfolio designs, builds, enriches, and maintains StudyHub through collaboration with Development Lines of Business (LoBs), Digital Transformation Office (DTO), and Development IT (DD&IT). The ODI team leads the operational data insights journey throughout the program/trial lifecycle, enabling LoBs to evolve towards more informed decision-making. You will be part of a pragmatic team eager to tackle complex clinical operations problems, using AI and advanced analytics to generate deep contextualized insights and unleash data-driven decisions.
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. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize 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 Guillaume Carbonneau, Vice President for Operational Data Insights, at +41 797774436.
Deadline
29 January 2025
Applications will be processed as they are received, so do not hesitate to apply.
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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.