SAP Senior Operation Architect

Do you dream of a career with high impact and being part of defining “what does good look like” when architecting, developing, improving, and operating SAP Basis and SAP Infrastructure for Novo Nordisk? Do you want to move Novo Nordisk to the next level of release management where you can be part of a purpose driven company that drives change for thousands of patients every day? Now you chance to become our new SAP Senior Operation Architect, and join Novo Nordisk’s new SAP Platform area, where you will be part of building the SAP basis, Operations and Release Management capabilities and shape the future design and operation of SAP at Novo Nordisk. Apply now! About the role As our new SAP Senior Operation Architect, you will become part of our SAP Platforms team within Cloud & Corporate Infrastructure (C&CI), that will be focusing on the designing, implementing, and operating the SAP S/4HANA platform, but also future proof and design the operation of our other 10 SAP Platforms. This new position will also give you a unique opportunity to work with skilled SAP colleagues across departments, teams, and SAP Platforms You will also be involved in our S/4HANA journey. You will therefore have a great opportunity to engage with different stakeholders in Novo Nordisk As part of our team, you will be responsible for architecting, developing, improving, and operating SAP Basis, SAP infrastructure and release management on our SAP Platform. We will perform process automation for our customers (business areas) and identify areas for improvement by means of automation. You will help ensuring our vendors provides a 24/7 stable and efficient operational set-up with automated deployment and monitoring of our SAP Platform. You will be key in defining the new release management process including transport management of the SAP S/4 HANA platform, with high focus on minimizing downtime. As an SAP senior operation architect, you will also become part of driving an automation agenda across our SAP platforms with focus on monitoring, alerting and release management. The competencies, we are looking for For this role, we imagine that you have a minimum of 7 years of experience as application consultant, SAP Basis or as SAP architect, and have been part of a SAP operation set up for around 10 years. In addition, we see that our new colleague will be able to tick most of the following:

Familiar with Pharma regulated SAP Platforms

Familiar with operating Sarbox critical SAP platforms

Familiar with monitoring tools for SAP Platforms as well as Security Monitoring tools e.g., Solution Manager

Familiar with internal control concepts like SoD (Separation of Duties) and audit trails

Have been part of designing release management and transport management

Familiar with Stakeholder management and communication

From ECC to S4 At Novo Nordisk, we are embarking on a digital transformational journey through the implementation of SAP S/4HANA, where we are revitalising the ERP backbone of our company. This marks the beginning of a five-year journey to implement a modern ERP platform that will make us, even more, data-driven and support the growth and truly drive the digital transformation of Novo Nordisk. With this, we are committed to fulfilling our ambitious aspirations of optimising our digital processes, delivering more insights through data, maximising our digital capabilities, and creating the best digital infrastructure and data foundation. As our new colleague, you will join GITO, where we are specialising within SAP basis and its infrastructure and operation. Here you will join a team of other SMEs with a similar passion and expertise for SAP. As our SAP journey is a large and complex programme, you will join a community of colleagues working within different SAP specialities across different departments in Digital, Data & IT (DD&IT) – the internal IT organisation of Novo Nordisk. You will therefore get the chance to meet and collaborate with different colleagues within the other SAP disciplines to implement and succeed with the new S/4HANA platform. The Novo Nordisk SAP community counts +150 people in Denmark and India, where we work cross organisational across areas and disciplines. We continue to grow as the project evolves but are determined to maintain our strong culture where everyone, regardless of discipline, works closely with each other. About the team Cloud and Corporate Infrastructure, SAP Platforms The new SAP area will be part of Cloud and Corporate Infrastructure, within Global IT Operation (GITO), which includes cloud automation engineers and architects, cloud infrastructure architects, and operational specialists. Within the new SAP Platforms team, we will work closely with our other colleagues in the C&CI team, to ensure that our corporate infrastructure is as operative and viable as possible. Joining the Novo Nordisk family At Novo Nordisk we don’t wait for change, we drive it. We are a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry. We know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We recognize the importance of core IT capabilities within infrastructure, cloud, automation, integration, data management and platforms to enable the change, digitisation and future growth of our business. Novo Nordisk is a purpose driven company. We use our skills, dedication, ambition to help people with diabetes. 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. Contact If you want to know more, please reach out to Head of SAP Platforms, Morten H. Michan +45 30 79 04 75 Deadline We are open to new applications until 5th of June Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply 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.