Director for API Manufacturing Development

Does the opportunity of transforming our business to serve more patients sound interesting to you? Do you want to lead a department of 80 skilled employees? If so, you could be our new Director leading our Active Pharmaceutical Ingridient (API) Manufacturing Development department. Apply now for a life-changing career! The position
As API Manufacturing Development (MDev) Director, you will lead a department that spreads across a broad range of complex tasks such as new product entry, life-cycle management, API process & technology development, collaboration with CMO’s and production of API support proteins. Your department covers both manufacturing development & production activities and supports our API manufacturing sites in Gentofte, Hillerød, Kalundborg and New Hampshire. To ensure a smooth collaboration between your department and your key stakeholders at our API facilities, you will frequently travel between Gentofte, Hillerød and Kalundborg. Please note that the number of travelling days to New Hampshire is limited to a few days a year. Your main responsibilities will include:
• Setting the direction for the department.
• Ensuring that the business goals are reached within the agreed timeframe.
• Leading different specialists, such as technicians and academics within protein cultivation and protein purification knowledge, covering manufacturing development and production activities. You will be reporting directly to the Corporate Vice President (CVP) of the MDev area and be part of the management team. Together with your management peers you take part in driving the innovation and continuous improvement agenda both at a tactical and strategic level by implementing new technology, methods and ways of working. Qualifications
You will be a great leader of the department because you have:
• Extensive leadership experience - preferably as a leader of leaders.
• Experience from leading in a CMC or manufacturing department – preferably working with API.
• Excellent stakeholder management skill that enables you to quickly establish a network across the organisation.
• Knowledge of the value of earning trust and respect from colleagues and employees and know how to motivate your employees in a busy and changing workday.
• Relevant academic degree and full professional proficiency in English – it is an advantage if you are able to speak, read and understand Danish. On a personal level you are a great leader. You take pride in engaging, motiving and enabling your employees to succeed. You are passionate about driving change and innovation. Your steadfast mindset secures your follow through on a good idea, while your business understanding ensures that the idea creates value for our patients. Your stakeholder management skills help you to follow through in alignment and collaboration with your key stakeholders. About the department
Our team is part of the Biotech & Rare Disease (BRD) Manufacturing Development & Quality Control area that has its base in Denmark. What other companies call Manufacturing Science & Analytical Technology (MSAT) we call Manufacturing Development. We are app. 650 colleagues who are the end-to-end station for product and process development for all BRD production facilities, driving innovation both when it comes to industry 4.0 technology and expansion of the product portfolio. Our area also includes the Quality Control unit for all BRD’s products. Together we drive change by always looking for improvements within our processes and in the way we work to make our products reach as many patients as possible. Working at BRD, Novo Nordisk
BRD is part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, which is a global production network at the forefront of technology and quality production of pharmaceutical products. In BRD we are not only supplying all Novo Nordisk products for Rare Diseases, but also using our competences in Biotech to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk. We are app. 2900 colleagues committed to drive change for people with serious chronic diseases. We produce our life-saving medicines out of five state-of-the-art production sites in Denmark and United States - covering the entire production value chain where raw materials are cultivated, purified, formulated, filled, assembled in devices, packed, and distributed across the globe. Not only are we making a difference for patients – we also strive to make a difference for our employees by promoting a learning culture with high level of trust, innovation, and development for everyone. Are you ready for a life-changing career? Contact
For further information, please call Finished Products MDev Director, Anja Bagger on + 45 3075 8044 or CVP of MDev, Michael Møllmann on +45 3079 8706. Deadline
4 June 2023 You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about your motivation 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.