Are you passionate about the unique challenges of managing partnerships? Would you like to make a difference, and improve the lives of millions of patients that Novo Nordisk is serving every day? Then this role is what you are looking for! Together we are life-changing.

The position

You will report to the Head of Sourcing & Alliance Management and work in close alignment with the Legal Advisor, Sourcing & Alliance Management. Further, you will be part of a strong team of highly experienced individuals.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Identification, evaluation, negotiation and entering of key device partnerships with critical impact on the Novo Nordisk business.
• Ensure contractual and legal foundation of agreements with DDS external suppliers
• Building & maintaining external partnerships and vendor governance.
• Managing risk evaluation & mitigation and participate in occasional due diligence processes.
• Contribute to the building of a Contract Management System and participating in process optimisation initiatives.

To succeed you must be ready to learn, build competences and network. A key task is to ensure strong alignment with a complex landscape of stakeholders across DDS, Development, Research & Early Development, Product Supply, Commercial, Quality, Finance & Corporate Legal to ensure that alliances and partnerships are optimally managed and offers maximal realisation of value.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have a balanced profile of:

• Legal competencies and background. You have about 1-3 years of relevant experience.
• Negotiation capabilities and an ability to see through and work in a structured manner within a complex pharmaceutical industry environment.
• English (also legal English) is required at a professional level, written, and spoken.
• Danish is not a requirement for this role however an international mindset and insight into Danish Law is a clear advantage.

As a person, you are accountable, collaborative, flexible and you have excellent interpersonal skills enabling you to build trusting relationships in a cross-cultural and international setting across areas and organizational levels. You have some commercial and financial understanding.

You are a good communicator with the ability to consolidate and convey complex information. You work well in a team as well as autonomously and you have a good and balanced sense of urgency and a positive mindset.

About the department

DDS Sourcing & Alliance Management is a part of DDS Strategic Development and we work with a high degree of flexibility. The Strategic Development Area is responsible for strategy development and execution across the DDS SVP area with around 400 employees. Through strategic resource allocation, portfolio management, communication and external scouting, sourcing, and alliance management, we drive strategy development and strategy execution

The Sourcing & Alliance Management department has two main areas of responsibility. Firstly, the unit is responsible for search and evaluation of innovative external partnerships scoped for devices and delivery solutions including Software as Medical Devices (SaMD). Secondly, the unit is responsible for the management, the processes and the structures securing value adding and trusting alliances and partnerships. Everything in close collaboration with the internal stakeholders from the Line of Business Functions.

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 letting perfection standing in the way of good. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

For further information, please contact Head of Sourcing & Alliance Management, Michael André Jonsson, +45 3448 0145 or Legal Advisor, Sourcing & Alliance Management, Irina Buharu, +45 3448 2741

Deadline

14 September 2023. Please note that applications are screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged 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.