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About the Department
The Finance, Insights & Enterprise Solutions department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance, Insights & Enterprise Solutions works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. Our focus on innovation ensures we're constantly building future capabilities. We're responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, insights and analytics, delivering patient support solutions, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a life-changing career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?
The Position
This position is responsible for managing a diverse team that has responsibility for the overall performance, design, delivery, and support of Novo Nordisk business applications.
Relationships
This position reports to a manager in Business Applications in Information Technology and directly manages a staff of professionals, supplemented by external resources as required. Direct reports include Application Developers, Systems Analysts and managers of Business Applications. The position has day-to-day interaction with lines of business whom it supports, prioritizing and defining requirements. Incumbent also has frequent interaction with global initiatives in related areas. In addition, the position works with all levels of management and staff throughout Novo Nordisk IT to implement and support business solutions.
Essential Functions:
Analyzes and fulfils business needs:
Leverages in-depth knowledge of business functions, business processes and key objectives to develop solutions aligned with business needs.
Builds relationships and influences key stakeholders:
Provides partnership, insight and direction to cross-functional business leaders and stakeholders regarding IT policies, solutions and initiatives.
Develops and executes IT strategic plans:
Identifies issues, opportunities and solutions that may be leveraged across business functions, and understands how they may impact other functions in the organization.
Leverages technology principals, knowledge, and practices:
Manages team with SAP FICO, OTC (Order to Cash), Logistics, MM and PO technical competencies
Ensures compliance with the Sarbox, GxP and applicable regulatory requirements to fulfil business and technical readiness of SAP and applicable platforms.
Responsible for all System Management activities for existing IT systems and provides expertise and direction to support staff in all system management and support activities.
Builds relations and influences key stakeholders:
Managing the relationship between business units and IT. Provides subject matter expertise and technical/functional lead for project-scale initiatives; Leads prioritization, planning, execution, and delivery for base business and projects.
Manages IT vendors:
Manages issue resolution with third-party integrations, coordinates with external vendors to ensure system compatibility for testing or enhancements, monitors and troubleshoots third-party interfaces to maintain smooth operations.
Physical Requirements
10-20% overnight travel required.
Development Of People
Supervisory. Ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process. Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility. Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.
Qualifications
A Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related field required. Solid relevant experience may be substituted when appropriate. Advanced degree preferred. Additional certifications a plus.
A minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible experience in Computer Science, IT, programming/systems analysis or other related experience required.
A minimum of 3 years supervisory experience or cross-functional team lead experience required.
Experience with SAP cross functional/technical expertise in SAP FICO, OTC (Order to Cash), Logistics, MM and PO
Experience in pharmaceutical contracting (pricing, contracts, chargebacks) working with drug wholesalers (Cencora, McKesson, Cardinal)
Experience in applications (Sample IQ, OpenText, Model N, MDL, UPS, Salesforce, Ventis, Vertex)
Expert application of CFR Title 21 Part 11 requirements, FDA regulated environments, industry practices on computer validation, and/or Sarbox regulatory requirements of computerized systems.
Experience managing Global SAP functional consultants in a Pharmaceutical Organization highly preferred.
Knowledge or prior experience of 340B program is preferred
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.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.