Manager for CMC Chemistry Pilot Plants Support

Ready to join a department within pilot production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) ranging from chemistry to column purification to spray drying activities? Motivated by working with facilities and equipment processes surrounding a complex API production, where strong collaboration and active stakeholder management are key to our success? Are you an authentic and empathetic people leader, eager to manage and secure operation through a team of dedicated supporters?

If you are passionate about leading, as well as focusing on the development and well-being of your team members as one of your core values, then you might be our new Team Leader (Manager) to join our Chemistry Pilot Plants Support team within Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) API Pilots at Novo Nordisk. Embrace the opportunity to drive change - apply today!

For an introduction to our business area - CMC API Pilots - please visit our career page.

The Position

As Manager for the Support team in Chemistry Pilot Plant, you will lead a team of approx. 14 dedicated and competent colleagues (Pilot Scientists & Pilot Technicians), who are responsible for securing equipment operation and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliance in pilot facility. Furthermore, the team handle deviations, change requests and are highly involved in larger and smaller optimisation projects across the department.  

Your main tasks will be:

• Lead with Purpose: Manage team performance while ensuring timely delivery of activities, ensuring a stable pilot facility support and efficient operation
• Collaborate Across Borders: Work proactively with diverse stakeholders, from the pilot production teams in the department to technical and IT support as well as QA, fostering strong relationships and open communication
• Empower Your Team: Focus on the personal and professional development of your team members, nurturing their growth through an empowering work culture
• Project Progress: Support and lead Project Leads in technical investment projects

As Manager you will be part of the leadership team, which is composed of 1 Director, 3 Managers and 1 administrative coordinator that meets frequently, support each other, and routinely use each other as sparring partners.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will lead as a role model embracing an open, visible and respectful approach as a key priority by building a trustful and vibrant working environment. You passionately drive the leadership agenda in collaboration with your management colleagues, inspiring everyone towards shared success. Furthermore, you:

• Have a MSc within chemistry, biotechnology or other relevant area
• Experience from the pharma industry and knowledge of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) is preferred.
• Leadership experience and a natural desire to engage, develop and empower people
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with both internal and external collaboration partners
• Good technical insight and interest in qualification/validation requirements is preferable
• Fluency in both written and spoken English.

As a person you are a team player and possess strong interpersonal skills, which enables you to build trust within your team. You like to develop, involve, and motivate your team members and can communicate and collaborate effectively across disciplines. You thrive in a dynamic development environment where sharp priorities are part of everyday life, as well as support to employees in their priorities at the pilot facilities and projects.

Additionally, you are driven by the work processes and seeing shopfloor, with your employees, as one of the most important tasks and feel motivated by identifying opportunities to optimize our workflow and processes through a structural approach.

About the Department

As part of the Novo Nordisk CMC & Product Supply (CMC&PS) organisation, the CMC Product & Process Development (CMC) area makes a real difference for patients by transforming drug candidates into life-changing treatments. We take molecules from research to market by developing commercial manufacturing processes and technologies, producing and shipping high-quality products to all of Novo Nordisk’s clinical trials globally, and compiling essential scientific documentation for regulatory submissions. Together, we drive innovation that positively impacts the lives of millions of patients.

The CMC Chemistry Pilot Plants department is organised within the CMC API Pilots area that support Novo Nordisk’s important strategic projects within our synthetic platform. We are located in Bagsværd with approx. 50 employees divided into 3 teams, 1 facility (with 4 production rooms).  

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

If you have any questions about the job, you are welcome to contact Director, Linda Lorentz-Petersen at +45 3079 4964. Due to summer holidays, questions regarding the position cannot be answered between week 28-30.

Deadline

10 August 2025.

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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.