Senior QA professional for QC - Emerging Technologies Quality

Are you passionate about setting direction within emerging technologies and ensuring compliance? Do you have experience within Quality Control processes? Do you thrive in a job with lots of professional interfaces working with many stakeholders, both within Novo Nordisk and externally?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

The position

In close cooperation with your colleagues, you act as a QA for QC servicing our internal and external QC laboratories.

Novo Nordisk is expanding within synthetic API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) and in this position, you will primarily work with analytical methods from Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO).

You contribute to finding solutions for ad hoc questions and challenges within compliance of QC laboratories.

You will participate in projects working with both internal and external stakeholders and you must expect a level of complexity and independent decision making in your daily tasks.

The job includes:

Approving the documentation needed for the operation of the laboratories such as change requests, deviations, and SOP’s.

QA review and approval of analytical documentation such as protocols and reports for method validation from NN site and CMOs.

Keep up to date with changes in relevant guidelines and regulatory requirements.

Furthermore, your focus will be on influencing and setting the right level of compliance, optimizing processes through a LEAN mindset, and establishing new processes that support our business objectives.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you:

Hold an master degree as Pharmacist, Chemist, Engineer or similar.

Have at least +5 years of experience within the pharma or regulated industry.

Have a solid and up-to date knowledge of quality and GMP requirements.

Have knowledge within analysis validation and working with CMOs

Are fluent in English and have a good Danish proficiency too.

The ideal candidate have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while challenging the status quo.

The most important asset that you can bring to succeed in this job is a well-developed understanding of quality and a natural urge to handle quality issues at the right level, make decisions and follow-up on quality related problems. On a personal level, you are an open minded person with an outgoing attitude and natural networking skills, you take responsibility, work independently, and make decisions that balance quality demands, authority expectations and business needs. You meet your deadlines, and you know how to prioritize between different tasks in an ever-changing environment.

You enjoy working in a dynamic environment, where teamwork is essential, and you like collaborating with many different stakeholders – internally and externally.

About the department

ET QA New Entry & Support is a department with approximately 30 skilled and motivated colleagues. We handle new and emerging technologies for Novo Nordisk's product portfolio as well as supporting the rest of QA and production. We are proud to work in a fast-growing and ambitious part of Novo Nordisk.

We are a diverse and agile team of QA professionals who work closely with internal and external partners to ensure quality and compliance throughout the product lifecycle. We are always looking for new ways to improve our processes and practices, and we embrace the cLEAN culture and mindset.

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 fixating on perfection. 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 Manager Semra Nur Canbaz +45 30752316.

Deadline

18 May 2025.

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Applications will be evaluated continuously when received, and candidates may be called for interview before the deadline.

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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.