Job Description

About the Department

The Finance & Operations department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance & Operations 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, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a 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 implementing and driving adoption of digital procurement solutions and technologies to increase procurement workforce productivity and effectiveness, business stakeholder satisfaction and process agility. The role will manage process digitalization ensuring procurement employees and stakeholders have the motivation and knowledge to fully leverage Procurement source-to-pay and point solution technologies. The role will work closely with internal partners, such as Corporate Procurement, Global Legal Operations, NNI DDI&T, Legal, Privacy, Safety and line of business (LOB) leaders, and manage external relationships with procurement technology solution providers.

Relationships

This position will report to the Director, Contract Excellence and Sourcing Operations Lead, and will closely interact with Procurement Operations colleagues, Procurement Category leaders and managers, and counterparts in Corporate Procurement at HQ. The role will also collaborate with internal stakeholders in DDI&T, Legal, Privacy, and LOB stakeholders who are directly or indirectly associated with Procurement’s sourcing, contracting and purchasing processes. Externally, the role will interact with Procurement technology solution providers.

Essential Functions

• Partner with Director to develop USO Procurement’s digitalization roadmap aligned with the globally defined Procurement digital strategy
• Act as Project Manager on the implementation of Procurement digital enablement projects in partnership with DDI&T, Corporate Procurement and third parties
• Monitor emerging technology trends, scout for technology vendors, leverage Procurement analytics to identify opportunities and pitch ideas internally. Develop use cases for AI and other technologies to elevate Procurement processes
• Effectively communicate user and stakeholder feedback to Procurement global product owners and governance functions. Connect with line-of-business leaders to ensure their input in driving process improvement
• Lead change management for technology adoption. Coordinate multichannel communication. Run enablement and awareness events (Office Hours, lunch and learns, etc.). Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration across stakeholders through regular engagement
• Lead source to pay technology release testing and feature implementation in partnership with Global Procurement
• Prioritize, implement and measure impact of continuous improvement (CI) opportunities in Procurement digital. Grow a CI mindset and culture in the Procurement Operations team
• Develop and monitor metrics that measure digital procurement enablement impact
• Create and maintain a central repository of Procurement technology enablement resources (videos, how-to, quick start guides, etc.)
• Manage relationships, supplier performance and invoice payment for technology vendors in collaboration with Global Procurement, as applicable

Physical Requirements

0-25% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Business, Technology, Experience Design, or related. Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in digital, system, or user experience with progressively increasing responsibilities. Advanced degree can count towards experience. At least 2 years in leadership role focusing on digital enablement or technology-driven process transformation or improvement projects
• Pharmaceutical, healthcare, life science industry experience preferred
• Procurement experience strongly preferred; experience in Coupa Source to Pay is a plus
• Demonstrated ability in project management
• Demonstrated ability in change management
• High on learning ability and motivation with a change-ready mindset
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to be a ‘translator’’ explaining digital to the business and business to IT and technologists
• Demonstrated business acumen, creative problem solving, and data analysis
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders, build relationships, influence and gain respect
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrixed organizational environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and complete work in a timely manner with strong attention to detail and organization
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Excel

The base compensation range for this position is $99,600 to $184,200. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance.

Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

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.