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Senior Strategy Partner

Novo Nordisk


Job Location:

Kalundborg - Denmark

Yearly Salary: DKK 1 - 742600
Posted: 11 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 9 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Strategy Partner Global Manufacturing & Supply
Kalundborg Denmark

Shape the strategic direction of one of Novo Nordisks largest production areas where your insights will influence decisions that ultimately reach millions of patients. If you thrive on complexity enjoy challenging senior leaders and want to see the impact of your strategic thinking at scale this is your opportunity.

Your new role
As Senior Strategy Partner in the Global Manufacturing Supply (GMS) API Executive Office you will own key strategic processes act as a trusted sparring partner to senior leadership and help shape the foundation for decision-making across GMSAPI. A central part of the role is to translate strategic priorities into clear deployment plans meaningful targets and follow-up mechanisms that ensure progress and accountability across the organisation. You will work closely with the API leadership team and individual VPs facilitating dialogue challenging assumptions and ensuring clear communication across the organisation.

Day-to-day your responsibilities will include:

  • Being responsible for the API Manufacturing strategy from design to deploymentincludingoptimizing forengagement and follow-through

  • Strengthening theStrategy Partner network acrossGMSAPI tofostercollaboration knowledge sharing and strategic capabilities

  • Owning and continuously optimising key strategic processes atAPI Manufacturing levelensuring strong stakeholder engagement and timely high-quality output

  • Work on strategic important topics will also require you to establish a network broad in the organization fast gaining insights and translating to storylines.

  • Acting as SVP Risk Coordinator and driving the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process across API from risk identification through to a consolidated API risk profile

  • Leading or supporting business-critical assignments in the Executive Office including analyses presentations workshops and follow-up on actions

  • Providing strategic sparring to senior leaders and individual VPs challenging perspectives surfacing risks and bringing new thinking from outside Novo Nordisk

  • Developing presentations and communication tailored to audiences ranging from employees to senior leadership always with focus on key messages and context

Your new department
In Global Manufacturing & Supply we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30000 colleagues across theglobe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules processes devices and products dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

The API Manufacturing Executive Office supports the Senior Vice President of API Manufacturing and the API Leadership Team. As a small agile team we own and facilitate strategic processes drive organizational initiatives and provide critical support and scoping to solve complex business challenges. Our work spans strategicdeploymentrisk managementstakeholder engagement and business continuity all essential to enable that our manufacturing operations are running smoothly and to support our ambitious growth plans.

Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for an experienced strategic thinker who is energised by complexity comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and motivated by seeing structure and clarity emerge from succeed in this role you bring:

  • A Masters degree within Finance Project Management Business Administration or a similar field

  • 5-7 years of relevant experience from organisational developmentstrategycommunication change management business functions or top-tier consultancies

  • Strong communication skills with a proven ability to create clear compelling presentations and convey complex information to senior leaders

  • Excellent stakeholder management and network-building capabilities across organisational levels

  • Experience within strategy development deployment target settingorperformance follow-up with the ability to connect strategic ambitions to practical execution is an advantage

  • Sharp analytical skills allowing you to extract insights and meaningful conclusions from complex issues

  • Curiosity and daily usage of AI tools is an advantage

  • Fluency in written and spoken English; Danish is an advantage

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this we approach our work with determination constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us youre not just starting a job youre becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is of course more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary:For this role the Annual Base Salary ranges from742600 toDKK (DK) corresponding to the level of the position.


The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidates skills competencies knowledge and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits:The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level location functional area and relevant market benchmarks. Learn more about our Reward Philosophyhere.

Contact

For further information please contact Director Rikke Sommer at

Deadline

18 September 2026. We look forward to receving your application.

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

At Novo Nordisk were not chasing quick fixes were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years weve 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 whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives seek out bold ideas and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together were making healthcare more accessible treating and preventing 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.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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