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Senior Director, People & Organization Drug Product Manufacturing

NCBiotech, Clayton, NC, United States


Senior Director, People & Organization Drug Product Manufacturing Facility:

Human Resource Management

Location:

Clayton, NC, US

About the Department At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our Product Supply Aseptic Manufacturing (PS AM) facility in Clayton, NC is a 457,000 square foot aseptic "fill and finish" site that is responsible for producing innovative, injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. At PS AM, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.

The Position Drug Product Manufacturing (DPM) US is an organization anchored in three Novo Nordisk US Aseptic & Tablet manufacturing sites located in Clayton & Durham, North Carolina and Bloomington, Indiana. DPM (US) P&O Business Partnering is responsible for being a proactive contributor to strategy development in DPM (US) which requires insight and understanding of the value chain together with extensive business acumen.

Relationship Reports to Vice President.

Essential Functions

Trusted Advisor to SVP and DPM (US) Leadership Team

Translate business strategies and priorities into P&O strategies and plans

Builds organizational capabilities

Delivers business results with and through the Novo Nordisk P&O organization

Member of the DPM (US) Leadership Team (LT)

Coach business and P&O leaders, teams and individuals

Leads the DPM (US) P&O organization consisting of P&O and Training Partners; manages, develops, engages and retains DPM (US) P&O talent and more broadly talent from across the P&O organization

Accountable for the full budget in DPM (US) P&O; management of budget and spending in ensuring both are aligned with forecast and FTE development

Accountable for the Strategic Priorities across CMC&PS P&O together with the CMC&PS P&O Leadership Team

Responsible as PoC for US Employee Relations Team

In partnership with the Line of Business and P&O leadership teams the Sr P&O Partner is responsible for initiating, leading, driving and facilitating:

Organizational Development and Effectiveness — Continuous reviews, assesses and evolves the business to drive organizational efficiency, scalability and agility

Culture and Engagement — Shapes and fosters an engaging, diverse and inclusive employee environment rooted in the NN Way. Support that all leaders and employees are living the NN Way

Change Management — Accelerates the process and transition of change in parallel with the adoption of future skillsets, mindsets and behaviors

Talent Management and Development — Builds leadership capabilities and plans to address future needs; creates opportunities for talent to reach their full potential

Workforce Management — Facilitates systematic processes to understand and inform future workforce needs; identifies gaps and develops plans to address, invest and optimize resources

Training — Responsible for setting the strategic direction for training across the DPM (US) organization, ensuring high-quality, compliance, and effective learning solutions that support business performance, capability building, and readiness across all relevant areas

Physical Requirements Ability to work in an open‑office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (Percentage can change on a case‑by‑case basis based on the role)

Development of People Supervisory.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field of study from an accredited university, with minimum ten (10) years of progressively responsible Human Resources, Organization Management, and/or Employee Relations experience, required, preferably in a pharmaceutical or related healthcare industry

In lieu of a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business administration or related field of study from an accredited university, may consider minimum fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience, required, preferably in a pharmaceutical or related healthcare industry

Masters degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field of study from an accredited university, preferred

HR Professional certification desired

Minimum seven (7) years of experience in direct people management roles, required

Ability to deliver results in a virtual, complex, matrix environment, required

Experience leading large, complex transformations (mergers/acquisitions, organic growth, divestiture, etc.), required

Possess Novo Nordisk value chain insight and understanding, preferred

Experience managing global, multi-disciplined HR teams, preferred

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

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.

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