About the Department
The Finance and Operations dept. brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance and 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, insights and analytics, delivering patient support solutions, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a life-changing 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
The Associate Product Manager is driven by a customer-centric mindset to meet business goals by leading the development of new IT solutions.
Relationships
Reports to a manager in the NNI IT Organization.
Interacts and has responsibilities to other members of the IT team, including architects, system managers, and other supporting roles. Must maintain positive and frequent communications with line of business owners and managers.
Essential Functions
- Prepare and drive the definition of product vision and roadmap
- Build, prioritize and maintain Program Backlog
- Clarify and coordinate dependencies with other Product Managers, external stakeholders and Agile teams, and collaborate with these to visualize and prioritize features accordingly
- Product and disease state knowledge; demonstrates an understanding of the targeted disease state and treatment options. Develops an understanding of NN and competitor product characteristics
- Market, Industry and customer understanding; acquires and begins to apply knowledge of the healthcare and access environment, customer needs, competitor product trends and activities in the development of tactics for band plans for inclusion in the strategic brand plan
- Research and analysis; identifies information gaps and assists in design and execution of data gathering solutions, Uses a broad range of data to uncover market, customer insights and prioritize opportunities. Monitors and follows up on key performance indicators
- Develops and executes marketing plans; gathers data and information to assist in the identification of key issues, uses knowledge of brand objectives, key customer segments and brand positioning when designing and executing brand tactics
- Leads and manages projects; participates in regular project review meetings, provides input into and executes plans, timelines, and deliverables by liaising between the organization, vendors, agencies and internal and external customers
- Business and financial analytics; applies basic financial measures to monitor budget vs. actual project spend, interprets and translates business and financial data into clear, relevant and usable conclusions
Physical Requirements
0-10% overnight travel required.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in business, information systems, computer science, or related field preferred. May substitute relevant professional experience
- Advanced degree or additional certifications preferred
- 4+ years’ experience working within a Product Management or similar function within IT or innovation
- Experience with Data Privacy required
- 1+ year experience in Agile methodologies required
- Ability to drive outcomes and seek new and innovative solutions
- Experience navigating within a global organization
- Strong business insight and knowledge is required in relation to products, roadmaps etc.
- Proven track record of setting direction and communicating a purpose and vision to all levels of an organization
- Demonstrated ability to assist in leading a project in the development and implementation of processes and programs
- Strong communication skills; oral, written, formal presentation
Preferred
- Experience with Privacy Management tools like OneTrust or others preferred
- Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
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.
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.
