Senior Director, Aseptic Production

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 457000 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.

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 14weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk you will find opportunities resources and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

Lead strategic activities for Aseptic Production and related Environmental Monitoring processes to ensure all business regulatory & customer requirements are met in accordance with the Novo Nordisk Way.

Reports to Corporate Vice President.

• Set direction by developing short & long-term objectives to drive customer & stakeholder value
• Ensure robust processes are in place to exceed all quality objectives specifications & requirements
• Allocate resources :
  Provide strategic control of resource planning
• Act as process advocate to overcome barriers
• Manage Performance of direct reports
• Drive long term process improvement strategies & perform process confirmation of standards
• Drive standardization & collaboration across shift teams & departments
• Manage policy development & deployment
• Act as a productive member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Responsible for Environmental Monitoring process (EM) to include ensuring effective investigations & corrective & preventative actions
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities as assigned

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

Supervisory. Ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP) with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process. Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility.

Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies procedures and Novo Nordisk Way.

• Bachelors degree in science engineering or business from an accredited university required
• Masters degree in science engineering or business from an accredited university preferred
• Minimum of ten (10) years of leadership (direct or indirect) experience required
• Minimum of five (5) years managing other managers experience required preferably in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry required preferably with experience in aseptic production processes devices & combination products
• In-depth knowledge of aseptic manufacturing to include environmental monitoring required

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.

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Key Skills

FDA Regulations,Management Experience,Manufacturing & Controls,Biotechnology,Clinical Development,Clinical Trials,Drug Discovery,Project…