Senior Manager, IT & Automation - Chemical API development and production

About The Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. 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.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilities in Emerging Technologies (ET) within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support ET´s SMOL projects in the coming years, aligning with our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

• 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 14 weeks 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.

Provides leadership & guidance to IT & OT systems staff responsible for IT, automation and infrastructure, security, networking, compliance, & deskside service & support. Coach/mentor direct reports. Ensure effective stakeholder management using effective communication & expectation alignment. Provide guidance for computer system decommissioning, investigations/deviations & associated documentation/testing and IT/OT system management tasks including compliance and lifecycle management. Responsible for assisting with development of strategic goals & objectives for the site.

Provide information, feedback & insight to site leadership on IT/OT plans, projects & efficiencies. Meet or exceed customer, business & regulatory requirements in accordance with the Novo Nordisk Way.

Reports to Director, and may serve as part of the global leadership team.

Manage and guide team to maintain plans to meet changes in stakeholder requirements

Assist in developing strategic direction for company’s IT/OT assets, monitoring advancements in the industry, and recommending and implementing new technologies based on stakeholder needs

Develop and evolve IT/OT site processes and lifecycle management in accordance with NN procedures & local requirements

Influence the evolution of critical stakeholder requirements to meet a technically dynamic environment

Champion for cGMP compliance, to include ensuring internal and external regulatory compliance of all site systems

Ensure IT/OT systems are available, capable, & accessible to meet production & business requirements

Build and develop a strong, high performing cross-functional team

Develop relationships with Novo Nordisk IT/OT contributors globally

Collaborate with Site Leadership on workload solutions & advocate for IT/OT project and resource prioritization

Frequent planning to ensure resources are in place to execute according to plan

Ensure clear and essential communication with customers, to include alignment with ET DDK & all other relevant stakeholders globally

Responsible for ensuring department documents are current & standardized

Mange departmental training, development, coaching, performance, and recruitment

Follow all safety and 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…