Associate Director, AI Strategy

Cari; Søborg; Remote; DKK 932,000 - 1,370,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Søborg seeks an Associate Director, AI Strategy to define and drive the AI strategy for Product & Portfolio Strategy. You will translate priorities into a focused AI agenda and steer opportunities to maximise business value.

You'll work with senior leaders globally, shaping strategy, governance and execution while engaging enterprise AI and external partners to ensure scalable impact.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Digital, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences or related field; equivalent education may be considered.
• 8+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, digital, AI, commercial innovation, management consulting or related roles with cross-functional responsibility.
• Experience defining strategy and roadmaps, building investment cases, prioritising portfolios, and translating emerging technology into business outcomes.
• Experience operating with senior leaders in a global matrix organisation and influencing without direct authority across stakeholders.
• Strong AI fluency including generative AI, agentic AI and responsible AI; able to engage with Enterprise AI teams without owning engineering delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the P&PS AI strategy, themes and multi-horizon roadmap based on business priorities and enterprise direction.
• Shape the AI operating model, including intake, assessment and governance processes for portfolio management.
• Shape and govern the AI portfolio with prioritisation criteria and investment recommendations for senior governance forums.
• Partner with Data Governance and Enterprise AI to ensure data strategy, readiness, and standards are factored into portfolio decisions.
• Establish a value-realisation approach from business-case development to portfolio performance reviews.
• Drive strategic alignment across P&PS, R&D, US and International Operations and Enterprise AI.
• Lead executive communications and AI literacy across P&PS.
• Engage external partners and internal experts to strengthen AI choices.

Skills

AI strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Strategy development

Senior stakeholder influence

AI fluency

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Department

Data, Analytics & AI Strategy, Product & Portfolio Strategy

Location

Søborg, Denmark

Your impact begins here

Novo Nordisk has set the ambition to become the world’s most AI-driven healthcare company. P&PS is accelerating its AI agenda in support of that ambition.
As Associate Director, AI Strategy, you will define and drive the AI strategy for Product & Portfolio Strategy (P&PS) at Novo Nordisk. You will translate P&PS priorities and Enterprise AI direction into a focused AI agenda—shaping which opportunities to prioritise and where to direct investment for greatest business value.
Your work will connect AI ambition with disciplined execution—helping P&PS strengthen long-term portfolio competitiveness, sharpen global strategies and enable successful launches.

What you'll bring

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Digital, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and substantial relevant experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, digital, AI, commercial innovation, management consulting or related roles, including material responsibility for complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience defining strategy and roadmaps, building investment cases, prioritising portfolios and translating emerging technology into measurable business outcomes.
• Experience operating with senior leaders in a global matrix organisation and influencing without direct authority across business, technology, risk and functional stakeholders.
• Strong AI fluency, including generative AI, agentic AI and responsible AI, as well as the capability, operating model and change considerations required to scale AI. You will not be expected to code or own engineering delivery but must be able to engage credibly with Enterprise AI and technical teams.

Useful

• Experience in pharmaceuticals, healthcare or another regulated industry.

Essential

• Experience connecting functional AI strategy to enterprise direction.
• Familiarity with AI portfolio, value-realisation and responsible-AI governance practices.

What you'll do

You will be responsible for the P&PS AI strategy and portfolio, ensuring initiatives are coherent, scalable and positioned to deliver real business value — without owning individual solution design or technical delivery.

• Define and continuously evolve the P&PS AI strategy, strategic themes and multi-horizon roadmap based on business priorities, external developments and enterprise direction.
• Shape the P&PS AI operating model, including the intake, assessment and governance processes that enable transparent and disciplined portfolio management.
• Shape and govern the AI portfolio — including prioritisation criteria, investment recommendations, sequencing and scale/stop decisions — and prepare decision-ready recommendations for senior governance forums.
• Partner with Data Governance and Enterprise AI to ensure P&PS data strategy, data readiness, enterprise standards and technical dependencies are factored into portfolio decisions.
• Establish a disciplined value-realisation approach, from business-case development and success measures through portfolio performance reviews, challenging underperforming initiatives and recommending corrective action.
• Drive strategic alignment across P&PS, R&D, US and International Operations and Enterprise AI, connecting priorities, capabilities and dependencies to support a coherent AI direction across the organisation.
• Lead executive communications and adoption strategy, building senior stakeholder commitment and AI literacy across P&PS.
• Shape strategic engagement with external partners and internal experts, using external insight to strengthen P&PS choices.

Who you'll work with

You will join the Data, Analytics & AI Strategy team within Product & Portfolio Strategy, reporting to the Director of Data and AI Strategy.
Your key partners in P&PS will span, Portfolio Strategy Insights and Access, Business Development, Global Medical Affairs and Commercial Units You will also work across R&D, US and International Operations and Enterprise AI. Externally, you will engage strategic technology, data and consulting partners and relevant industry forums.
The role is global in scope. You will operate with substantial independence within agreed strategic direction and governance, bringing different perspectives together to move AI priorities from strategy to sustained business change.

What you can expect here

This is an opportunity to shape how P&PS turns AI ambition into sustained business value. You will work with senior leaders across the global organisation, helping set the strategic direction, portfolio priorities and governance model for an area of increasing strategic importance across P&PS. The role offers real autonomy, high visibility and the opportunity to influence how Novo Nordisk prioritises and applies AI to strengthen its long-term portfolio and launch ambitions. The pace is high, the complexity is real and the work is driven by curiosity, collaboration and a shared ambition to win together.

Salary

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 931,700 DKK to 1,369,700 DKK corresponding to the level of the position.
The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate's 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.

Equal Opportunity

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