Associated P&O Business Partner

Novo Nordisk; Hillerød; On-site; DKK 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare leader, invites an Associated P&O Business Partner to shape the people strategy for expanding manufacturing capacity. You will collaborate with senior leaders across Denmark and global sites to translate priorities into workforce plans, leadership and culture initiatives.

Join a highly collaborative P&O team, reporting to the Associate Director of DPM Expansions P&O, and drive strategic organisational change to enable faster delivery of products to patients.

Qualifications

• Degree in HR, Psychology, or Business Management.
• Strong analytical approach and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent listening skills and proactive mindset.
• Project management experience and global collaboration are advantageous.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to translate business priorities into people strategies.
• Advise on organisational development, workforce planning, and culture initiatives.
• Support leadership through change and expansion as sites scale up.
• Lead talent, performance, succession, and development discussions.
• Use people analytics to enable data-driven decisions.
• Lead P&O activities across global expansions and share best practices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Active listening

Project management

English fluency

Education

HR/Psychology/Business degree

Job description

Company: Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Department: DPM Expansions P&O

Location: Gentofte andHillerød, - Denmark

Your new role

As Associated P&O Business Partner, you will shape the people agenda that helps DPM Expansions build Novo's future manufacturing capacity. Working with senior leaders and expansion sites globally, you will turn business priorities into practical people and organisational plans - from workforce planning and capability building to leadership, culture and change. Your work will help teams grow with confidence and speed, so new capacity can reach the people who rely on our treatments faster.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Partner with leaders at our QC expansion in Hillerød to translate business priorities into people and organisational strategies.
• Advise and challenge leaders on organisational development, strategic workforce planning, capability building, culture, leadership and engagement.
• Support leadership teams through organisational change and transformation as the expansion site scale up.
• Facilitate talent, performance, succession and development discussions, and support annual people processes.
• Use people insights and analytics so leaders can make data-driven decisions.
• Lead strategic P&O activities and projects across our global expansions - from plan to delivery, including work that supports a fleet manufacturing mindset, employee engagement and onboarding - and shared ways of working across sites that help us deliver to customers faster.

Your new department

You will join DPM Expansions, which builds future-proof manufacturing capacity for Novo. You will report to Associate Director Pernille Albrechtsen, DPM Expansions P&O.

You will join our People & Organisation Business Partnering team consisting of several P&O Business Partners in Denmark and on global sites where we are executing manufacturing expansions. You will also work with P&O Centres of Excellence and leaders from expansion sites around the world.

It is a highly collaborative, international setting.

Your skills & qualifications

You combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, and you enjoy working across organisational boundaries. You will bring:

• A degree within HR, Psychology, or Business Management (or you might be from a completely different field or a former experienced Manager moving into HR-what matters most is excellent people and leadership skills)
• A self-motivated, solution-driven attitude with high energy and the ability to create trust while motivating collaboration across all levels of an organization
• The ability to set direction and make things happen, while knowing when to look for alternatives in an ever-changing environment with sharp deadlines
• Strong analytical skills with a structured approach to solving challenges and finding insights in data
• Excellent listening skills and a proactive mindset-you're a great colleague who seeks to contribute
• Project management experience and experience from working in a global environment is an advantage
• Fluency in English.

Working at Novo

For over 100 years, we've been committed to driving lasting health. This dedication inspires our constant curiosity and commitment to finding better ways forward. We embrace different ideas, perspectives, and experiences-because lasting health requires diverse thinking. We've built a culture of warmth and mutual respect where everyone's contribution matters, and where you can explore new opportunities while making a tangible impact on millions of lives. When you join us, you're not just starting a job-you're becoming part of creating lasting health that spans beyond this generation.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline 27 October 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis

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