Director, Enterprise AI Portfolio & Value

Novo Nordisk A/S; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 941,000 - 1,449,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S is seeking a Director, Enterprise AI Portfolio & Value to lead the team driving AI investments and outcomes across the organisation. You will shape priorities, govern portfolios and report evidence-based value to senior stakeholders.

You’ll partner with business, product and Finance leaders to translate demand into funded initiatives, balancing value, cost and capacity while ensuring responsible AI practices. This is a high-impact, global leadership role based in Ballerup.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise portfolio management, digital or AI transformation, strategy or business partnering, including leadership of a team or function.
• Proven ability to lead and develop people, set clear expectations and enable specialists to deliver across organisational boundaries.
• Experience shaping enterprise priorities with senior business and product leaders, resolving trade-offs and aligning digital portfolios across multiple business domains.
• Proven experience establishing value frameworks and benefits tracking with business owners and Finance, supported by evidence-based executive reporting.
• Experience building demand-intake and prioritisation practices that turn business needs into clear initiatives with accountable owners and agreed outcomes.
• A relevant master’s degree in business, engineering, technology, data, economics or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Enterprise AI Portfolio & Value team, establishing clear priorities and accountabilities while building the team’s capabilities.
• Own the end-to-end Enterprise AI portfolio, providing a transparent view across domain AI use cases, rapid prototyping and Data and AI Platform capability development.
• Scale the Enterprise AI value framework, agreeing value commitments, measures and benefits tracking with business owners and Finance.
• Oversee demand intake, prioritisation and routing, aligning business stakeholders and product teams on which opportunities to initiate, postpone or redirect.
• Connect Enterprise AI with digital portfolios across the business, balancing value, cost and capacity to support investment and resource decisions.
• Own portfolio governance and monthly value reporting to Enterprise AI and executive leadership, ensuring reliable data, clear decisions and an evidence-based value narrative.

Education

Master’s degree in business, engineering, technology, data, economics or related field

Job description

Ballerup, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

Your impact begins here

Shape how Enterprise AI priorities are translated into measurable value across Novo Nordisk. As Director, Enterprise AI Portfolio & Value, you will lead the team connecting business demand, portfolio decisions and committed outcomes. You will create a transparent view of Enterprise AI activity and help senior business, product and Finance stakeholders make clear choices about value, cost and capacity. Your leadership will strengthen how the organisation priorities, governs and tracks its AI investments.

What you’ll bring

You are a leader who creates clarity in a complex global organisation, develops capable teams and brings senior stakeholders together around shared priorities. You combine strategic portfolio leadership with a practical understanding of digital and AI delivery.

• Significant experience in enterprise portfolio management, digital or AI transformation, strategy or business partnering, including leadership of a team or function.
• A proven ability to lead and develop people, set clear expectations and enable specialists to deliver across organisational boundaries.
• Experience shaping enterprise priorities with senior business and product leaders, resolving trade-offs and aligning digital portfolios across multiple business domains.
• Proven experience establishing value frameworks and benefits tracking with business owners and Finance, supported by evidence-based executive reporting.
• Experience building demand-intake and prioritisation practices that turn business needs into clear initiatives with accountable owners and agreed outcomes.
• A relevant master’s degree in business, engineering, technology, data, economics or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

You will also bring a practical understanding of Data and AI and broader digital product lifecycles, including discovery, rapid prototyping, delivery, adoption, value measurement, responsible AI and risk considerations. Fluent written and spoken English is essential. Experience from life sciences, pharmaceuticals or another regulated industry would be useful, but is not essential.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop the Enterprise AI Portfolio & Value team, establishing clear priorities and accountabilities while building the team’s capabilities.
• Own the end-to-end Enterprise AI portfolio, providing a transparent view across domain AI use cases, rapid prototyping and Data and AI Platform capability development.
• Scale the Enterprise AI value framework, agreeing value commitments, measures and benefits tracking with business owners and Finance.
• Oversee demand intake, prioritisation and routing, aligning business stakeholders and product teams on which opportunities to initiate, postpone or redirect.
• Connect Enterprise AI with digital portfolios across the business, balancing value, cost and capacity to support investment and resource decisions.
• Own portfolio governance and monthly value reporting to Enterprise AI and executive leadership, ensuring reliable data, clear decisions and an evidence-based value narrative.

You will also support value tracking connected with key strategic partners. This will involve working with partnership owners, business stakeholders and Finance to agree expected outcomes and report progress.

Who you’ll work with

You will join Enterprise IT & Quality, a business area working across the Novo Nordisk value chain. Within Enterprise AI, you will lead the Portfolio & Value team and collaborate across business domains, AI delivery, enablement and platform teams. Your closest partners will include senior business and product leaders, business owners, Finance colleagues and partnership owners. Together, you will connect business priorities with a shared portfolio view and consistent approaches to value management and demand.

What you can expect here

This is an opportunity to shape enterprise-level decisions about where AI can create meaningful value. You will have the mandate to build clarity across a broad portfolio, strengthen governance and develop a team that works across organisational boundaries. The role combines strategic leadership, people development and close collaboration with senior stakeholders in a global environment.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 940,800 to 1,448,700 (DK), 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.

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