Senior Director, Global QC Analytics & Materials

Cari; Denmark; Remote; DKK 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Bagsværd, Denmark, seeks a Sr. Director QC DK Materials & Device Analytics to lead a major Danish QC unit providing analytical testing and lab services for raw materials, packaging materials, devices, and characterization across multiple sites.

You will oversee strategic direction, ensure compliance and safety, and build a scalable, high-performing team while driving standardisation and data-driven improvement across the Danish QC network.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience leading large operational organisations through leaders and multiple organisational layers.
• Experience from GMP-regulated laboratory, Quality, Manufacturing, or similar highly regulated environments.
• A strong track record of delivering operational excellence, productivity improvements, and organisational performance.
• Experience leading change, transformation, and capability-building initiatives across complex organisations.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to balance operational priorities with long-term strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated success working across global matrix organisations and managing a broad range of senior stakeholders.
• Experience with regulatory inspections, compliance requirements, and quality management systems.
• Excellent collaboration, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence beyond formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction, operational performance, and long-term development of the QC DK Materials & Device Analytics organisation.
• Ensure reliable, predictable, and compliant QC operations while maintaining GMP compliance, inspection readiness, quality performance, and laboratory safety.
• Build a scalable and flexible QC organisation across multiple laboratory locations and manufacturing sites.
• Drive standardisation, simplification, and continuous improvement across analytical workflows, laboratory operations, and support services.
• Strengthen analytical capabilities to support current and future business needs.
• Lead the development and delivery of shared laboratory services across the Danish QC network.
• Advance operational excellence with data-driven decision-making, automation, digitalisation, AI adoption, and productivity improvements.
• Partner with Manufacturing, ASAT, QC Network Management, and peer units to optimise performance.
• Lead and develop a large organisation of 200-300 employees through multiple leadership layers; foster inclusive, collaborative culture.
• Contribute actively as a member of the Global Quality Control Leadership Team.

Skills

Leadership

GMP experience

Operational excellence

Change management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory inspections

Education

Master's degree in Life Sciences/Pharmacy/Engineering/Chemistry

Job description

Novo Nordisk in Bagsværd, Denmark, seeks a Sr. Director QC DK Materials & Device Analytics to lead a major Danish QC unit providing analytical testing and lab services for raw materials, packaging materials, devices, and characterization across multiple sites.

You will oversee strategic direction, ensure compliance and safety, and build a scalable, high-performing team while driving standardisation and data-driven improvement across the Danish QC network.