Sr Manager, LIMS & Ecosystems

Novo Nordisk A/S; Ballerup; Remote; DKK 743,000 - 1,092,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark seeks a Sr Manager, LIMS and Ecosystems to lead the LIMS and Ecosystems team, setting direction and turning plans into actionable priorities. You will build a staffed, growing, accountable team and partner with IT and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, compliant IT solutions for laboratories and quality control.

You will develop people, manage budgets, ensure quality and information security, and drive continuous improvement within a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent education; substantial relevant experience may compensate.
• Proven people leadership including goal setting and performance management.
• Experience leading professionals and coordinating medium-to-high complexity assignments.
• Experience translating departmental plans into operational goals and priorities.
• Experience workforce and capacity planning, recruitment, and budget management.
• Experience with IT and business stakeholders in a regulated organisation.
• Clear communication, independent work, and constructive conflict handling.
• Inclusive mindset aligned with Novo Way; leadership training or willingness to complete it.

Responsibilities

• Be first-line leader for LIMS and Ecosystems; accountable for team performance.
• Set expectations and goals; conduct regular one-to-ones and performance dialogues.
• Translate priorities into team plans; balance planned work, ops and issues.
• Plan team skills and capacity; ensure onboarding, development and succession.
• Own the team’s budget and system budgets; adjust for demand and capacity.
• Ensure procedures, quality requirements and information security are understood.
• Lead changes until embedded; manage interfaces and team improvements.
• Collaborate with Enterprise IT & Quality and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Act as escalation point; communicate decisions and risks promptly.

Skills

People leadership

Goal setting

Delegation

Performance management

Development planning

Stakeholder communication

Workforce planning

Budget management

Decision making

Conflict handling

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

As Sr Manager, LIMS and Ecosystems, you will lead the team responsible for LIMS (Laboratory IT Management Systems) and Ecosystems, giving people clear direction and turning departmental plans into priorities they can act on today. You will build a team that is well staffed, growing and accountable, and work with IT and business partners to secure reliable, compliant delivery. Your impact will be felt in a team that performs consistently and in the colleagues who rely on its work.

What you’ll bring

You are a people leader who sets direction, follows through and keeps teams moving, in a complex and regulated environment.

• A Master’s degree or equivalent relevant education. Substantial relevant experience may compensate for formal education requirements.
• Relevant people-leadership experience, including goal setting, delegation, performance management, development and employee relations.
• Experience leading professional employees and coordinating assignments of medium to high complexity.
• Experience translating departmental plans into operational goals, priorities and follow-up.
• Experience with workforce and capacity planning, recruitment and FTE-related budget management.
• Experience working with IT and business stakeholders in a complex, regulated organisation.
• The ability to communicate clearly, make timely decisions, work independently and handle conflicts and difficult conversations constructively.
• An inclusive mindset that respects different perspectives and reflects The Novo Way.
• Novo leadership training, or willingness to complete the required leadership training.

Useful, but not essential:

Knowledge of laboratory systems, enterprise IT or adjacent regulated-business domains.

What you’ll do

You will be the first‑line leader for the LIMS and Ecosystems area, accountable for how the team performs, develops and delivers.

• Set clear expectations and goals for the team and each employee, and hold regular one‑to‑ones, team meetings and performance dialogues.
• Turn LAPS priorities into team plans, milestones and follow‑up routines, balancing planned work, operational support and emerging issues based on business impact, risk and capacity.
• Act as hiring manager, plan the team’s future skills and capacity, and ensure structured onboarding, development plans, succession and career conversations.
• Own the team’s FTE‑related budget and the system budgets for the area, and recommend adjustments when demand and capacity are not balanced.
• Make sure procedures, quality requirements and information security expectations are understood and followed, and that risks and compliance concerns are raised and acted on early.
• Simplify team routines, roles and interfaces, and lead agreed changes until they are embedded.

Who you’ll work with

You will join Enterprise IT & Quality, where colleagues work across the Novo value chain, stay close to stakeholders and help deliver trusted technology, high quality and responsible ways of working. This is the department of Laboratory and PAT solutions, where colleagues deliver IT solutions and drive digitalization for laboratories and quality control across Novo globally.

You will lead a team of professional employees in LIMS and Ecosystems and take part in the LAPS Leadership Team, aligning priorities, capacity and dependencies with your peer leaders. Day to day, you will work with Product Management, system and solution roles, business representatives and colleagues in EIT (Enterprise IT) and Line of Business to set expectations, share delivery status and resolve issues. HR and finance partners will support you on recruitment, performance, reward, workforce planning and budget.

You will be the first escalation point for team matters, and you will make sure decisions, risks and escalations reach the right level quickly and clearly.

What you can expect here

You will be trusted to work independently within agreed objectives and to make decisions for your team. Clear performance expectations, honest feedback and a culture that recognises results will help you perform at your best, and you will have the chance to grow your own leadership through Novo’s leadership training.

You will help build an inclusive team environment based on trust, accountability, respectful dialogue and attention to well‑being, and you will bring your perspective to department planning and improvement.

Salary:

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600DKK to 1,091,600DKK, 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.

For further information, please contact Sussi Borch Lawætz, Director Laboratory & PAT Solutions at [e-mail]

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