Strategic Global Operations Lead – Medical Affairs

Novo Nordisk; Gladsaxe Kommune; On-site; DKK 743,000 - 1,092,000; Full time

Job summary

A Sr Business Operations Manager at Novo Nordisk will partner with GMA leaders to sharpen strategy, budget, and priority decisions. You will co-own the budget process, guide templates, and lead highly complex projects with clear milestones and governance.

This role centers on turning ambiguity into actionable recommendations for senior leaders across the GMA organization. You will collaborate with Finance, Strategy, PMO, and GMA Leadership Team, with global scope and limited travel.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business, finance, sciences, engineering or a similar field.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic projects and owning process improvement.
• Experience leading financial planning and budget processes, challenging financial assumptions and aligning Finance and senior stakeholders around priorities and decisions.
• A proven ability to frame ambiguous problems, influence senior leaders, guide contributors and turn analysis into decisions.
• Excellent executive communication, strategic judgement and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence without authority and sustain alignment across senior stakeholder groups.
• Cultural awareness and adaptability, and a collaborative way of coaching colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Advise the head of your assigned GMA area on the annual strategy process and its translation into budget priorities, framing trade-offs and challenging assumptions, dependencies and options.
• Co-own the budget process area with a team colleague, setting direction for templates, guidance and best practice, and leading adoption across GMA.
• Lead highly complex and ambiguous strategic projects: frame the problem, define scope and governance, set milestones and risk responses, and deliver on time, within budget and to the required quality.
• Strengthen governance by clarifying decisions, accountability and follow-up across interdependent work.
• Turn evidence into concise, data-driven recommendations, and prepare analyses, memos and presentations that shape GMA Leadership Team decisions.
• Share what you learn, improve common team methods and mentor colleagues, so the team stays resilient and consistent.

Skills

Strategic project leadership

Budget planning

Ambiguity framing

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Cultural awareness

Education

Master’s degree in business, finance, sciences, engineering or a similar field.

Job description

A Sr Business Operations Manager at Novo Nordisk will partner with GMA leaders to sharpen strategy, budget, and priority decisions. You will co-own the budget process, guide templates, and lead highly complex projects with clear milestones and governance.

This role centers on turning ambiguity into actionable recommendations for senior leaders across the GMA organization. You will collaborate with Finance, Strategy, PMO, and GMA Leadership Team, with global scope and limited travel.