Head of Digital Innovation Hub United States

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, our Finance and Operations team is the engine that elevates holistic commercialization of our products. The Finance and Operations team works closely with the business across the organization to guide enterprise wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. We regulate accounting, uphold workplace safety, manage our supply chain and sampling, support technology, provide commercial operations, insights & analytics, maintain our facilities and assure the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a life-changing career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent. And we reward hard work and dedication with the opportunity for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to realize your potential?

The Position

The purpose of this position is to contribute to the overall success of Novo Nordisk’s (NN) digital partnering efforts by establishing and running a Digital Innovation Hub that scouts and collects ideas and new technologies from external sources; screen, evaluate and select ideas for future development in line with needs Regionally and Globally. The Head of the Digital Innovation Hub US will be expected to identify new partner opportunities to support the execution of new tech and ideas from the organization. The primary focus of the position is building a team that drives regional open innovation initiatives from uncovering opportunities to controlled pilot. Head of Digital Innovation Hub US drives cross functional initiatives that leverage emerging technology, facilitating specific ideation processes both internally and externally, convincingly, and clearly communicate to stakeholders across the business and act as a trusted advisor with a strong understanding of business challenges and constraints.

Relationships

Reports to the global leader of Innovation on a solid line and US leader of IT Innovation & Architecture on a dotted line. This role leads a team of professional level direct reports.

Internal key stakeholders:

• BIG Management
• NAO DDIT Management
• Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI) Management
• Clayton, Seattle, and Boston Management teams
• RareD, PS
• CSCA & Brand Teams
• Broader NN Innovation community

External key stakeholders:

• External consultancies
• Technology providers
• Start-ups & universities

Essential Functions

• Drive co-development with start-ups/consultancies to build new product offerings to the business
• Continuously build on partnership with strategic partners
• Continuously expand global innovation network
• Drive cross functional initiatives from ideation to pilot
• Engage with projects, vendors, development partners, and start-ups to ensure best-fit solutions
• Deliver compelling pitches about new technology and novel use cases both internally and externally
• Drive and develop innovation capabilities including design thinking, ideation best practices, and agile methodologies
• Participate in and drive digital innovation strategies in collaboration with key business stakeholders
• Provide guidance to ensure adoption of new technology

Physical Requirements

30 % travel overall; limited international travel.

Development of People

Supervisory, ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process. Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility. Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Masters Preferred
• Degree in Business, Innovation, Product development
• 5 years of experience required in a broad digital product development track, being specification, design, development, management and implementation of digital solutions
• Specific personal or technical job skills:
  • An innovation track record working on, or driving, disruptive projects from idea to launch
  • A track record of taking ownership and driving results with the ability to perform in high-pressure environments
  • Knowledge and passion for digital trends
  • Knowledge of technology stacks and development tools
  • Knowledge of and experience with external parties, primarily with customers, vendors and consultants
  • Good experience with Project Management

• Managerial experience:
  • People management experience setting direction for new unit, or leadership of complex project teams and vendors required

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

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

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