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About the Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our Emerging Technologies - Oral Finished Products facility in Durham, NC is a 194,000 square foot tableting and packaging facility that supports the production of our innovative oral treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes. OFP maintains a curious and pioneering spirit, harmonious with our growing pipeline of new products and emerging technologies.

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions

• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays

• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one

• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option

• Family Focused Benefits including 12 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave

• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

• Tuition Assistance

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Employee Referral Awards

• Monday - Thursday 10 hr work schedule

  At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

  The Position

  Responsible for supervising QC activities and personnel within assigned area of accountability. Responsible for ensuring testing of in-process, release, and stability samples are performed in accordance with cGMP, NNPILP and corporate policies.

  Relationships

  Senior Manager.

  Essential Functions

• Lead team in successful execution of QC and Stability activities based on assigned area of accountability

• Coordinate with the responsible manager and other teams on workload issues and priorities

• Plan weekly to ensure resources are in place to execute the cycle plan

• Ensure tracking and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Serve as point of contact for stakeholders based on assigned area of accountability

• Responsible for ensuring department documents are current and standardized

• Support training planning and development of technicians and analysts

• Review lab generated data to ensure data integrity and timely reporting for batch release as needed

• Facilitate problem solving, investigations, and process improvements

• Responsible for ensuring laboratory areas are inspection ready

• Responsible for supervising their team to include performance management, coaching, development, engagement, and annual merit review

• 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

• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties

• Other accountabilities, as assigned

  Physical Requirements

  Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role).

  Development of People

  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 in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a relevant field of study from an accredited university required

• May consider an Associate’s Degree in engineering or relevant field of study from an accredited university with a minimum of five (5) years of experience in a manufacturing organization required, preferably pharmaceutical manufacturing

• May consider a High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in a manufacturing organization required, preferably pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a manufacturing organization required; preferably in pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Minimum of three (3) years of direct supervisory experience required

• Strong working knowledge of database management systems preferred

• Expert in the area of chemical analysis of in-process, release, and stability testing 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.

  If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.