About the Department

You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx), which is responsible for all major expansion activities within aseptic production, solid dosage forms, finished products, fill & finish warehousing, and QC across all production areas in Product Supply. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approx. 20,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 50,000 employees.

FFEx is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan, and build all new aseptic filling capacity across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our production facilities with the use of modern technology, as we are setting the standards for the aseptic production of the future. Facilities designed today which we will still be proud of 20 years from now. FF Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

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

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

Develop & maintain employee training needs, practices & procedures. Develop & maintain the training program for process operators & maintenance technicians. Improve & maintain the onboarding of newly hired project employees within the first 90 days. This includes preparing &/or conducting training programs, as well as coordinating on site/off site operational training classes &/or seminars. Incumbent will be responsible for ensuring project schedule, scope & budget are adhered to according to approved project plan. This role will also be responsible for generating business cases related to the training project and presenting to local and possibly global management structures to attain funding &approvals.

Relationships

Project Director, Business Support.

Essential Functions

• Manages the training project portfolio, to include project objectives, scope, strategy, technical details, milestones, risk analysis and cost estimates
• Develop and manage comprehensive training activities for assigned areas, to include estimated work effort required
• Coordinate development of training materials and other documents as needed to enable business readiness and a successful implementation and turnover of the process or learning system to end users within various departments
• Identify & develop competencies as needed
• Serve as single point of contact for clients, vendors, and internal staff associated with the projects’ training engagements
• Establish relationships with all relevant internal stakeholders & external institutions as needed
• Keep abreast of training & development research, including learning theory, motivation theory & new materials
• Support implementation of training Systems
• Plan & execute on-boarding plan aligned with recruitment activities
• Organizational consulting & future planning
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other Duties: NNWay (modeling & teaching values), training, promoting diversity, training needs assessment, new employee orientation segments, meeting planning & co-facilitation
• Other specialist duties (process championship roles) as assigned to support fellow partners & the business
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

Physical Requirements

May move equipment &/or supplies weighing up to 33 pounds within the facility using various body positions. May be required to be on your feet for up to a 12-hour shift. May required corrected vision to 20/20 or 20/25 based on role. May require color vision based on role. May require the ability to work in loud noise environments with hearing protections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in human resources or related field, or an equivalent combination of education & experience required
• MA/MS preferred preferred
• Advanced Project Management competencies obtained through relevant PM training or experience preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years of in functional training programs experience, preferably in a multi-shift manufacturing organization required
• Minimum of two (2) years of project management experience, preferably including project start-up experience required
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with Instructional Design and strategy, preferably including Instructional Systems Design required
• Project management skills required
• Business understanding, pharma knowledge a plus preferred
• Understand current Instructional System Design preferred
• Competencies: Lives the NN Way Values/Essentials, sets direction & strategy, fosters innovation & continuous improvement, manages business complexity, inspires & motivates, drives performance, collaborates across boundaries, coaches & develops people preferred
• Communications: written, verbal, presentation. Impact & influence preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint software. Experience with SharePoint a plus preferred
• Change management preferred
• Organizational development programs execution, including planning, staffing, problem resolution, future planning & organizational development, etc. preferred
• Proven expertise in organizing information & people from across the organization to develop & implement policies & programs to promote positive employee relations preferred
• Support core processes to meet or exceed company business goals preferred
• Proven expertise in driving large scale project plans preferred

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.