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Enterprise IT & Quality
Ballerup, Denmark
Shape how one of the world's most ambitious AI organisations partners with the AI technology leaders defining the future – and turn those relationships into real impact for patients across the globe.
Your new role
As Strategic Partnership Manager for Enterprise AI, you will oversee the external delivery partner landscape across Novo Nordisk A/S' AI organisation, bringing structure, governance and commercial clarity to a complex AI solution delivery ecosystem. You will be the connective tissue between delivery teams, leadership and external partners, ensuring every engagement is purposeful, coordinated and delivering measurable value.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading external partnership management across Enterprise AI, maintaining a complete view of strategic partners and external engagements – including objectives, owners, commitments, spend, performance, risks and renewal horizons
- Shaping and optimising the partner landscape alongside Enterprise AI leadership, identifying capability gaps, overlap, concentration risk and consolidation opportunities
- Building strategic partner plans and running governance with shared objectives, executive and operational forums, performance expectations and disciplined action follow-up
- Maximising partner value by mobilising co-investment, credits, innovation funding, accelerators and specialist expertise aligned with portfolio priorities
- Enabling delivery teams by matching needs to partner capabilities, supporting with brokering cross-team collaboration and sharing partner insights and best practices
- Providing consolidated status and decision support on engagement health, delivery KPIs, commercial exposure, risks and value opportunities.
Your new department
In Enterprise IT & Quality, you will be part of a business area that drives impact across the full Novo Nordisk value chain. Novo Nordisk A/S stræber efter at være tæt på sine interessenter i forretningen for at sikre levering på deres behov og hjælpe med at nå millioner af mennesker, der lever med alvorlige kroniske sygdomme. Virksomhedens fokus er at være på forkant inden for tre områder: at sikre den højeste kvalitet for patienter, at være en betroet tech-leder og en miljømæssigt ansvarlig virksomhed.
Within Enterprise IT & Quality, the Enterprise AI organisation is accelerating Novo Nordisk's AI-powered transformation.
You will sit in the Portfolio & Value Office, acting as the central orchestrator for all strategic external partnerships – bringing transparency, leverage and governance to an ecosystem that is critical to Novo Nordisk A/S' AI ambitions. This is a highly visible role operating at the intersection of technology strategy, commercial management and executive stakeholder engagement.
Your skills & qualifications
Novo Nordisk A/S leder efter en person, der kombinerer strategisk tænkning med kommerciel stringens og selvtillid til at påvirke uden formel autoritet i et komplekst, matrix-miljø. Du vil bidrage med:
- 7+ years of relevant experience in strategic partnerships, alliances, ecosystem or vendor management, technology sourcing, commercial management, or management consulting in a complex global organisation
- Demonstrated experience managing relationships with major technology, AI, data or cloud providers, consultancies or delivery partners across multiple teams or business areas
- Proven ability to establish partnership governance, run quarterly or executive business reviews, define performance scorecards and KPIs, and manage actions, risks, issues and escalations
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including practical experience with spend and pricing models, renewals, credits, co-investment opportunities, business cases and negotiation support in collaboration with Procurement, Legal and Finance
- Practical understanding of the AI, data, cloud or digital product lifecycle, including architecture, security, privacy, responsible AI, delivery and value measurement considerations
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and mobilise cross-functional teams without direct authority
- A relevant Master's degree in business, technology, engineering, economics, law or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Fluent written and spoken English; experience in life sciences, pharmaceuticals or another regulated industry is an advantage.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Hver dag søger Novo Nordisk A/S løsningerne, der bekæmper alvorlige kroniske sygdomme. For at gøre dette tilgår Novo Nordisk A/S sit arbejde med beslutsomhed, konstant nysgerrighed og et engagement i at finde bedre veje fremad.
I over 100 år har denne dedikation drevet Novo Nordisk A/S til at opbygge en virksomhed med fokus på varig forandring for langsigtet sundhed. I dag befinder virksomheden sig i et afgørende øjeblik – Novo Nordisk A/S investerer dristigt i AI og teknologi for at nå flere patienter end nogensinde før.
Når man slutter sig til Novo Nordisk A/S, omgiver man sig med drevne, talentfulde kolleger, der presser hinanden til at nå længere, og man bliver en del af en mission, hvor ens arbejde har reel og øjeblikkelig indvirkning.
What Novo Nordisk A/S offers
At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. Novo Nordisk A/S tilbyder kontinuerlig læring, karriereudvikling og fordele skræddersyet til dit livs- og karrieretrin.
Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600 to 1,091,600 DKK, 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.
Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other benefits.
