Department: RA CMC Diabetes & Obesity

Location: Bangalore, Novo Nordisk Global Business Services (GBS), India

Are you passionate about leading and developing teams? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where collaboration and innovation are key? If you are ready to take on a leadership role in a global organization that makes a real difference to patients’ lives, we want to hear from you! Read on and apply today.

The position

As a Director in RA CMC Diabetes & Obesity, you will:

Lead and develop a high-performing team, ensuring optimal employee development, planning, and resource utilisation. Set direction and implement strategy for the team while fostering a culture of Coaching mentoring, and collaboration. Oversee people processes, including recruitment, development plans, performance evaluations, and succession planning. Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and environmental standards, maintaining local QMS and adhering to regulatory requirements. Drive Business Scorecard (BSC) performance, ensuring clear target ownership and delivering results within deadlines. Develop the team and employees, and drive people process. Act as a key stakeholder manager, representing the team in local and global forums, and ensuring effective communication and collaboration across departments, internal stakeholders and leadership teams such as RA CMC & Device LT. Champion a cLean mindset and foster continuous improvement in work processes. Represent RA CMC & Device in local initiatives, strategic projects, and cross-functional collaborations. Champion a mindset of collaboration and inclusiveness across departments in RA CMC & Device Bangalore.

 

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in this role we would expect you to have:

A Master’s degree in Lifesciences such as engineering, pharmacy, chemistry or similar. 10+ years of relevant experience from the pharmaceutical industry working in a global regulatory function, manufacturing or CMC, QA or a function collaborating closely with regulatory CMC. 7+ years of proven leadership experience, and demonstrated ability to inspire, empower and develop colleagues across geographies. Preferable experience leading leaders. Experience interacting with key stakeholders at senior management level in production, CMC and production development, QA, and affiliates globally. Strong negotiating skills, clear communication, and comfort engaging with senior management.

Overall, this position is right for you if you can consistently deliver on promises, set ambitious yet value-aligned goals, and solve complex challenges with strong personal drive. You are authentic, honest, and can communicate effectively, inspiring and developing others through feedback and support. With a broad understanding of the NN value chain, you can make decisions for the greater good, share knowledge, and think beyond your own area. You can demonstrate resilience, challenge the status quo, reflect on feedback, build strong relationships, and have the courage to make tough decisions that benefit the organization.

About the department

We are strengthening our leadership team with a Director with strong experience and an interest in RA CMC Life Cycle Management.

The RA CMC LCM Diabetes & Obesity is one of three areas in RA CMC Diabetes & Obesity, which is a VP area organized in the RA CMC & Device organization. As a Director, you will lead and develop leaders and specialists in an organization with more than 35 colleagues with a wide range of expertise and experience organized in three departments located in Søborg, Denmark and Bangalore, India. The area is responsible for regulatory CMC LCM activities within Novo Nordisk Diabetes & Obesity marketed products.

RA CMC & Device has an increasingly important function in Novo Nordisk due to the corporate ambition of bringing new products and innovation progressively faster to market by shortening development timelines and optimizing and expanding production capacities. The function is represented across the value chain in governance and project teams (matrix teams) and acts as an important business partner by soliciting tough decisions based on regulatory requirements, business needs, and patient safety.

At RA CMC & Device, you’ll join a team of talented, collaborative, and supportive colleagues who are passionate about making a difference. Our empowering culture fosters knowledge-sharing, teamwork, and innovation, ensuring we remain at the forefront of the industry.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination, and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect, and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline

2nd August 2025

Disclaimer

It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organisations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information, purchasing of equipment, or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore, Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of the recruitment process.

 

 

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

 

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.