Organizational Change Manager

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. 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 Product Supply Aseptic Manufacturing (PS AM) facility in Clayton, NC is a 457,000 square foot aseptic "fill and finish" site that is responsible for producing innovative, injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. At PS AM, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.

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 14 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

Responsible for managing the Novo Nordisk US Product Supply Organization Change Management (OCM) function in North Carolina by developing and implementing a comprehensive change management strategy that is less prescriptive than top-down approaches and more collaborative, involving employees throughout the process instead of simply telling them what will happen. Based on the core components of an effective organization including strong leadership, clear strategy, values-based culture, optimized processes, aligned structure, and high performing individuals and teams, the individual will be challenged to leverage multidisciplinary expertise in organization effectiveness, organization development, LEAN/ continuous improvement, communications, project management, and change management to enable success.

Relationships

Reports to Director of Public Affairs & Communications; This individual manages, coaches, and consults with project teams and advises senior leadership on complex strategic corporate and manufacturing initiatives. The role reports periodically to functional leadership teams and the Senior Leadership Teams across multiple Product Supply Sites in North Carolina, advising and partnering with HRBPs. External relationships include other Novo Nordisk global functions and affiliates, consultants, vendors, and professional associations/organizations.

Essential Functions

• Develops and implements a comprehensive OCM strategy, identifying a clear business case and associated metrics to measure effectiveness:
• Drives the process and partners with CVP and their Senior Leadership Teams to identify and prioritize opportunities, diagnose and develop recommendations, implement and sustain OCM solutions aligned with and impacting the execution of the business strategy
• Builds and provides visibility of the opportunities for cLEAN/ continuous improvement and organization development opportunities and potential projects
• Provides coaching and consulting to leaders and their teams on strategy development, organization assessment, process improvement, employee engagement, and culture integration
• Evaluates OCM effectiveness through the development of key metrics to evaluate actual results and impact
• Establishes a common Product Supply sitewide OCM frameworks and supporting tools and training
• Proactively keeps abreast of the latest developments within LEAN and OCM
• Connects and coordinates with other NN units to support leadership in driving organization effectiveness

• Project and Change Management:
• Advises management to ensure OCM projects are well planned, executed, and sustained, which includes tracking project milestones, providing progress reports, and helping project teams identify and resolve issues
• Creates and executes comprehensive change management plans to enable implementation and sustainability of recommendations, which requires data collection and analysis
• Ensures that change plans focus on leadership advocacy, engagement of stakeholders, on-going communications, manager coaching, development of training as needed, and reinforcement plans throughout a project with an eye toward decreasing resistance and positively accelerating change to meet short- and long-term business objectives
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting the tangible benefits for major OCM projects and initiatives

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).

Qualifications

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.