Strategy OCM Director

Strategy OCM Director, GMS Strategy

Høje Tåstrup

Are you a senior Organisational Change Management expert ready to drive strategy implementation and execution at scale? As Strategy OCM Director, you will play a pivotal role in translating our Global Manufacturing & Supply Strategy into meaningful, lasting impact across the organisation. This is a highly influential position, operating at the intersection of strategy, culture and execution.

Your new role

As Strategy OCM Director, you will act as the strategic owner of organisational change management (OCM) for the Global Manufacturing & Supply (GMS) Strategy. You will ensure the strategy is understood, embraced and lived across the organisation, while fostering a strong culture and mindset.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating OCM activities to support the development, implementation and deployment of the GMS strategy across the organisation


• Shaping and delivering strategic communication in close collaboration with GMS Communications, ensuring clarity, conviction and alignment across leadership and employees


• Driving employee engagement and cultural transformation linked to strategic priorities, with a strong focus on purpose, identity and ownership


• Acting as a trusted senior stakeholder partner, engaging leaders and key functions to secure buy‑in, alignment and sustainable change


• Bringing outside‑in inspiration, best practices and benchmarks to continuously evolve and strengthen strategy deployment and OCM maturity

You will step into a newly formed EVP strategy team—and be instrumental in defining how change is shaped, driven, and embedded across the organisation.

Your new department

In Global Manufacturing & Supply, we cover the full supply chain from clinical manufacturing and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 25,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules and devices, dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

You will join the newly established GMS Strategy team, a central and highly visible function within Global Manufacturing & Supply, reporting to the Senior Director, GMS Strategy. The team plays a critical role in setting direction, enabling execution and strengthening strategic capabilities across GMS. You will work closely with senior leaders, strategy partners, P&O, Communications, cLEAN® and other key stakeholders across the value chain.

Your skills and qualifications

To succeed in this role, you bring a strong combination of strategic capability, change leadership and personal impact:

• A relevant Master’s degree within fields such as Psychology, Communication, Business or similar


• Minimum 10 years of professional experience, including leading complex organisational change and OCM initiatives in large, global organisations


• Deep expertise in organisational change management, strategy deployment and stakeholder engagement at senior levels


• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to combine strategic clarity with emotional impact and storytelling

• Bring a strong sense of ownership and resilience, combined with strong judgement and the ability to influence stakeholders across the organisation


• Ability to think creatively and challenge status quo, bringing innovative ideas and solutions to complex challenges.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 940,800 DKK to 1,448,700 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 employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Contact

For further information about the position, please contact Ida Bøkman by phone on +45-30751282.
 

Deadline

17 June 2026. We are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.