Director - United States Corporate Sustainability

About The Department

Novo Nordisk’s Market Access and Public Affairs team engages diverse stakeholders across political and healthcare landscapes to forge solutions that drive patient access to innovative products. We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, growth hormone deficiencies and rare bleeding disorders through mutual wins for both Novo Nordisk and our Market Access customers. Our passion for helping people live better lives and our award-winning product pipeline can only be as effective as our ability to provide life-changing information to healthcare providers, key stakeholders and policymakers. Our Market Access and Public Affairs professionals ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most, by creating an environment where innovation and chronic disease management drive optimal health outcomes. Are you ready to realize your potential?

The Position

The Director, Corporate Sustainability will focus on planning, advocating, and executing a proactive sustainability strategy that advances the mission and goals of Novo Nordisk's enterprise strategy as it relates to sustainability. Accountable for relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Proactively collaborates with internal partners on all aspects of sustainability goals. This position further serves as one of the company's primary contacts responsible for developing strategic sustainability plans, as well as promoting the company's positions & achievements around sustainability. Ensures the sustainability team maintains strong collaboration with all other Public Affairs teams by establishing and maintaining close working relationships with Social Impact, Policy, Alliance Development and Government Affairs. Oversees and ensures accurate and timely compliance with all metrics related to sustainability.

Relationships

This position reports to the Vice President, Public Affairs and serves as the people leader for the sustainability team. This position will interact with internal and external parties, including contractors working for Novo Nordisk and other entities. Interacts with various people internally, both in the US and Copenhagen, particularly senior staff members involved in forming Novo Nordisk’s positions on sustainability issues. Also interacts with peer organizations and stakeholders, including but not limited to: peer companies & professional organizations.

This position is based in the Plainsboro, NJ or Washington, D.C. office.

Essential Functions

• Assist in development and preparation of materials and resources to showcase NNI’s commitment to sustainability
• Develop and manage proactive strategies to shape Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI) as a sustainability leader
• Develop and implement public affairs strategies to advance company priority environmental policy issues such as carbon disclosure, carbon reduction, circular economy, environmental claims and other related environmental policy issues as needed
• Partner with internal communications team on a communications strategy to highlight NNI’s commitment to sustainability
• Participate in cross-functional work teams, often in a leadership role, to stimulate effective collaboration and ensure progress toward Novo Nordisk sustainability
• Serve as SME on sustainability matters across NNI; serve as point of contact with Global organization
• Advise on emerging sustainability policy trends to inform internal business practices
• Coordinate with Public Affairs team on cross-functional projects involving outside organizations
• Build and maintain strategic networks of internal and external stakeholders, locally and globally, for cross-functional policy issue alignment
• Proactively initiate and cultivate relationships with sustainability stakeholders on behalf of Novo Nordisk

Physical Requirements

20-30% overnight travel required.

Development of People

Supervisory, ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process. Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility. Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively deliver information, and explain, advocate and negotiate positions and issues to a broad spectrum of individuals required
• Demonstrated track record of strong advocacy and communications skills
• Strong interpersonal and communications style with ability to convey passion about Novo Nordisk and our company's commitment to sustainability; ability to generate excitement and enthusiasm among internal and external audiences
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously with evolving deadlines, with little or no supervision required
• A minimum of 3 years experience leading others or equivalent leading through a matrix strongly preferred
• Demonstrated career progression with increasing roles of responsibility
• Pharmaceutical/healthcare industry experience preferred, but not required
• Demonstrated ability to develop and cultivate relationships with key external stakeholders
• Strong strategic thinking skills, business acumen, planning, relationship building, cross-functional team and leadership skills required
• Results-focused - prior track record required
• 10 years of experience in corporate sustainability
• A Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Demonstrated ability to proactively strategize on how best to advance policy priorities
• Strong executive presence and communication/presentation skills to engage senior leaders.

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.

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