Sr. IT Product Manager

About the Department 

The Finance & Operations department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance & Operations works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. Our focus on innovation ensures we're constantly building future capabilities. We're responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?

 

The Position

Driven by a customer-centric mindset, the Sr. IT Product Manager bridges business goals and technology by leading the development of innovative IT solutions in the consumer and patient engagement space. This role is pivotal in enabling digital solutions that create meaningful value for our customers and patients.

 

Relationships

Reports to a manager in the USO DD& IT Organization. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with cross-functional teams, business leaders, and technology partners to enable seamless product delivery. Proactively engages stakeholders to align priorities, manage expectations, and drive shared outcomes.

 

Essential Functions

• Define, prepare, and drive a compelling product vision and roadmap aligned with business objectives
• Translate customer needs and business goals into actionable product strategies
• Build, prioritize, and maintain a well-structured Program Backlog
• Track leading indicators for features and account for business cases
• Monitor and track progress to guarantee quality and timely delivery
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and the Agile Release Train (ART) to ensure product viability and value delivery
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand key drivers for deliveries to enable ongoing prioritization and content elaboration
• Clarify and coordinate dependencies with other Product Managers, external stakeholders and Agile teams, and collaborate with these to visualize and prioritise features accordingly
• Handle/mitigate risks and dependencies on an ongoing basis
• Ensure Business Owners collaboration and reporting
• Ensure feature delivery according to agreements (Definition of Done)
• Accept features throughout the PI in accordance with the Definition of Done
• Help ensure quality in all deliveries and through definition of acceptance criteria and test
• Coordinate releases and ensure organisational readiness and implementation
• Understand “technical enabler work”
• Work with the ART and other stakeholders to understand “technical enabler work” to be able to prioritize and clarify when needed

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required.

 

Qualifications

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in business, information systems, computer science, or related field preferred 
• Experience Level: 8+ years experience within IT or innovation function. 
• Must have experiencing leading large initiatives across multiple business functions
• 1+ year experience in Agile methodologies is preferred
• Strong business insight and knowledge is required in relation to products, roadmaps etc.
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager, Salesforce or similar technologies preferred
• Communicate a compelling purpose and vision with passion and urgency on all levels of the organisation
• Translate strategy into ambitious goals with clear priorities
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