Production Engineering Manager

Job Description

You will play a key role in supporting manufacturing operations by ensuring compliance, operational excellence, and efficient production planning. You will lead a team of specialists, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure production processes, systems, and documentation remain inspection-ready and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Your new role
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Lead and develop the Production Back Office team, ensuring high performance, engagement, capability development, and effective support to manufacturing operations.
• Drive GMP compliance and inspection readiness, maintaining a culture of quality, data integrity, and continuous audit preparedness across production activities.
• Ensure maintenance of the validated state for production processes, equipment, and computerized systems, in line with regulatory and company requirements.
• Own production documentation and governance processes, including SOPs, Work Instructions, Training Records, and Production Master Records.
• Manage production planning and capacity optimization, collaborating with production leadership to ensure efficient resource utilization and timely product release.
• Lead operational improvement initiatives and project portfolio management, overseeing change requests (CRs), implementation projects, and continuous improvement activities using Lean methodologies.
• Monitor and improve operational performance, taking accountability for quality, compliance, EHS, audit outcomes, and key performance indicators within the department.

Your new department
Our Production Department is a dynamic and cross-functional team dedicated to delivering high-quality products through strong collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. We strive to maintain a reliable, compliant, and efficient manufacturing environment while supporting business growth and customer needs.

Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree, Engineering or Management
• 3+ years of GMP academic experience including being part of a production unit leadership team in a GMP environment (pharma, food or cosmetics)
• Fluent in English written and oral
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills within a complex and international organization.
• Proactive, change-oriented, and continuous improvement mindset with strong focus on process optimization and operational excellence.

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.