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
The Contract Manager role will be responsible for end-to-end processing of all in-scope service contracts with third-party vendors, across low, medium, high business risk and complexity, from intake to execution, in collaboration with SME reviewers, contract owners, requesters, and procurement category managers, and in line with Procurement policy. The end-to-end contract workflow process includes intake, draft, internal review, external negotiation, routing for financial approval, and signature execution. In-scope contracts mainly include CDAs, MSAs, SOWs, short-form agreements, quality agreements, license agreements, and amendments. The role will be utilizing Procurement's Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform on a daily basis and will be at the frontline for driving continuous improvements in the contracting process and system, including providing input to SME-owned contracting playbooks and templates. The role will act as internal consultant to category managers in Procurement on in-scope contract legal matters and contract process. Additionally, the role will execute specific Procurement processes such as MSA expiration management, Coupa-TPR look-up, etc.
Relationships
Reports to the Director for Contract Excellence and Sourcing Operations. Will regularly interact with enterprise-wide NNI stakeholders, and intermittently with Coupa Contract-to-Pay team members based in HQ. Stakeholder base will include contract owners and requesters, SME reviewers in Legal, Safety, Quality, Compliance, Data Privacy, IT, etc. Will interact with third-party vendors, and CLM vendors. Will closely collaborate and consult Procurement Category Management team members and leaders.
Essential Functions
Physical Requirements
0-10% overnight travel required. Onsite presence required.
Qualifications
The base compensation range for this position is $96,670 to $178,840. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance. Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors. Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.
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 defeating 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.
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.
