Senior Data Governance Professional

Data Governance

Søborg, Denmark

Shape the future of responsible data use in life-changing research. Bridge the worlds of compliance, innovation, and patient impact as you build frameworks that enable breakthrough therapies while protecting what matters most.

Your new role

As a Senior Data Governance Professional, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our data governance framework, ensuring its effective integration into ongoing initiatives—particularly access processes for human health data. Your work will directly enable researchers to advance transformative therapies while maintaining the highest ethical and regulatory standards.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating requests for access to human health data, balancing data utility with compliance and ethical standards
• Maintaining and optimising processes and policies that enable innovation while safeguarding privacy and regulatory requirements
• Coordinating governance activities across Lines of Business and relevant projects, ensuring seamless communication, monitoring progress, and guaranteeing compliance with all requirements
• Operationalising a data governance framework across new data modalities in Novo Nordisk Research & Development, adapting to evolving compliance requirements and user feedback
• Ensuring adherence to privacy, ethical, and regulatory requirements across all data governance activities

In addition, you will support the team by prioritising operational activities and driving continuous improvement initiatives across both technical and non-technical domains. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution, as well as strong collaboration across stakeholders.

Your new department

In Research & Development, you'll be part of a unit that explores bold scientific ideas and advances them into clinical testing. We combine curiosity, AI tools, and human data to develop transformative therapies. Through collaboration and operational excellence, we shape and deliver an innovative pipeline to meet future patient needs.

Within this area, you'll join our R&D Data Governance team in the Data & AI Governance department—a group dedicated to enabling responsible innovation through robust governance frameworks. As our research expands into new therapy areas and data modalities, your role becomes increasingly critical. You'll work at the intersection of compliance, ethics, and scientific innovation, partnering with stakeholders across the organization to ensure our data practices support both breakthrough research and patient trust.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a Senior Data Governance Professional who thrives at the intersection of compliance, innovation, and stakeholder collaboration. You bring a structured, proactive approach and the ability to navigate complex environments while driving meaningful impact.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field combined with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or project management, ideally within a pharmaceutical or technology environment, consulting, or a large organisation (an advanced degree is preferred)
• Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder engagement, regulatory compliance, and access management practices
• Experience translating business and compliance requirements into policies, processes, and operational controls
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills, enabling you to drive change across multiple stakeholders and partners
• An understanding of global data protection legislation and requirements, particularly GDPR, which would be considered a strong advantage

Additionally, you bring strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain governance concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. An innovative mindset and a passion for modern data governance will enable you to continuously improve data access frameworks.

A structured and methodical approach to tasks, combined with solid project management capabilities, will support your success in this role and ensure the effective delivery of governance initiatives.

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 and Benefits: The Annual Base Salary ranges from 651,000.00 to 956,900.00 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

Deadline
5 July 2026

Please note that we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and will close the process when we find the right match.

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.