Associate Director, Analytics Transformation and AI Enablement

About the Department The Finance & Operations Department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making, drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals, and works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, and core operations. It focuses on innovation, regulates accounting, upholds workplace safety, manages supply chain and sampling, supports technological and data innovation, maintains facilities, and ensures integrity and completeness of all business transactions. The Position The Associate Director, Analytics Transformation and AI Enablement is accountable for defining the data foundation that will power Novo Nordisk’s US Commercial AI ambitions and for leading the transformation of commercial analytics capabilities to ensure trusted, accessible, and modern insight delivery. Relationships The Associate Director reports to the Director / Senior Director, Data & Analytics Strategy and collaborates with leaders across Enterprise Insights & Analytics, Marketing, Sales, IT, Market Access, and Advanced Analytics. Essential Functions AI Data Strategy & Enablement Define and own the commercial data foundation required to support prioritized AI use cases across US Commercial operations, ensuring alignment with NNI’s enterprise AI roadmap. Establish clear data requirements, quality standards, and integration pathways that enable AI models—including generative and agentic applications—to deliver reliable, actionable commercial outputs. Partner with Advanced Analytics, DD&IT, and enterprise AI teams to ensure commercial data assets are structured, governed, and accessible to power high‑impact AI initiatives. Identify and close data readiness gaps that may impede AI adoption, driving a continuous readiness assessment across commercial data domains. Analytics Capabilities Transformation Own and optimize Novo Nordisk’s US Commercial business intelligence platforms, including Tableau and Power BI, ensuring they are performant, scalable, and aligned to evolving commercial needs. Lead the governance of enterprise metrics and reporting—defining standards, streamlining report inventories, and eliminating duplication to provide a trusted, single source of truth. Advance data and analytics cataloging to improve discoverability, transparency, and self‑service access across commercial users. Drive continuous improvement of the analytics capability stack, assessing emerging tools and platforms and guiding investment decisions. Next‑Generation Analytics Engagement Pioneer the adoption of AI‑augmented analytics capabilities, including GPT‑like conversational interfaces, modern augmented analytics platforms, and AI‑powered insight delivery, to transform how commercial stakeholders engage with data. Evaluate, pilot, and scale innovative analytics solutions that move the organization beyond traditional dashboarding toward more intelligent, embedded, and accessible insight experiences. Establish the vision and execution roadmap for the next generation of commercial analytics engagement, ensuring the organization remains at the leading edge of analytics capability. Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership Translate enterprise AI and analytics ambitions into concrete data and capability roadmaps, ensuring strategic priorities are matched by executable delivery plans. Serve as a trusted advisor to Commercial, Enterprise Insights & Analytics, Marketing, Market Access, and other commercial stakeholders on AI data readiness and analytics capability investment. Manage external vendor relationships and technology partnerships relevant to AI‑ready data and analytics capabilities, ensuring value delivery and alignment with NNI standards. Contribute to the broader Data & Analytics Strategy agenda, advancing enterprise‑wide capability building and the continued evolution of NNI’s commercial data and analytics function. Physical Requirements Up to 10% overnight travel required. Development of People Report on supervisory responsibilities, ensuring that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), annual goals, and measurements consistent with business priorities; conduct interim reviews, maintain learning and aspiration plans, and enforce Novo Nordisk policies and procedures. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required (e.g., Business, Technology, Data, Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline); advanced degree preferred. 9+ years of progressive experience in data strategy, analytics, or business intelligence, preferably within pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other highly regulated industries. 2–3 years of people‑management experience preferred. Demonstrated experience defining data requirements, quality standards, and integration pathways that enable AI and advanced analytics use cases at scale in a complex enterprise environment. Deep expertise in modern business intelligence platforms, including Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent, with a proven track record of platform ownership, optimization, and governance. Working knowledge of generative and agentic AI capabilities and the data, infrastructure, and governance requirements needed to support them responsibly at scale. Experience establishing and governing enterprise metrics, reporting standards, and data cataloging approaches to ensure trusted, consistent, and discoverable insights. Strong familiarity with AI‑augmented analytics tools, conversational analytics interfaces, and modern augmented analytics platforms, with a demonstrated ability to drive adoption of next‑generation analytics capabilities. Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercial data ecosystems, including familiarity with key commercial data vendors and partnership models (e.g., IQVIA, Veeva, Komodo, claims, specialty pharmacy, telehealth). Proven ability to partner and influence across Enterprise Insights & Analytics, Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Advanced Analytics, and IT functions in a matrixed organization. Experience managing external technology vendors and partners, ensuring value delivery and alignment with enterprise standards. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex AI and analytics concepts into clear, business‑relevant narratives for diverse audiences. Strong strategic thinking and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and drive outcomes in a complex, fast‑paced organizational environment. Compensation and Benefits The base compensation range for this position is $152,500–$228,300. The 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 eligible to participate in employee benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto/home insurance. The company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flexible vacation policy, and parental leave policy. Equal Opportunity Employer Statement We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 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