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
At Novo Nordisk, we are navigating one of the most dynamic and consequential trade environments in decades. As Associate Director, Trade & Tariffs, you will have the unique opportunity to help shape the enterprise's response to evolving U.S. trade, tariff, customs, and cross-border challenges while supporting one of the world's leading healthcare companies.
This highly visible role serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and key business stakeholders, providing strategic guidance on complex trade and tariff matters that influence supply chain decisions, sourcing strategies, manufacturing operations, and business growth. You will work at the intersection of Corporate Tax, Supply Chain, Legal, Public Affairs, Finance, and IT to identify opportunities, manage risks, and support informed decision-making across the enterprise.
The position offers an exceptional opportunity for an experienced professional to build and influence a growing trade and tariff capability, help shape long-term strategy, and drive meaningful business outcomes in a rapidly evolving global environment.
Relationships
The Associate Director will serve as a key U.S. trade and tariff advisor within Novo Nordisk, partnering closely with Corporate Tax and business leaders across the organization. This role provides broad exposure to senior leaders and decision-makers responsible for manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, market access, public policy, and commercial operations.
Success in this position requires strong collaboration, strategic influence, and the ability to translate complex technical developments into actionable business recommendations. The role also partners with external advisors and industry experts to help ensure Novo Nordisk remains proactive and well-positioned in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
Essential Functions
Strategy, Leadership & Oversight:
Trade & Tariffs Advisory
Business Partnering
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
Join Novo Nordisk during a period of unprecedented transformation in global trade and healthcare. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise strategy, partner with senior leaders, tackle complex and highly visible challenges, and help shape the future of trade and tariff management for a company committed to improving the lives of millions of patients worldwide.
Physical Requirements
0-10% overnight travel required. Ability to work in an office-based environment and collaborate effectively with local, regional, and global stakeholders across time zones.
Qualifications
The base compensation range for this position is $152,700 to $267,300. 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.
