Manufacturing Cyber Security Partner (Ballerup, Capital Region of Denmark, DK)

Job Title: Manufacturing Cyber Security Partner

Department: Enterprise IT, Global Manufacturing & Supply

Location: Taastrup

Your impact begins here 

As Manufacturing Cyber Security Partner, you will lead industrial security across a Senior Vice President (SVP) area in Global Manufacturing & Supply. You will assess how well production systems are protected, close critical IT/OT security gaps and set the security targets that help manufacturing move forward with confidence. Your expertise will keep the systems behind our production secure and resilient, so the treatments people living with serious chronic diseases rely on can keep reaching them.

What you’ll bring 

You combine deep IT/OT security expertise with a clear understanding of what manufacturing needs to deliver. You will also bring:

A master’s or bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.

Relevant industry certifications, such as ISA/IEC, CISSP, CISM or CISA.

5–10 years of experience with IT/OT security in a large organisation.

Experience with IT security frameworks, such as NIST CSF or ISO 27001.

Experience from the pharmaceutical or industrial/manufacturing industries.

A strong understanding of IT and OT, and the ability to connect security to business objectives.

Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain trusted relationships across a large business area.

Very good interpersonal and coaching skills.

The ability to collaborate and communicate with external parties, including vendors, consultants and authorities.

What you’ll do 

You will be the security lead and senior authority on industrial control systems security for your SVP area – the person manufacturing turns to when a security question needs a clear, expert answer. You will:

Assess security maturity across production areas and systems, facilitate risk discussions and identify critical IT/OT security gaps and risks.

Define strategic security targets for the SVP area, determine the governance needed for security across manufacturing, and contribute to wider cyber security strategies.

Advise manufacturing projects on designing and delivering secure systems, including reviewing supplier responses in RFI/RFP activities.

Act as decision authority for policy exceptions and security control deviations in manufacturing, approving or rejecting requests.

Support the assessment and resolution of security incidents and the remediation of audit findings, applying relevant standards for industrial control systems.

Track developments in manufacturing security, anticipate their impact on Novo and lead awareness activities that strengthen security across tools, systems and processes.

Who you’ll work with 

You will serve as the cyber security organisation’s representative in your SVP area within Global Manufacturing & Supply, where colleagues scale molecules, processes, devices and products for the people who need them.

Your closest partners will include Leadership teams in Global Manufacturing & Supply IT, the SVP IT Security Responsible, SMEs in Infrastructure and Information Security, cyber security management and architects, and colleagues in manufacturing procurement. You will also guide and support colleagues with assigned security responsibilities across the SVP area and help SVP management solve security challenges related to manufacturing.

As the liaison between manufacturing and Cyber Security, you will facilitate workshops and forums with security representatives, share trends in industrial control systems security and advise on major incidents. Your role is to bring clarity to priorities so that security and production move forward together, at pace.

What you can expect here 

You will be trusted with real authority: your advice and decisions will shape how security is governed across manufacturing. Your expertise will be valued, and you will be encouraged to make your voice heard – and once a decision is made, to commit and move forward together with your colleagues.

You will grow through work that spans IT and OT, manufacturing and cyber security, and internal and external partners. You will also have the opportunity to lead activities and projects that require a high degree of information security experience, and to coach colleagues as they build their own security capabilities.

What we offer 

At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 847,000.00 to 1,245,100.00 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 her e .

Start now 

Your impact begins today. If you are ready to lead industrial security where it makes a real difference to how our treatments are made, apply for the Manufactoring Cyber Security Partner role by 20 October 2026.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

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