Novo Nordisk is hiring a Senior Data Foundation Lead to own the architecture, design, and evolution of a robust and scalable data foundation for Corporate Procurement. Your work will establish a trusted single source of truth for procurement data, enabling high-quality analytics, BI, and AI across the global function.
What You'll Do
- Evolve the procurement data foundation to be robust, scalable, and aligned with Novo Nordisk’s overall data strategy.
- Design and implement a medallion-style data model in collaboration with procurement domain experts to establish a single source of truth.
- Establish a streamlined architecture and define and enforce backend and frontend best practices covering version control, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing.
- Create comprehensive documentation to foster data literacy and enable procurement users to self-serve high-quality data.
- Own upstream and downstream integrations, delivering reliable data pipelines between the foundation and both in-house and third-party procurement systems.
What We're Looking For
- A Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
- Over 10 years of experience in the data domain, including extensive hands-on work in data engineering and enabling analytics.
- A proven track record of designing large-scale enterprise architectures while remaining hands-on and owning end-to-end data solutions.
- Extensive expertise with the Azure data stack (Databricks, Azure Data Factory) and integrating backend systems with Power BI/Fabric analytics workflows.
- Deep experience in data modelling, including designing and implementing medallion or layered data architectures for business domains.
- Expert-level skills in SQL and Python for large-scale data processing and transformation.
- Practical experience with CI/CD for data pipelines, version control, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Strong communication skills and a proven ability to translate stakeholder requirements into robust technical data solutions.
Nice to Have
- Experience enabling ML/AI on Azure.
- Experience working specifically with procurement data.
Technical Stack
- Azure, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Power BI/Fabric
- SQL, Python
- CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-code
Team & Environment
You will join the Advanced Analytics team within Corporate Procurement, the Centre of Excellence for procurement in Novo Nordisk. The Global Procurement function has 500 employees around the world, with the largest hubs in Denmark, India, and the US.
Work Mode
This role is onsite in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
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