IT Test Specialist I

Department – DD&IT Staffs GBS

Are you passionate about defining and implementing test strategies? Do you have a knack for ensuring compliance and documentation in IT operations? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as an IT Test Specialist at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position 
As an IT Test Specialist at Novo Nordisk, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Define and implement test strategies, including roadmaps, tools, and services with acceptable service evaluations. Ensure documentation of test planning, reporting, and testing artifacts like scripts, executions, and defect reviews.
• Involve in product design to ensure adherence to test coverage for meeting end-user requirements. Organize and monitor defect management processes, handle changes, and conduct regression tests.
• Identify, implement, and monitor test metrics to assess the quality of testing services. Manage compliance and documentation for IT Operations, Changes, Problems, and Incidents impacting the system.
• Coordinate the validation process for new changes and releases with the Line of Business (LoB) and System Management team, ensuring proper documentation. Participate in audits and inspections related to GxP testing activities and IT systems.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in testing, providing expertise for diversified projects across business units. Perform stakeholder management to deliver services involving multiple stakeholders.
• Provide training and support to testing teams and stakeholders on GxP-specific testing procedures and best practices. Assist in audit preparation and ensure readiness for inspections related to testing activities.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field with 10+ years of experience in IT or the pharmaceutical industry, including expertise in testing strategies, regulatory requirements, and audits. Strong awareness of IT SOP management and GxP software validation testing activities to ensure compliance with regulatory standards is required.
• Experience working in an Agile setup and Proficient in tools like TIMS (HP ALM for creation and execution), Jira, and other related platforms.
• Skilled in creating and managing validation testing artifacts and experience in Facilities Systems validation, including Security Systems like PACS, CCTV, and Alarm Handling Systems.
• Knowledge of Change Management processes and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities and experience in IT project work, including specification, design, development, or implementation of IT solutions.
• Proficient in using office desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Office, PowerPoint).
• Experience working in a project-oriented, international matrix organization.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including verbal and written communication. Ability to represent NN in relation with users and external stakeholders.

About the department
You will join our Digital Data (DD)&IT Staffs GBS team of professionals anchored in GBS Bangalore, collaborating with the Design & Deliver team on projects across the Staffs area. The team is responsible for managing day-to-day IT support, development, validation and testing of entire Quality Management System of Novo Nordisk, spanning across entire globe. The key objective is to ensure robust IT support to systems, which in turn ensures product quality and patient safety for Novo Nordisk.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
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Deadline
6 January 2025.

Disclaimer

It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organizations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information, purchasing of equipment or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore, Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of the recruitment process.

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

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.