Grant Lead, Grant Management, The Novo Nordisk Foundation
We are seeking an experienced lead to head one of two teams in Grant Management department in exciting times of change. To enable the Novo Nordisk Foundation's growth and increasing international reach, we are increasing our focus on developing scalable ways of working and granting models, utilising digitisation, systems and new technologies, enabled by standardisation and by streamlining our granting processes and granting models.
The Foundation’s Grant Management area is responsible for ensuringefficient, professional, and seamless management of grants within the Novo Nordisk Foundation and towards our grantees, committees and other stakeholders.
The role as grant lead requires a strong leadership profile. As Grant Lead, you are expected to balance and actively exercise operational, professional, and people leadership. You do not need to be the deepest technical expert in all aspects of grant management, but you must have the leadership capacity to set direction, ensure progress, and create a high-performing and motivated team.
The Job
As Grant Lead, you will have overall responsibility for leading your team across three core leadership dimensions:
Operational leadership
Professional leadership
People leadership and development
You will be part of a management team consisting of one other Grant Lead with reference to the Director of Grant Management. You will be part of an international and purpose-driven working environment with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and perspectives that enables us to deliver professional grant management as we are involved in all phases of the life cycle of the grants.
Professional and Personal Qualifications
Our ideal candidate has strong leadership competencies and experience within management e.g., as a team leader. We are looking for a candidate with relevant leadership experience from grant management or from other complex, large-scale operational environments, for example within public administration, regulated organisations, large programmes or portfolios, or similar.
Further to this, we imagine you have experience with:
As a person, you are:
You will work onsite at the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s offices in Hellerup. We have an office-first policy where limited remote working conditions can be agreed upon.
Next step
We encourage you to upload your application as soon as possible and no later than 31 March 2026.
To apply, please upload your CV, cover letter, and University transcripts by clicking on the “Apply” button.
Working at the Novo Nordisk Foundation
We offer a committed and professional workplace in which we emphasize ensuring that our colleagues thrive, are challenged, and have opportunities to develop their potential.
The department is composed of 24 highly skilled and dedicated colleagues, working in two teams, who develop and manage professional granting instruments and processes. This is done in close collaboration with the Foundation's grant awarding areas and other functional departments. In 2025 the foundation granted 11,8 billion DKK for science, innovation and education in Denmark and internationally becoming one of the leading global foundations.
A career at the Novo Nordisk Foundation gives you the opportunity to work: