Senior Data Analyst - Data Excellence Team

Are you passionate about using data to drive business impact and improve decision-making? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can work closely with stakeholders, shape data solutions, and contribute to meaningful change in health, sustainability, and the life science ecosystem? If you are excited by the prospect of building and shaping a modern data platform from the ground up, we invite you to join our Digital & Business Excellence department as our new Senior Data Analyst.

About us

The Digital & Business Excellence department is a cross-functional team designed to support and accelerate the Foundation’s strategic and digital ambitions.  We are 17 dedicated professionals working across four teams: Business Excellence, Digital & AI, Business Solutions, and Data Excellence. Our mission is to help the organisation become more future-ready, efficient, and insight-driven by aligning business, technology, and data in a cohesive and practical way.

Our department culture is characterised by a fun, supportive, and informal atmosphere, coupled with high ambitions for the foundation and a strong drive to continuously enhance and empower our organisational capabilities and processes. As part of the team, you will have the chance to influence your role and responsibilities according to your interests and competencies while keeping the business needs and priorities in mind.

The Position

This is a unique opportunity to join the newly formed Data Excellence team at the Novo Nordisk Foundation as a Senior Data Analyst. You will work closely with a Data Engineer and an Analytical Engineer to strengthen our data capabilities and ensure impactful use of data across the organisation. As we modernise our new data platform, you will have the opportunity to influence our data architecture, modelling standards, and best practices.

In this central role, you will collaborate with colleagues across data, digital, and business functions, shaping and applying modern data practices to support analytical projects and strategic decision-making. You will lead analytical projects, translating business needs into user-friendly data products and helping the organisation make more data-informed decisions. Your expertise will ensure our dimensional models are structured to meet diverse analytical needs and are accessible to a wide range of users.

You will be involved in the full data value chain—from data modelling and transformation in dbt, to building engaging Power BI dashboards and exploring new ways to present data, such as interactive dashboards and apps in Databricks or other platforms. Your work will focus on data quality, accessibility, and practical applications, delivering high-quality data products that align with our strategic priorities.

Main responsibilities:

• Engage with stakeholders to understand needs and define impactful analytical solutions.
• Design and build well-structured dashboards and data products using modern BI tools such as Power BI and Databricks.
• Take end-to-end ownership of BI projects, from scoping to delivery and ongoing maintenance.
• Contribute to the development of dimensional data models in dbt, ensuring data is structured for usability, accessibility, and diverse analytical needs.
• Collaborate with data and analytics engineers to source, prepare, and model data, and explore new ways of presenting data (e.g., interactive dashboards and apps).
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable business insights through effective data storytelling.
• Ensure clarity, usability, and trust in all data products, while staying up to date with new tools and methods.

Your work is expected to be carried out within normal working hours and from the Headquarter of the Novo Nordisk Foundation in Tuborg Havn to the extent possible.

About you

Professional qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have:

• At least 4 years of experience with delivering end-to-end analytics or BI projects with clear business impact
• Demonstrated ability to tell stories with data, making insights accessible and actionable for stakeholders
• The ability to translate business needs into effective, user-friendly data solutions
• Strong skills in working with dashboard and data visualisation tools. We primarily use Power BI and Azure Databricks
• Advanced technical skills and experience with tools such as DAX, SQL, or Python, as well as experience with dimensional data modelling (ideally using dbt).
• A practical understanding of modern data environments and concepts (e.g., Azure, Databricks), with an openness to learn more
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Personal qualifications
We are looking for someone who aligns with our mission and values, and who is:

• A strong collaborator who enjoys working closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive and confident in taking ownership of tasks and driving projects forward independently
• Pragmatic and adaptable, able to navigate a dynamic and evolving environment
• Analytical and structured in problem-solving, with an eye for both detail and context
• Motivated by continuous learning and personal growth
• Delighted about sharing your knowledge and experience
• Enthusiastic about contributing to the informal, fun and supportive atmosphere in the team and department

Application and information

If you can see yourself succeeding in this role, please submit your application and CV as soon as possible, and no later than Monday, 10 November at noon. We review applications on an ongoing basis and will begin conducting first interviews in the second week of November. Please note that the job posting may be closed earlier if we find the right candidate.

Second interviews will take place on 20 November. For this stage, you will be asked to prepare a case and complete a personality test prior to the interview.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter by clicking the “Apply now” button.

About The Novo Nordisk Foundation

The Novo Nordisk Foundation dates back to 1922 and is an independent Danish foundation with corporate interests. Our vision is to contribute significantly to research and development that improves the lives of people and the sustainability of society.

Since 2010, the Foundation has donated more than DKK 60 billion primarily for research at public institutions and hospitals in Denmark and the other Nordic Countries. The Foundation gets its income from ownership of the Novo Group companies and more than 130 other life science companies.