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Associate Application Support Analyst

Novo Nordisk AS
  • Lexington, MA
  • $70,400–$123,200 Per Year
2 days ago

Job Description

About the Department

The Finance & Operations department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance & Operations works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. Our focus on innovation ensures were constantly building future capabilities. Were responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?

The Position

This high-visibility and high customer-touch role will be responsible for escalated incidents, requests from the IT Helpdesk, assisting our Executive Team and end users in multiple locations. Improve and create new IT processes to help streamline the business and escalate incidents to specialized support as required.

Relationships

Reports to the Senior Helpdesk Manager, Information Technology.

Essential Functions

  • Provide desk-side and subject matter expert support for IT related services for employees in an office, clinical & research laboratory setting
  • Support and troubleshoot system and network issues related to end-user, laboratory IT and VoIP equipment, according to standard operating procedures
  • Recommend and test cost effective technical system improvements
  • Drive IT projects and deliverables with the help of the Sr. IT Helpdesk Manager
  • Proactively create corrective and mitigating steps to reduce future incidents and ticket volume
  • Use an ITSM to manage all incidents and requests to ensure that work is completed to the customers satisfaction in a timely manner and according to the Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • Manage Exchange Online including mailboxes, distribution groups, calendars
  • Collaborate with internal departments to improve/create processes
  • Work with internal departments and external vendors to implement new applications, services to end users
  • Participate in projects and act as a Subject Matter Expert for key technologies
  • Contribute internal IT documentation and create technical bulletins to expand the knowledge base for handling support issues
  • Assist users with activating and troubleshooting company-owned mobile devices
  • Work directly with IT support teams for mission critical issues and adhere to department escalation policy
  • Operate desktop imaging solution, application packaging, and configuration settings
  • Responsible for supporting audio and visual equipment for conference rooms and educating employees in its use
  • Identify, evaluate, promote, and implement customer support best practices
  • Carrying a company issued mobile phone is required
  • In partnership with other team members, lead the testing, configuration, installation and repair of IT related equipment
  • Assist in configuring and maintaining Active Directory, Azure, Office 365, and VoIP accounts
  • Provide training and mentorship to new IT Helpdesk Technicians
  • Decommission hardware
  • Configure and troubleshoot network printers
  • Able to make some material decisions without consulting manager
  • Participate in weekend on-call rotation on an as needed basis

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required; Driver must maintain a valid driver's license. Must be in good standing by not exceeding the Novo Nordisk points threshold assigned based on review of Motor Vehicle Records.; Must be able to bend, stoop lift, push/pull and move heavy packages and record storage boxes weighing up to 50 lbs/ stand and walk continuously over an extended period of time.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field of study from an accredited university required, with a minimum of three (3) years of IT helpdesk and project experience required
  • Experience Level: 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Ability to demonstrate superior technical, and presentation skills in a fast-paced environment required
  • Experience with working in the pharmaceutical industry and regulated environments preferred
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail required
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Operating systems required
  • Strong experience working with local Active Directory and Azure required
  • Ability to present formal and informal training and assistance to end users required
  • Apple iOS Systems experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of the administration of Microsoft Office 365 application suite required
  • Ability to find creative and "out-of-the-box" solutions to incidents and requests preferred
  • Ability to provide clear and logical thought processes to identify root causes of incidents required
  • Expert knowledge in the installation, configuration, upgrading, and troubleshooting hardware and software components preferred
  • Experience working with enterprise Anti-Virus technologies such as Trellix preferred
  • Able to work with people to establish goals, objectives, and change management plans required
  • Experience in installing and configuring Windows based applications using a software distribution tool preferred
  • Experience in working with enterprise Mobile Device Management technologies preferred
  • Working knowledge and understanding of network technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, routers, and switches preferred
  • Ability to understand and adhere to systems security and control procedures in accordance with departmental and corporate standards required
  • Demonstrated skills in time management, scheduling, and task prioritization to meet deadlines and goals required
  • Desire to learn new technologies required
  • Outstanding customer service provider required
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills for written and face to face communications required
  • Advanced experience within the Office 365 Admin Center and AzureAD with an emphasis in Exchange Online Administration and troubleshooting preferred
  • Demonstrated project management skills required
  • Automox, SmartDeploy and FreshService experience a plus

The base compensation range for this position is $70,400 to $123,200 Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance.

Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles depending on the positions level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

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

At Novo Nordisk, were not chasing quick fixes - were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, were making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger - a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLexington, MA
IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
Salary$70,400–$123,200 Per Year
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1923
Websitehttps://www.novonordisk.com/

About Company

Working at Novo Nordisk

 

Life-changing careers

Starting a career at Novo Nordisk is more than getting a job. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease.

Whether you are a part of supplying insulin for patients around the world, discovering the next breakthrough at one of our state-of-the-art research centres, working with us is truly life-changing.

 

We are inspired by life

We are a proud life-science company on a mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life. Millions rely on us.

We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. From our colleagues in the lab, working to change lives through pioneering break-through treatments, to our colleagues putting sustainability at the core of our processes and working to prolong the life of our planet, this mission to improve lives is at the core of our every action.

 

Together we drive change

Change is a constant — change in lifestyle, change in technology, change all over. At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it.

We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

That’s why we continuously push to improve the way we work and the lives of the patients we serve, creating innovative solutions that fit the way people want to live. To accomplish this, we embrace a spirit of open-mindedness and experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection.

 

Together, we are life-changing

Our company is our people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We want to ensure that every employee can achieve a work-life balance that supports their current priorities and where they want to go next.

 

Your development starts here

We value our employees for the unique skills, backgrounds and perspectives they bring to the table. We work continuously to help bring out the best in all of our people, offering opportunities for development and creating an environment of mobility within the company. We strive to offer a workplace that’s great to be in and to be from.

It is very important to us that anyone working with us feels empowered as an employee and as a person. We all should have the opportunity to act fast, make decisions and be agile. 

With a career at our company, you will feel a difference right from the start. A sense of inspiration that comes from a shared belief in driving positive change for people, families and communities everywhere, and it’s a collective effort. We rely on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 45,000 employees.

In the video above, meet  Marie Darting, one of our scientists, and hear more about her work as a formulation scientist, her perspective on development plans and the impact she feels her work has on people living with a chronic disease.

 

Who we are

We were founded in 1923 and today we are a global healthcare company headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering  scientific breakthroughs, expanding  access to our medicines , and working to prevent and ultimately cure diabetes.

With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values – the Novo Nordisk Way.

Skills

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  • Clinical Laboratoryunmatched
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  • DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)unmatched
  • DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
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  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • International Businessunmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Knowledge Baseunmatched
  • Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
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  • Microsoft Active Directoryunmatched
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  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
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  • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
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  • Testingunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
  • Value Chain Modelunmatched
  • VoIP (Voice over IP)unmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched
  • iOSunmatched

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