Summary
Thomas Dyrlund is a senior development leader at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech with a PhD in molecular biology and over a decade of experience building and managing high-performance teams in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. He has progressed through roles spanning quality assurance, production support, process and analytical development, and now leads development strategy for pharma tech initiatives. Thomas emphasizes inclusive, coaching-driven leadership that fosters psychological safety and enables technical contributors to excel. He couples a systematic, structured approach with hands-on scientific rigor—having implemented automated QC pipelines for high-throughput LC-MS data during his research career. Based in Roskilde, Denmark, he blends deep domain expertise in fermentation and API production with business acumen from graduate studies in economics and business. An entrepreneur at heart, he previously co-founded online services, bringing customer-focus and commercial perspective to complex technical programs.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (HD part 1), Economics and Business, Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (HD part 1), Economics and Business at Aarhus University
Global Village, Business, Global Village, Business at Lehigh University - College of Business and Economics
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Nanoscience & Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Nanoscience & Molecular Biology at Aarhus Universitet
Danish, English, German