Project Manager

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a background in complex utility or sustainability projects? Would you like to join the team tasked with executing projects aimed at eliminating the use of fossil fuels from Novo Nordisk Danish sites? If so, we have a unique opportunity for you to become part of an exciting project organization as a Project Manager within the Site Energy Upgrade Project in Corporate Facilities. You will lead projects that contribute to our zero environmental impact strategy, Circular for Zero!

Our team is growing, and we are therefore looking for multiple Project Managers and PMO Managers with different backgrounds to join us.

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The position
This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of the execution team, ensuring that we implement tangible and significant steps towards achieving zero environmental impact.

You can expect that the key responsibilities of this position will include:

• Monitoring project progress to ensure that project deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Ensuring proper maintenance of project documentation and production of project reports as required.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements, creating, updating, and maintaining presentations for senior leadership and project stakeholders.
• Adhering to project management best practices and standards, ensuring that projects are managed in accordance with Novo Nordisk standards and guidelines.
• Managing stakeholder expertise to navigate different seniority levels within Novo Nordisk, from equipment owners and other project managers to senior management.
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders as well as fostering a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications
Preferably you hold a master’s degree in engineering or related fields, with 3-6 years of proven experience in project management and can demonstrate solid results in delivering projects successfully.

Furthermore, we expect you to have:

• Great problem-solving skills with structured and skilled approach in navigating high complexity.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and experience at all levels.
• Possess leadership skills and a track record in project management. Experience in energy design, energy infrastructure, or utility installations is advantageous.
• Proven problem-solving abilities and the ability to navigate in high complexity.
• Fluency in spoken and written English, and Danish is a plus.

We expect that you can work systematically, logically, proactively, and as a person you are self-driven, structured, and possess a can-do attitude. You thrive in a high-paced and complex work environment without losing oversight and motivation. Lastly, you need to be able to inspire your project team to achieve collective goals.

About the department
In Corporate Facilities, with 250 employees, we enable Novo Nordisk to focus on the core business by delivering simple and agile solutions for infrastructure, workplaces, utilities, and facility services as well as a major building portfolio.  We create tangible business results by partnering with all areas of the business and what we do impacts all Novo Nordisk’s employees in their workday. We give high level of responsibility from day one and you will experience a continuously steep learning curve, where your own aspirations set the boundaries.

The job is anchored in the team “Sustainable Utility Projects”, which is part of Corporate Facilities. We manage a large portfolio of sustainability projects at multiple impact and maturity levels, some spanning the entire organization. We drive execution all the way from basic design to handover and work systematically and strategically to implement ‘Circular for Zero’ initiatives within the areas of energy supplies, utility installations and facility management in general. We collaborate across business areas of Novo Nordisk and with external partners including consultants and contractors.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
For further information about the position, please contact Henrik Vidstrup, Project Director, at +45 3079 1259 or hrvd@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
May 14th, 2024

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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.