Senior Quality Project Manager

Would you like to play a key role in Novo Nordisk Mergers & Acquisitions? Be part of a newly established, fast growing and very ambitious team? Are you looking forward to setting direction in your team? Then, this may be just the right job for you, to join our company and be part of a life-changing career!

The position
As merger and acquisition activities are rapidly growing in size and complexity, we are looking for a highly experienced Senior Quality Project Manager to lead integration projects and securing compliance of newly acquired companies or products. 
Your main tasks will be to:

• Define and drive the overall quality integration strategy protecting the value of the acquisition and ensuring compliance together with your broad stakeholder landscape.
• Set the quality direction. 
• Identify and plan needed quality activities together with the Quality organisations in Novo Nordisk and with the acquired company.
• Follow up on activities and report status to senior management.

As the central Quality Lead in integration core groups, you will represent Quality throughout the whole value chain. 
This position will provide you the opportunity to work with Novo Nordisk external business development activities and give you a broad knowledge and a large network across Novo Nordisk and acquired companies from start-ups to large mature companies.  
It’s a great opportunity for both personal and professional development!

Qualifications
We are looking for an ambitious colleague with a proven track record of creating high performing project teams leading complex cross-organisational projects within the pharmaceutical industry
To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a Master’s degree. 
• Have several years project management experience.
• Have extensive experience within the pharmaceutical industry – preferable within operations or quality.
• Are fluent in English.

Experience from working within Novo Nordisk and/or experience within mergers and acquisitions will be seen as an advantage.
As a person, you thrive in a dynamic environment where excellent collaboration and communication with many different stakeholders will be crucial – as a result you will be able to set balanced quality directions ensuring compliance within regulatory requirements and business needs. Finally, you are self-driven and pro-active.

About the department
Mergers & Acquisition is a strong strategic focus area for Novo Nordisk. Our Quality Due Diligence & Integration unit is a dedicated team representing NovoNordisk Quality in all merger and acquisitions in NovoNordisk. Our responsibility is to lead efficient quality due diligence and integrations of new potential acquisitions within manufacturing capacities and assets.
Our unit is also responsible for guiding and maturing the Merger & Acquisition organisation and processes within Quality. We are responsible for the playbooks describing strategies, structure and processes during due diligence and integration.

Working at Novo Nordisk 
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. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
For further information, please contact Director, Tine Andersen at TIAN@novonordisk.com or +4530757671

Deadline
5 January 2025.
Note that candidates will be invited for interviews on an ongoing basis so please apply as soon as possible.
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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.