Associate Project Manager

Department – Global Business Service Consulting

Does your motivation come from challenges and working in a dynamic environment? Do you thrive in a working environment where close collaboration with key stakeholders and strategic alignment is essential? Do you have a can-do attitude with continuous improvement as one of your career objectives? Then we might have the right position for you. Apply now and join a growing team, working in an international environment.

The Position

As an Associate Project Manager, you are expected to work with other GBS Consulting Project managers to support them drive key strategic initiatives for GBS. You will be assisting in various projects and leading some on a need basis. Projects could be cross-functional in nature, could be driving GBS 2025 strategy etc. You will be responsible for the following:

• Prepare project plans, including scoping, design, validation, and implementation phases, while monitoring progress and escalating risks as needed.
• Track project meetings (MoM, agendas) and maintain documentation, including case studies, memos, and other key records.
• Stay updated on industry best practices in change management, GBS evolution, and transformation, while supporting strategic initiatives within GBS consulting.
• Use problem-solving skills to develop and design solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to finalize approaches.
• Prepare project charters outlining objectives, approaches, expected outcomes, team structures, and high-level plans with key milestones.
• Facilitate workshops, set up governance frameworks for problem-solving, and prepare tools and templates to support project execution.
• Lead and drive cross-functional projects with minimal guidance, coordinating stakeholder interactions, external meetings, and field visits when required.

Qualifications

• You hold a master’s degree with 4-7 years of experience management consulting experience in a top tier consulting firm
• Structure and organize ambiguous problems, tasks, and information, and be able to act independently
• Solve key strategic problems applying standard consulting frameworks and develop recommendations.
• Excellent proficiency with Office 365 skills (Ppt., excel and word).
• High degree of flexibility, and can shoulder additional workload when necessary.
• Comfortable with strategic frameworks and tools such as Balanced scorecards, Issue trees, scenario planning

About the department

GBS Consulting is a high impact internal management consulting team working on strategic initiatives of GBS management and the affiliates. This team is a platform for high visibility and growth providing a unique opportunity to work with senior management of NN GBS.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 72,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing.

Contact

If you believe you are a match for the above requirements and are willing to take up the role, please apply here with our online application tool.

Deadline

Apply on or before: 9th April 2025.

Disclaimer

It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organizations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information, purchasing of equipment or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore, Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of the recruitment process.

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.