Project Manager, Internal Programs

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

As a part of Novo Nordisk, Catalent, Indiana LLC. in Bloomington, Indiana, is a state-of-the-art facility where we have an integrated model from process and formulation to clinical and commercial biomanufacturing and drug product fill/finish and packaging. The Bloomington campus is a recognized facility where talented teams work with innovators to help develop, manufacture and supply products to patients around the world.  

What we offer you:

1. Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
2. All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
3. Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
4. Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
5. Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
6. Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
7. Tuition Assistance 
8. Life & Disability Insurance
9. Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career.  Are you ready to realize your potential?  Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

Project Management (PM) interfaces between the client, operations, and business development to cultivate strong relationships, obtain repeat business, enhance the scope of current projects, or identify new projects with existing clients. The “Patient First” mindset is central to PM and drives the team to guide projects to successful completion with the highest quality and expedience. PM is responsible for coordinating the entire project and ensuring deadlines are met and that the project stays on budget. Team members should be inspirational, creative, and motivational when leading their project team – constantly challenging ways to deliver over and above expectations.

PM has two focus areas: Client and Commercial (Customer Accounts). This description is applicable for both areas.

This position requires a variety of skills necessary for project management in the Engineering Department of a pharmaceutical industry. The position is expected to possess an understanding of life sciences. The Project Manager’s basic purpose is to provide project management and leadership of assigned projects that may be complex and reside within multiple functional areas or may cross multiple Catalent sites in coordination with business development, operations, and quality assurance to ensure the highest level of client service.

• Capable of managing cross-functional, multi-site activities for a portfolio of complex projects
• Identify customer requirements, evaluate, and optimize time and resources to carry out the various stages of the project
• Supervise and coordinate the organization, planning, and technical implementation of the project activities of all stakeholders
• Established track record for making the link between the different technical sections of the project
• Differentiate oneself by leveraging diversity and being agile in ones thinking, assessing risk, solving problems, and generating new solutions for our customers
• Clear understanding of Catalent and offerings
• Lead and build multi-disciplinary project teams, comprising representatives from relevant functions and in some cases cross-functional, multi-site activities for complex projects
• Manage the execution of the customer’s requirements in accordance with an agreed upon program of activities to achieve established goals and deliverables
• Compile and maintain up to date project plans, identify and capture new scope via proposals or change orders
• Ensure the timeline with assurance that key milestones are achieved and good communication is maintained
• Track progress of all activities against plan and notifies the relevant personnel of changes, potential delays, and/or issues
• Engrained in kick off and methodical approach to managing project throughout duration of project scope
• Understand escalation pathway and when necessary have ability to mitigate
• Established track record of facilitating risk assessment and manage risks collaboratively
• Manage SOX compliant financial practices in coordination with internal/external stakeholders
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience:

• High School/GED, required
• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferred
• PMP Certification or equivalent, preferred
• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• GMP experience, preferred
• Must be able to read and understand English-written job instructions and safety requirements.
• Experience with budgeting Capital Projects preferred

Technical Requirements:

• Ability to use Excel, Word, and other office systems
• Ability to peer review data to ensure data is well organized with complete documentation
• Proven communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Receives and provides instruction, guidance and direction from/to others
• Uses existing procedures to solve routine and non-routine problems
• Proactive to address work issues at the individual and team level
• Ability to follow and provide a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Mathematical reasoning ability
• Ability to identify aberrant data and potential quality/compliance concerns escalating to management
• Ability to collaborate with peers and demonstrate leadership capabilities in a matrix environment.
• Ability to understand contractual language and apply to internal/external coordination, planning and reporting
• Time management and efficiency
• Well-organized with ability to multitask

Behavioral Requirements:

• Ability to see and hear, read, and write clear English.
• Work in accordance with Catalent's values and culture.
• Requires adaptability, analyzing, assessing, calculating, decision making, dependability, good judgment, memorizing, social skills, speaking, stress control, and reading and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and follow/retain detailed written and verbal instruction in an accurate, timely, safe, and professional manner with supervisor, group members, and other departments as necessary.
• Ability to manage time effectively to complete assignments in expected time frame and independently seek out additional work when tasks are completed ahead of time
• Ability to cooperate with coworkers within an organized team environment or work alone.
• Detail oriented with ability to work effectively under high pressure with multiple deadlines.
• Strong ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Positive attitude and ability to work with others.
• Ability to process a large volume of work.
• Ability to effectively carry out and implement change.
• Ability to put aside personal opinions and focus on business needs, department needs, or group needs.

Safety and Environmental Requirements:

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen, reaching with hands and arms, talking, writing, listening.
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, bending, carrying, grasping.
• Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Must comply with EHS responsibilities for the position.
• Working conditions will be Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioned controlled.

Business Environment:  

• Fast-paced
• Performance driven
• Customer focused
• Collaborative and inclusive
• Team player

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.

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.