Senior Project Manager - Manufacturing Specialist (Pipeline)
Category:
Project Management & Agile
Location:
Constantine, Constantine, DZ
Do you want to work on strategic localisation Project, acting as a key interface between Novo Nordisk and external manufacturing partners? Would you like your work to directly improve patient access and build sustainable manufacturing capabilities? Join us and help build sustainable manufacturing capabilities that will directly improve patient access in the region and beyond.
Your new role
As a Senior Project Manager – Manufacturing Specialist based in Algeria, you will play a pivotal role in our CMO localisation project. You will act as a technical and/or project lead – contributing to facility readiness, technology transfer, manufacturing readiness, and the ramp-up of operations in close collaboration with our external manufacturing partner.
Depending on your profile and the project's evolving needs, you may take on responsibilities as a Project Manager / Work Package Owner, Drug Product Facility Readiness expert, Technology Transfer or Validation specialist, Aseptic Manufacturing or Filling/Formulation SME, or Quality Control specialist.
Day-to-day, your responsibilities will typically include:
- Project leadership & coordination: Driving activities within your scope (work package, technical area or project stream) and managing timelines, milestones, risks and stakeholder alignment
- Technology transfer & manufacturing readiness: Supporting or leading the transfer of drug product processes to the CMO and ensuring readiness for validation, PPQ/PV and commercial production
- Quality & compliance oversight: Safeguarding compliance with cGMP, Novo Nordisk quality standards and regulatory requirements, and supporting documentation, inspection readiness and robust quality processes
- CMO & cross-functional collaboration: Acting as a key interface between Novo Nordisk and the external partner, while providing guidance and capability building to local teams
- Project execution & ramp-up: Supporting the transition from project phase to stable operations and contributing to the long-term localisation and manufacturing capability strategy
The role is based on-site in Algeria and requires regular interaction with global Novo Nordisk teams to support project execution.
Your new department
In Global Manufacturing & Supply, we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules, processes, devices, and products, dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.
Within Global Manufacturing & Supply sits Global Contract Manufacturing Drug Products (GCM DP) – a team of approximately 250 colleagues responsible for the full lifecycle of externally manufactured drug products, from technology transfer and project execution to commercial production, assembly and packaging. Working in close partnership with more than 10 CMOs worldwide, we support a diverse portfolio across diabetes, obesity, haemophilia and growth disorder treatments – playing a critical role in delivering innovative therapies faster and more efficiently to patients around the world.
Your skills & qualifications
We are looking for a senior professional who thrives in complex, international project environments and who is motivated by the opportunity to build something new on the ground in Algeria. You will bring with you:
- An advanced degree in Pharmacy, Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemistry or a similar field
- 10+ years' experience in drug product manufacturing – preferably aseptic – ideally gained in an international, multicultural environment
- Proven track record in project management within complex international programmes, ideally combined with expertise in aseptic manufacturing / fill-finish, QC / analytical methods / validation, or technology transfer and GMP compliance
- Experience working with CMOs is a clear advantage, alongside strong stakeholder management and collaboration capabilities
- Professional fluency in English is required; French and/or Arabic is a strong advantage given the location
As a person, you have an engaging and proactive style, the ability to inspire stakeholders towards ambitious goals, and a natural flair for communicating at all levels. GCM DP is highly diverse, so we expect you to bring genuine respect for different backgrounds and ways of thinking.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Deadline
22 June 2026