CMC Project Director, Early Portfolio

Are you ready for an exhilarating project management opportunity with impact, leading complex projects within growing modalities and therapeutic areas? Do you excel in strategic execution, stakeholder management and strong governance across organisational and scientific boundaries? Do you aspire to utilise your strong project leadership skills to lead, facilitate and inspire your cross-functional project teams? If yes, we invite you to apply for the Project Director position in Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls & Project and Supply (CMC&PS) Development Project Portfolio (DPP), Early Portfolio team.

This is your opportunity to design and execute CMC&PS strategies, lead pivotal product development projects, and build strong partnerships within and outside the DPP area. Join us to drive projects with impact - your future starts here!

The Position

As Project Director, you can look forward to a broad range of exciting challenges that have senior management attention feeding into your personal and professional development. You will lead CMC&PS projects during the development phases and ensure close efficient transfers from research to CMC and to commercial success. Your leadership will directly influence the transition phases, ensuring we are not just meeting, but exceeding, the expectations of our stakeholders across the CMC, PS and Global Project Teams (GPT). Directly reporting to the Early Portfolio Corporate Portfolio Vice President (CPVP), you will be an integral part of a leadership team committed to delivering excellence, innovation and collaboration.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Strategic Impact & Execution. Prepare and execute on the CMC development strategy including project planning, scenario building and risk management. Ensure strategically prepared for future phases, position us for success from the outset of development through to phase 3 and product launch
• Agile Project management. Manage the dynamic development of product and manufacturing processes, secure timely supply to non-clinical and clinical studies and provide corresponding documentation to Health Authorities, so we stay ahead in compliance and excellence
• Influential Stakeholder management. Build and nurture powerful internal and external networks. Actively engage with key stakeholders in research and external partners, such as Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) and health authorities, to create impactful alliances that advance the visibility of our projects

• Project Team Leadership. Manage, support and inspire the cross functional CMC core teams involving all relevant research, CMC & PS disciplines. You will represent the CMC&PS area and be the strong voice in the Global Project Teams

Our working environment is flexible, dynamic and informal with a strong culture of cross-functional collaboration, where your contributions will be valuable and make a difference. 

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A Master or PhD degree within a relevant field of scientific expertise such as chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmacy, biology or similar
• A solid knowledge of the CMC value chain, as well as drug development and regulatory requirements
• +5 years of experience in complex project management from R&D or manufacturing development
• Leadership experience in engaging and motivating project teams

• Fully proficiency in both written and spoken English
• High-level of senior stakeholder management attention

On a personal level, you have a strategic mindset and strategic communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex challenges and combine knowledge and business understanding into concrete solutions and clear direction. You display a high level of independence, personal engagement, drive to reach results as well as integrity, seeking optimal trade-offs when faced with constraints. You find it rewarding to work towards reaching your own project’s goals while also engaging in activities across projects.

About the Department 

The CMC&PS DPP area is responsible for the consolidated portfolio management across CMC&PS from early development to discontinuation. DPP serves as a one-point entry for stakeholders outside as well as inside CMC&PS. We are approx. 100 employees located in Taastrup.

Our area in anchored in the CMC Product & Process Development organisation that makes a real difference for patients by transforming drug candidates into life-changing treatments. We take molecules from research to market by developing commercial manufacturing processes and technologies, producing and shipping high-quality products to all of Novo Nordisk’s clinical trials globally, and compiling essential scientific documentation for regulatory submissions. 

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 questions, please contact Marie Beck Nellemann at +45 3075 8032.

Deadline

15 June 2025.

Please note that we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as fast as possible.You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but we encourage you to include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

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.