Senior Project Manager for Investment program

Are you ready to drive change and lead complex projects? Are you an experienced Senior Project/Program Manager looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact? Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is seeking a dynamic individual to spearhead a high-complexity Brown Field Investment Program as part of our rapidly growing company. 

Apply today and join our team of dedicated project managers and take on the challenge of establishing manufacturing capacity for our new products. 

 
The position 

In this position, you will become part of the Project Management Office team, consisting of experienced and dedicated project managers and project supporting staff functions. You will be leading one of our largest investment programs ensuring production capacity for new products, this involve decommissioning an old facility and establish a new production-line from Conceptual Brief to Validated process ready for manufacturing of pharmaceutical ingredients for our customers. 

Your main responsibilities will be: 

• Leading a complex program of subprojects and interacting with a group of team members (internal and external) including Project Coordinators, Project Planner and Controllers, specialists, engineers, and operators. 
• Head up a steering committee on behalf of the project/program owner, prepare progress reporting and conduct steering committee meetings 
• Creating, together with key project members, project plan with appropriate levels of detail and presenting these plans to senior management.  
• Utilising the established governance within project management to provide clarity on responsibilities and expectations in your project team, meeting structure, feedback procedures and the routines of collaboration.  

Your workplace will be at our site in Køge, beautifully located by the bay. 

You will report directly to the Senior Manager of the Project Management Office, working with highly skilled colleagues, collaborators and external consultants in a combined effort. 

During the onboarding programme, you can look forward to a thorough introduction to our processes, products and our company. We look forward to welcoming you! 

Qualifications 

To succeed in this role, we imagine that you possess: 

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. within Engineering, Life Sciences, Project Management or similar. 
• Extensive experience in project management of capacity projects within the life science industry. 
• GMP, qualification, validation and/or automation experience, as well as proven record of managing stakeholders at all levels. 
• Experience with decommissioning, new process lines, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API, and carcinogenic substances will all be recognised as beneficial experience. 

The job requires a high degree of independence and a flair for leadership. On a personal level you have an innovative mindset, a personal drive and enjoy working in a dynamic environment, where teamwork is on top of the agenda. You have a positive can-do attitude and know how to stay focused, despite changing demands or tight deadlines. The job requires the ability set goals, deliver results and to communicate complex subjects in an easy and understandable way. 

About the department 

In the Project Management Office (PMO) at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S, we strive to be at the forefront of Project Management and Project Portfolio Management. We work continuously with developing best practice, sharing our learnings across projects and support our project managers through close collaboration with professional project resources such as Planners, Controllers, and Assistants.   

Working at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S 

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a 100% owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk located in Køge. We are more than 500 people covering the entire value chain from R&D and Business Development to Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales. Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S improves biopharmaceutical manufacturing by developing and supplying innovative products used in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. Our purpose is to enable better medicines and enable better lives by providing sustainable pharmaceutical materials through innovative and customized solutions. Our product range consists of Quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats), Recombinant Insulin, Customized Purification Resins, and Specialty Enzymes. We are committed to delivering superior pharmaceutical materials in a sustainable way. 

Contact 

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Manager Mikkel Mølvig Dalsø at MMVD@novonordisk.com or +45 31 97 15 89  

Deadline 

8 December, 2024. 

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be planned as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.  

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please 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.