Project Manager

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Do you want to decide the slope of your learning curve? And are you passionate about leadership in addition to project management?

Novo Nordisk is seeking a structured and empathic Project Manager, responsible for a team of 6 Utility engineers to join our expanding team in Kalundborg, where we are investing DKK 42 billion to enhance our manufacturing facilities for chronic disease treatments. This is your chance to get in depth knowledge of the Utility packages in the M3 project while balancing resources and milestones for the Management team, leading pivotal projects in a world-renowned company. Apply today and embark on a life-changing career with Novo Nordisk.

The position as Project Manager
We are looking for an additional Project Manager for the Utility to do project planning and schedule follow-up. Resource planning in terms of milestone activities Challenge solutions with a project cost and time centred focus, while motivating, coach and manage people in the team, supporting project activities in terms of investigating design, constructability, for a new production facility. The department consists of 3 sub departments: Engineering Management, Maintenance and Utility. In total approximately 70 colleagues of 12 different nationalities therefore ability to communicate and influence across cultures and mindsets are necessary.

The key design principle will be to implement the best-in-class standards from other production facilities. You ensure traction in the Utility discipline by clear and timely communication, information, coordination and collaboration between employees and stakeholders such as Novo Nordisk’s Engineering Partner to ensure compliance with M3 project objective:  

• Focus on providing efficient, and effective planning and execution of the project.
• Participate in commercial meetings with suppliers for the M3 Project.
• Manage interdependencies between project Work Packages.
• Ensure M3 strategies are implemented and anchored in own team and in M3 on cross-organizational assignments.
• Develop future competencies in your team, spot talent and foster a culture of “organic growth.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ professional experience.
• Holds an academic degree in engineering, data science or another relevant field.
• Structured and can balance multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrates good stake holder management abilities across organizational levels.
• Ability to establish cross organisational collaboration.
• You are proficient in both written and spoken English and an are good at doing presentations.

You are a self-starter who thrives with driving tasks independently and seeking opportunities to take the next step in your career. You have excellent analytical, planning and organizing skills, which helps you to keep an overview of the state of progress and prioritize accordingly.

You have the ability to network and know who to reach out to, build trust in your relationships and get commitment from internal and external stakeholders. You are curious and eager to learn, and you challenge status-quo in a respectful way to ensure that pragmatic solutions are brought forward. This will require an independent approach combined with an agile mindset and good stakeholder management skills.

About the department

The Business Partner, M3 Production Support & Engineering is part of the M3 project, Novo Nordisk’s largest investment project to date. The project is in Kalundborg, Denmark, where we design and build future API facilities as multi-product facilities. The M3 team is a diverse group of approximately 300 talented colleagues from over 30 different national backgrounds. Joining this fast-growing organization, you will connect with a network of skilled professionals from across the organization, sharing knowledge about best practices and receiving input for future plans and solutions. We offer thorough onboarding and training in the Novo Nordisk standards to help you get started.

Working at Novo Nordisk, PS API Expansions

You will be joining PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employs approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees.  

PS API Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients.

We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with the flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way. We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world-class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.

Contact

For further information, please contact Project Director Rasmus Schou Johansen +45 3079 0558

Deadline

Apply before 23.03.2025

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about your motivation to apply in your 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.