Senior Project Manager, IT/OT

Are you eager to join a dynamic global company and work on exciting new capacity expansion projects? Do you want to be part of a project that investigates the need for additional warehouse capacity, utilizing new technologies, sustainability designs, and interdisciplinary cooperation across functions in Novo Nordisk?

If yes, you might be our new Senior Project Manager for IT/OT.

The Position

As the Senior Project Manager, IT/OT in the Expansions project, you will be responsible for the IT/OT strategy and follow the project plan for a potential new warehouse in the Kalundborg area. In close cooperation with central IT/OT departments and stakeholders, you and the project team will design how the warehouse, inclusive of equipment and automated systems, will be linked to Novo Nordisk IT systems and validated. This includes systems like SAP, production networks, BMS/FMS, etc. The project team consists of members with diverse cultural backgrounds in roles such as Architects, Engineers, External Consultants, NN corporate functions, Management, and Line of Business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Lead a multicultural team, ensuring effective collaboration and positive team dynamics.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with various stakeholders across Novo Nordisk sites.
• Project Management: Oversee the IT/OT strategy and project plan, ensuring simplicity and standardization in solutions for future projects.
• Design & Validation: Design and validate the warehouse systems, including SAP, production networks, BMS/FMS, and more.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to Good Manufacturing and Engineering Practices.

In this role, you will report directly to the Project Director as the WPO for IT/OT and work in close coordination with other project and work-package managers and relevant functions. We value a workday filled with good energy, a positive attitude, and humour. Our team spirit emphasizes supporting each other where needed.

Qualifications

We realize that few people are experts at everything. But if you can nod your head at the following attributes, then you could be the person we are looking for:

• A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree within IT, OT, engineering, or similar.
• Strong experience in IT and/or OT project management.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).
• Experience with GMP.

As a person, you can build good relationships with your stakeholders. You are systematic and a clear communicator. You thrive working autonomously as well as in close cooperation with your colleagues. Even in busy periods, you manage to keep an overview and set direction for your area of responsibility.

About PS API Expansions

You will be joining PS API Expansions (Product Supply Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients). 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 focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. Our success relies on the collaboration of our more than 64,000 employees worldwide. We value the unique skills and perspectives our people bring and continuously work to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life-changing.

Contact

For questions related to the position, please contact Project Director Rasmus Olsen at +45 30 79 83 55.

Deadline

25 February 2025.

Applications and interviews will be screened and held on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. 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 to 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.