Senior Project Portfolio Manager

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation and drive the development of a fast-increasing project portfolio? Are you ready to lead the charge in optimizing processes and challenging projects?

If you possess the skills to help excel in how we execute and manage projects in a global environment, then apply now and join the Global Contract Manufacturing Project Management Office (GCM PMO).
 

The position

We are seeking a Senior Project Portfolio Manager who thrives on driving and enhancing governance processes to ensure transparency and effective practices for management and project teams. In this role, you will manage a portfolio of complex projects, oversee portfolio performance, and take decisive actions to ensure successful project execution.

Areas of responsibility will include:

• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on portfolio performance, and drive discussions to prioritize projects, allocate resources effectively, and address pain points, risks, and gaps according to strategic objectives and business needs.

• Collaborate closely with project managers, management, and PMO team members, including cost controllers and process excellence managers, to ensure alignment and control over a constantly changing portfolio.

• Define and optimize portfolio management processes, ensuring consistent and effective use of portfolio management tools.

• Serve as the super user, expert, and trainer in our project portfolio management system, and identify and drive improvements alongside our process excellence manager.

• Lead the implementation of process improvements, including communication and change management strategies.

To excel in this role, you should be detail-oriented, strategic, and proactive, capable of independently making decisions to enhance portfolio performance and mitigate risks. You should have a talent for building strong relationships, influencing decision-making, and effectively managing and communicating change. As you gain experience within our system and processes, your contributions will be crucial in implementing improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, we expect you to:

• Hold a master’s degree in project and change management, engineering management, business administration, finance, or other related fields.

• Have a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in project management, with a proven track record in leading and managing a project portfolio, project prioritization, resource allocation, and change management.

• Demonstrate proficiency in project portfolio management systems, with specific knowledge in Projectum considered an advantage.

• Possess strong analytical skills to gather and interpret data, identify and address issues and risks promptly.

• Apply critical thinking to solve complex problems and make data-driven recommendations.

• Exhibit excellent stakeholder management skills.

• Hold certification in Project Management (e.g., PRINCE2 or PMP) and/or Lean Six Sigma, which is considered an advantage.

As a candidate, you should be capable of keeping a comprehensive perspective on business needs and excelling in a dynamic environment where teamwork is essential. At the same time, we expect you to have the ability to work independently with a positive, can-do attitude, while communicating clearly and engagingly.

About The Department

GCM plays a crucial role in Novo Nordisk and our focus is to bring external capabilities to life and provide viable alternatives and/or additions to our internal production. You will join a diverse and highly engaged team, where we work to improve the tools and processes that will support how we set up external manufacturing for Novo Nordisk. GCM PMO is a relatively new function that aims to support and guide management, project managers and project teams to ensure successful delivery of projects, that are in line with Novo Nordisk’s strategic goals.

The role is based in Høje Taastrup.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact 

For further information, please contact hiring manager Tanja Quach Stange at +4530792074.  

Deadline 

5 January 2025.

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.

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.

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.