CAPEX Project Manager

Are you ready to be part of an exciting journey to design, scope and build our future Fill & Finish facilities across the globe? Do you have expertise within project management and are you looking to offer your experience in development and implementation of aseptic production process related equipment? 

If so, then you might be the CAPEX Project Manager we are looking for. Read on to find out more!

The Position

As our CAPEX Project Manager, you will be a key player in defining the future global standard for aseptic process equipment. You will work in collaboration with a wide network of stakeholders on a local and global level. This will include the Wash & Sterilisation or Formulation Work Package Owner (WPO), Specialists, our Central Manufacturing Development Team, and Subject Matter Experts.

Together with sites all around the world and suppliers of equipment and our engineering partners, you will develop the best possible solutions.

While being stationed in Lyngby, you will travel to our global sites, including sites based in Denmark, France, US, Brazil, and China. 20% travel is expected for the position.

The main responsibilities are:
• Overall deliverables of one of the aseptic process equipment including implementation, qualification, validation, and handover to the end user. 
• Ensuring application of global standards of the equipment design, and management of changes and adjustments along the way.
• Driving the development of technical standards for the assigned equipment and process.
• Being the key player during design qualification, FAT and SAT – Qualification activities. 
• Ensuring that risks are identified, managed, and mitigated appropriately. 
• Establishing and maintaining the wellbeing of the project execution team by prioritizing and delegating tasks and responsibilities effectively.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need:
• A Master’s degree in engineering/chemistry/biotechnology/pharmacy/natural sciences or similar. Cleaning & Sterilisation, formulation or aseptic process experience is a plus.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in project management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience working cross-functionally with various cultures, job functions, and experience levels. 
• Experience in aseptic production, GMP in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or similar industry is a plus.

As a person, you are focused on quality, as well as deliverables and have the drive to create new solutions. Your forward-thinking and visionary outlook allow you to anticipate future trends and promote process optimization and automatization alongside your colleagues. 

With your global citizen mentality, you are a collaborator at heart and work seamlessly with your colleagues to deliver exceptional outcomes that meet and exceed expectations, requiring excellent communication skills to build trusted relationships cross functionally and globally. 

For this position, you are required to be fluent in spoken and written English. As you will be working globally with the Danish sites, US, Brazil, France and China, additional language would be advantageous.

About the Department
Technology Standards is a department in the newly created area of Fill & Finish Expansions. Fill & Finish Expansions is anchored in Product Supply, which globally accounts for approximately 28,500 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees. The responsibility of Fill & Finish Expansions is to plan and execute the establishment of new aseptic filling capacity across the global manufacturing network, including BioTech and Rare Diseases (BRD) and Injectable Finished Products (IFP) for new filling platforms while ensuring harmonisation and global standards. Across the different roles there is a distinct global aspect as the end goal is a global standard and best practice, and working with multiple sites, cultures and traditions will be a key element.
 
Across the different roles there is a distinct global aspect as the end goal is a global standard and best practice, and working with multiple sites, cultures and traditions will be a key element.