Senior Project & People Manager

Are you interested in joining a multinational pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients worldwide? Are you ready to be part of our investment project at Novo Nordisk? Take on the challenge of driving the success of our ambitious investment project and expanding our manufacturing facilities in Kalundborg.

Apply today, expand your horizons, and make a significant impact with us!

The position
As Senior Project & People Manager you will drive, design, and set direction for a part of the technical scope during detailed design, procurement and execution of our green-field project, establishing the freeze-drying capacity for our active pharmaceutical ingredients.
 
You can look forward to:

•    Managing a team (with up to 8 direct reports)
•    Collaborating and communicating with our engineering partner
•    Facilitating the development of design documents and supervising the activities during execution
•    Planning and taking responsibility for the design and follow process from design to handover.
•    Assuring adherence to budget and project schedule
•    Contributing proactively to the management of any project risk and to the development of standards ensuring structure and transparency

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications:

•    Proven experience in project management, preferably within manufacturing projects in a regulated industry.
•    Leadership skills and ability to plan, organize, and control resources/processes to achieve project objectives within scope, time, quality, and budget constraints.
•    Experience in managing project risks and implementing process improvements, creating effective and transparent systems, structures and processes reflecting the current state of design in the project at any given time
•    Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. chemistry, pharmaceutical process engineering or similar).
•    English proficiency - verbal and written
  
Curiosity about technology trends within bulk manufacturing as well as any prior experience with robotics and automated solutions will be an advantage.
 
As an individual, you excel in dynamic project settings, maintaining a positive outlook while striving to achieve ambitious project targets. You value close teamwork, possess resilience in challenging situations, and inspire others. Thriving in a multicultural environment, you embrace the independence required for making critical decisions. Your natural inclination towards building structure and simplifying processes contributes to reaching goals efficiently. Your excellent communication and collaboration skills allow you to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.

About the department
You will join our team in Kalundborg, which has been a cornerstone in our production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) since 1969. With over 50 years of expertise in large-scale biotech manufacturing, we are the world's largest insulin-producing facility. Our dedicated team of 4,400 employees at Novo Nordisk Kalundborg produces half of the world's insulin and a number of biopharmaceutical products. Together, we make a difference every day for more than 35 million people living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Join our growing manufacturing hub in Kalundborg and gain thousands of dedicated colleagues. It is your drive and our passion that make a difference for their future.

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. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

  
Contact
For further information, please contact Project Director, Morten Schierbech Poulsen at +45 34440182.
 
Deadline
12 May 2024

Please note that interviews will be held on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply sooner rather than later.
 
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.