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.