Associate Manager for Project Support Team

The position

You will be the Associate Manager of the Technical Operation team, located in Hjørring, whose main task is to support our area in meeting its project commitments related to progress, deadlines, and transparency for stakeholders. Your team contributes with project engineering and technical expertise for the capacity expansions of Novo Nordisk pen needles around the world. Besides providing technical expertise in setting up new equipment at future business partners, this team is also key in operating current contract manufacturer of pen needles. This encompasses different technical areas (e.g., sterilization, cleanroom, IT, and validation). You should expect to play a key role in navigating with stakeholders, who also deliver resources in terms of competences and capabilities for our projects. This includes both internal departments and being on top of external consultant companies.As Associate Manager, you must be ahead of building and optimizing processes, team and people. Qualifications To succeed in the position, you: • have managerial experience and a strong focus on mentorship and team collaboration and are dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusivity and belonging. • are skilled in working with stakeholders at various levels within an organization and are dedicated to fostering inclusive partnerships and diverse collaboration. • demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills and can interact with suppliers and contract manufacturer around the world. • are familiar with working in projects. . • have a degree in engineering is an advantage. • have excellent communicative skills in English. It will be an advantage if you have knowledge of medical device production and GMP – perhaps even knowledge within qualification and validation of equipment and processes. As a person, you are not afraid of finding resolutions and setting direction. You are empathic, driven, proactive, and can develop your employees from where they are. You can work in a complex environment with constant changes and a high level of independence in prioritisation and planning execution. About the team The Technical Operations team consists of 8 highly competent and engaged employees who ensure world class support within project execution. The team is part of Global Contract Manufacturing Devices with expertise that spans across a wide range of responsibilities, from managing external supply chains to external production and sourcing of high-quality medical components and needles. We are organised in 5 departments, primarily located at Site Hillerød and Site Hjørring, and with more than employees dedicated to ensuring the supply of medical devices for Novo Nordisk. We are driven by a quality mindset and pride ourselves on being a workplace where our can-do spirit and high ambitions come together to create great results for the benefit of our patients. 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. Deadline Please apply until 4th of August. Your application will be reviewed after the application deadline. 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. Print job Send to e-mail