CMO Primary Packaging Project Manager

Are you a structured and analytical professional with a passion for primary packaging and for collaborating with CMOs in a dynamic project setting? Do you want to play a key part in shaping processes and contribute to establishing a new competency in a growing team?

If you also thrive in working with a diverse range of tasks and are driven to expand your business acumen, apply now and become a valued member of our CMO Material Support Drug Product team!

The Position 
As CMO Primary Packaging Project Manager, you will primarily coordinate and support primary packaging activities for CMO-projects from late development to market. Your role also includes preparing for and contributing to internal and external audits and inspections. 

Your key activities involve:

• Planning, coordinating, and negotiating activities related to Primary Packaging projects at CMO
• Acting as the point of contact for CMOs and Global Contract Manufacturing (GCM) for Primary Packaging activities
• Defining CMO QC-method requirements for CMOs according to global guidelines and NN standards, including collecting input from SMEs 
• Facilitating alignment with CMOs on the Primary Packaging requirements package
• Assisting in implementing QC-methods at CMO for Primary Packaging materials, including reviewing technical documentation

Additionally, you will participate in GCM project meetings, provide input on plans and deadlines, address deviations, manage changes to Primary Packaging components at the CMO, and escalate challenges to the relevant stakeholders when necessary.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we imagine you:

• Hold a minimum of a master’s degree in chemistry, pharmacy, engineering, manufacturing, or another relevant discipline within natural sciences
• Demonstrate at least 3 years of hands-on experience with primary packaging in a GMP environment
• Possess knowledge of either materials technology, packaging technology, pharmaceutical production, or product development
• Showcase strong collaboration and planning skills
• Display proficiency in both spoken and written English

It would be considered as a strong advantage if you have experience working with CMOs.

On a personal level, you are a collaborative and empathetic team player who brings enthusiasm, structure, and proactivity to everything you do. You are confident in taking the lead, thriving in a dynamic, multicultural environment with complexity and change. With a natural talent for connecting with stakeholders at all levels, you excel at strategic collaboration and building meaningful networks. Lastly, you are outgoing, solution-oriented and comfortable navigating undefined processes and working independently. 

About the Department 
The CMO Material Support provides material support to our CMOs for Drug Substance and Drug Product. We collaborate with a variety of functions and stakeholders, including Development, Quality Control and Assurance, IT, Inbound Supply Management, Strategic Sourcing, experts within Material Manufacturing Development and Novo Nordisk’s production sites globally, as well as with external CMOs. 

We are a newly established department consisting of 13 colleagues in two teams, one team focusing on Drug Substance CMOs and the other on Drug Product CMOs. Going forward, we are expanding our Drug Product Team to also cover Primary Packaging at the CMO. The team is currently based in Hillerød, relocating to Taastrup in January 2026.

CMO Material Support is part of Material Manufacturing Development which consists of approximately 160 dedicated colleagues organized in four departments. We are experts in implementing and managing GMP materials and analyses. Our goal is to deliver robust solutions and proactively support a seamless global flow, by establishing and maintaining in-house specifications, providing support to CMOs, handling regulatory submissions, contributing to development activities, among many other activities. 

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
 
Contact 
For further information, please reach out to Elsa Winther at +45-34441656 or [email protected].
 
Deadline
1 December 2024.

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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.