Facility & Manufacturing Project Manager

Are you passionate about project management, and are you eager to put your project management skills to work in complex projects? Do you have experience working with construction, GMP, or manufacturing process equipment?  And do you thrive in a dynamic fast changing environment where you can lead and innovate? If so, we invite you to join us as our new Facility & Manufacturing Project Manager at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career. 

The position 

As a Facility & Manufacturing Project Manager, you will be part of medium to large projects. You will interact with line of business and all levels of management, and work closely with external advisors and suppliers in bringing projects from idea to realisation. 

Your main responsibilities will include: 

• Direct project execution and monitor and control project work. 
• Create and develop the project plan and establish the appropriate project governance together with the project owner 
• Negotiate project resources with LoB management and manage these resources during project execution. 
• Report project performance to the relevant stakeholders and ensure compliance with NN Quality Management System and PS Environmental, Health and Safety Management System. 
• Perform integrated change control on the project, archive all key project data, and close and evaluate the project 

You will report to the Manager of the Project Office, where you will be joining a team of highly skilled projectand portfolio managers.  

Qualifications 

To excel in this role, you should have: 

• A BSc or MSc degree related to Life Science, Engineering or Business Administration. 
• Some experience in driving complex investment projects in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. 
• Experience in working cross- functionally and building relations with stakeholders and steering groups at different organizational levels. 
• Certification within project management (e.g., IPMA, PMP or PRINCE2) is an advantage. 
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English, preferably also in Danish. 
• Experience with computerized equipment. 

As a person, you excel in managing multiple complex processes simultaneously and enjoy creating an overview and having a structured approach in all your work. You are good at building relations and can get commitment from stakeholders at all levels. You are proactive in your daily work and able to manage your own time. You work independently, like taking responsibility and enjoy a dynamic and ambitious environment with many simultaneous tasks and changing priorities.  

We lead projects within building and facility, Compliance and capacity expansion, Environment, Health, and Safety. Our base is in Hillerød.

About the department 

API M4 (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing 4) is part of Product Supply, Quality & IT. At our sites in Gentofte, Hillerød, and Kalundborg, we are more than 600 colleagues working together to manufacture the API used in life-saving medicine for people living with serious chronic diseases. We work with advanced chemical and biotechnological processes such as cultivation, recovery, purification, and freeze-drying. We bring value to our patients by providing the cleanest possible high-quality API made in accordance with GMP while constantly optimizing our processes. 

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 Associate Manager, Jeanette Stentoft Becker, at +45 30752018 

Deadline 

14 March, 2025.  

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.