Head of Project Management Office

Are you a dynamic and results-driven leader with a passion for project management? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments, leading teams to deliver successful projects on time and within budget? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you to join Novo Nordisk as the Head of Project Management Office (PMO).

The Position
As the Head of PMO, you will be a key driving force behind the successful execution of a major CAPEX project. You will lead and mentor a team of dedicated project people, ensuring that our project is well-planned, executed, controlled, and delivered to meet the business objectives. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will be to:

•    Build a centralized PMO function from scratch to support multiple ongoing CAPEX projects.
•    Establish project governance frameworks and standards to ensure consistency and quality across projects.
•    Define and enforce project management methodologies and best practices.
•    Oversee the successful delivery of projects and ensure alignment with organisational goals and strategies.
•    Proactively define overall project goals and deliverables in close collaboration with the Project Director.
•    Add value to every aspect of the project by delivering key professional insights, shaping approaches and methods, and considering alternative project strategies.
•    Interact extensively across the entire project, with site management and projects, and with the Fill & Finish Expansion programme.

The Head of PMO is overall responsible that systems are in place to ensure a structured management of the scope, governance and project interfaces. The responsibility includes responsibility for stakeholder management towards strategy planning and execution (i.e. business plans) and being responsible for the organization development in close collaboration with HR and Project Director towards the future organization.
 
Qualifications
This role requires a high degree of independence and a high degree of interaction across the entire project, with site management and projects and with the global expansion programme. The head of PMO pro-actively defines overall project goals and deliverables in close collaboration with Project Director and adds value to every aspect of the project by delivering key professional insights, shaping approach and methods and considers alternative project strategies. 

Ideally, you see yourself in the following description:

•    10 years relevant experience in a similar position leading projects or business support.
•    Extensive experience working in complex projects in various roles including roles within project management and leadership (preferably from the pharmaceutical industry or other regulated industries).
•    People leadership experience.
•    Preferably experience with corporate finance functions.
•    Excellent English communication skills, both spoken and written.

About the Department 
You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approximately 27,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 69,000 employees. 
Fill & Finish Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major fill & finish expansion projects across PSQIT to serve the needs of millions of patients. 

We do it by rethinking our fill & finish facilities with the use of modern technology. We are setting the standards for the facilities of the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of 20 years from now. 

Fill & Finish Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.  

To learn more about Fill & Finish Expansions in Novo Nordisk visit our career site here: Let's build the future for patients: Exciting Careers in Growing Expansion Project (novonordisk.com)  

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk we use our skills, dedication, and ambition to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease. By working with us you will have the opportunity to do the same in a global business environment. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development.

Contact
For further information, please contact Kenneth Borch Larsen, Project Vice President, at +45 3444 1310.

Deadline
7 January 2025.

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.