Integration Project Director

Are you passionate about leading projects of high complexity and business impact? Do you have solid experience in ensuring seamless post-merger integration of acquired companies and managing cross-functional teams? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic Integration team at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position
As an Integration Project Director at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Manage independently major project(s) with cross-functional impact, assignments, and deliverables, specifically pre-merger-planning and post-merger integration.
• With your team, ensure relevant governance, budgeting, advisory, Day 1 freadiness, target operating model, integration exit readiness, and exit scoping
• Act as a thought leader in the integration field and contribute to defining and executing the integration strategy.
• Communicate and ensure alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage recognized methodologies to run cross-disciplinary projects where key R&D, commercial or production skills and knowledge are required.
• Lead through other project managers directly or indirectly to achieve milestones and objectives.

Anticipate business challenges and plan for mitigation; recommend process, product, or service improvements. You should be able to represent Novo Nordisk externally as a Subject Matter Expert on Introduction, including training, lectures, and conferences. You would also build a global project manager network across functions and foster a culture of collaboration to generally contribute to the development of a functional strategy. Training  and mentoring more junior team members to further their development is an important part of the role.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business, finance, strategy, or similar.
• Subject matter expertise within one or several key functions (IT, HR, Legal, Finance, Quality, etc.), demonstrating thorough understanding.
• Previous exposure to a regulated industry, preferably within the pharmaceutical sector.
• Experience in leading a Post-Merger Integration Management Office or Integration Workstreams on multiple occasions.
• Proficiency in navigating a multinational corporate environment with an international, multicultural context.
• Leadership experience within a team and project setting.

In addition, it is an advantage if you have previous experience within general Change Management and dealing with SAP complexities in an integration and corporate environment. Furthermore, we will see it as an advantage if you bring international consulting or audit experience from the pharmaceutical sector.

Personal and professional skills:

• Strong empathetic and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Exceptional skills managing complexity.
• Cultural sensitivity.
• Strategic thinking.
• Expertise in change management.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution abilities.
• Business acumen.
• Financial proficiency.
• Risk management expertise.

About the department
The Integration team at Novo Nordisk oversees the seamless integration of companies. Responsibilities include strategic alignment, operational and cultural integration, change management, synergy realization, and risk management. Collaborating with executive leadership, HR, legal, and external consultants, the team ensures a coordinated integration process. Effective post-merger integration is crucial for realizing the merger’s full potential while minimizing disruption. Challenges include cultural clashes, change resistance, and tight timelines. Ultimately, the Integration team plays a vital role in ensuring the long-term success of the integrated entity.

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 and Deadline
For further information please contact Björn Leschny ([email protected]) or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers. 

Apply by January 12, 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.