Project Manager for complex projects in insulin manufacturing facility

Would it energise you to work with complex projects in a global, patient-centered organisation, where your skill set will be developed daily through unique challenges? Do you have what it takes to keep major projects on track and lead your team members to success?

If yes, you might be the Project Manager we are looking for. Apply today! 

The position 

As Project Manager in IM2, you will ensure that scope, time schedule, economy and quality is adhered to in the projects you work with. You will both lead and support our investment projects, all of which are selected as priorities for the ambitious strategic aspirations of IM2 and site Kalundborg. Most projects are focused on opti-misation, scaling or development towards future process initiatives or introducing new products to the manufac-turing lines. We also manage construction projects as the department is developing in size and capacity. 

Part of driving your projects will be following the Novo Nordisk Project Execution Model. You will be performing data-based risk assessments and developing alternative project paths to allow for concise managerial assess-ment of choice consequences, apart from of course ensuring strong information flows, stakeholder backing and timely delivery. 
  
Qualifications 
As we are managing projects that are both process and construction related, and therefore you must either have a solid understanding of the processes and equipment we work with or have solid construction skills. 

We expect you to:

• Have an academic degree in natural science, engineering or similar. 
• Have 3+ years of experience from driving and managing optimisation and/or development projects of an equivalent size in a setup like ours – where regulation and quality management are major parts of the job.
• Have formalized your skills through some form of project management education or certification, giv-ing you a range of tools to resolve challenges, manage resources and engage stakeholder concerns. 
• Be fluent in English, both verbal and in writing. Danish fluency is preferred but not essential. 
• Have a strong analytical background with technical flair – You may have experience working with pro-cesses in a pharmaceutical company.

We expect you to have communication and people skills, that allow you to build trustful relations with ease, crossing professional and cultural distances efficiently and with respect for diversity of opinions and concerns. You present with conviction and clarity to all organisational levels, energising your surroundings with your ambi-tious data-driven goals and your well-calculated descriptions of how to get there. Your clear sense of business priorities and process chain dependencies allow for precise analysis of risks and opportunities, and you never promise more than you can keep. You can expect to have your skills challenged by complexity, regulatory con-straints and sometimes urgency, and to be presented with a wide range of opportunities for personal and pro-fessional development. 
  

About the department 
Insulin Manufacturing 2 (IM2) in Kalundborg is part of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) area in Novo Nordisk. The plant has seven different departments, with more than 700 colleagues producing the core ingredi-ent of many of the quality products we deliver to people living with diabetes around the world. In the IM2 Pro-ject Team you will be part of a team that supports all departments, driving a variety of high importance invest-ment projects developing and optimising the facility.

The IM2 Business Support area consists of about 130 highly qualified employees with a multitude of professional backgrounds, all with the common purpose to support our production and implementation of Novo Nordisk strat-egies within API. At site Kalundborg, we produce diabetes and obesity products 24/7 distributed to patients worldwide. 
  
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 
If you have questions about the position, please feel free to call Senior Manager Nicholas Jones +45 3448 3942. 
  
Deadline 
8 January, 2024.

Please include a cover letter or motivation for your application on your CV, which will ideally be in English. 

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.