Project Manager - Corporate Facilities

Are you passionate about managing construction projects from design to operation? Do you want to leverage your experience in the construction industry and office refurbishment projects in buildings that are in operation? Would you like to join a team with great teamwork sprit, delivering professional and world class support? 

If so, then we want you to join our team as a Project Manager within CFa Projects at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career!. 

The position 

As our new Project Manager, your role will be to: 

• Mature projects from idea to final design, execution, and handover, ensuring all phases are completed effectively 
• Plan, organize, and control resources and processes to achieve project objectives within scope, time, quality, and budget constraints, and support key decisions throughout the project, including milestones 
• Organize project teams, assign individual responsibilities, develop project schedules, and determine resource requirements, providing clear goals and purpose to ensure effective use of time and resources 
• Create effective and transparent systems, structures, and processes to drive the project, ensuring clarity and order by applying the appropriate amount of planning and organizing, and selecting and applying essential project management tools and methods 
• Be the go-to person for smoothly transitioning from project to operation, ensuring that the implemented solutions can be operated efficiently and effectively. 

Qualifications 

We are looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in engineering, architecture or similar education, and has  

3-5 years of project management experience. 

Other success criteria are:  

• Solid know-how in driving projects. 
• Experience in the construction industry, especially with refurbishment projects in buildings that are in operation. 
• Strong organisational and planning skills. 
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and projects. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 

About the department 

In Corporate Facilities, with 350+ employees, we enable Novo Nordisk to focus on the core business by delivering simple and agile solutions for infrastructure, workplaces, utilities, and facility services as well as a major building portfolio. We create tangible business results by partnering with all areas of the business, and what we do impacts all Novo Nordisk’s employees in their workday. We give a high level of responsibility from day one, and you will experience a continuously steep learning curve, where your own aspirations set the boundaries. 

Your primary base will initially be in Taastrup and Bagsværd, however, the job involves activities across our Danish sites. The 21 employees in the department manage a large portfolio of maintenance, replacement, and expansion projects with various complexity and size, across all Danish sites. 

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing. 

Contact  

For further information please contact Project Director Jonas Damgaard Westh on [email protected] or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers.  

Deadline  

12 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.