Project Vice President, Purification Process

Have you ever dreamt of building your own state-of-the-art Purification facility for pharmaceutical manufacturing? As Project Vice President Purification Process this is the opportunity you’ll get. Establish your own facility, run it’s qualification/validation activities and build the organisation that will help you doing so. Novo Nordisk is seeking a dynamic Project Vice President, Purification Process to join our expanding team in Kalundborg, where we are investing DKK 42 billion to enhance our manufacturing facilities for chronic disease treatments. This is your chance to join a dedicated team, leading pivotal projects in a great company. Embark on a life-changing career with Novo Nordisk.

The position

As a Project Vice President Purification, you will have the opportunity to build and lead your own organisation as our project evolves through different phases from completion of design over construction to commissioning and finally validation and ramp-up. You will head up a diverse team responsible for overseeing installation and testing of the new Purification facility, as well as leading qualification and validation activities. Finally, you will become responsible for the operations of this brand-new pharmaceutical plant and head-up an organisation of app. 350 highly skilled employees. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building a highly effective and efficient organisation capable of delivering the project as well as ramping up operations
• Leading the qualification/validation of process equipment and facility
• Leading operational readiness for the Purification facility
• Setting direction for engineering partners and contractors
• Communicate project and operational readiness status to stakeholders incl. senior management
• Leading leaders

Qualifications

We are seeking an outstanding individual who holds the following qualifications:

• An academic degree within engineering, natural sciences or business
• Solid leadership background within the pharmaceutical and/or technical supply industry  
• Data-based approach to decision-making
• Fluency both spoken and written English. Fluency in Danish would be an advantage

As a person, you have excellent relationship-building skills and a positive attitude. You are acknowledged for solving complex business challenges to everyone’s satisfaction with the long term in mind. You understand that you can only succeed by empowering your team. You support them by setting clear direction and making timely decisions, also when difficult. You follow-up on agreements to make sure progress is kept and deadlines are met.

About the department

The Project Vice President Purification role is part of the M3 project, Novo Nordisk’s largest investment project to date. The project is located in Kalundborg, Denmark, where we design and build future API facilities as multi-product facilities. The M3 team is a diverse group of approximately 350 talented colleagues from over 30 different national backgrounds. Joining this fast-growing organization, you will connect with a network of skilled professionals from across the organization, sharing knowledge about best practices and receiving input for future plans and solutions. We offer thorough onboarding and training in the Novo Nordisk standards to help you get started.

Working at Novo Nordisk, PS API Expansions

You will be joining PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employs approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees.  

PS API Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients.

We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with the flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way. We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world-class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.

Contact

For further information, please contact Corporate Project Vice President, Derrik Lenzner on +45 3075 6898.

Deadline

22 January 2025

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be planned as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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.