Senior Project Manager for Inspection Validation

Are you an experienced project manager with a passion for leading global initiatives? Do you want to play a key role in the successful implementation of standardized inspection machines across multiple sites? Join our Computer Vision Technology (CVT) Program team at Novo Nordisk and make a significant impact on our global operations.

About the CVT Program

The CVT Program is a global initiative aimed at delivering seven standardized automated visual inspection machines across various Novo Nordisk sites worldwide. The program's goal is to ensure that all sites adhere to a unified set of user requirements and operational standards throughout the equipment's lifecycle. The global team, primarily based in Denmark, supports local teams at each site, providing guidelines, direction, and governance to ensure successful implementation and operation.

The Position

As a Project Manager in the validation work package, you will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and completion of the project phase. You will work closely with the global project team, local teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to ensure that the project meets its objectives and is delivered on time and within budget.

Furthermore, you will:

• Project Planning: Develop and maintain detailed project plans, aligning them with program and project/site goals and requirements.
• Scope Management: Handle change requests and ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison between local teams, suppliers, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with program objectives and contractual obligations.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with the program, implementing strategies to mitigate potential issues.
• Reporting: Prepare and deliver regular progress for stakeholders highlighting key milestones, risks, and action plans.
• Validation and Verification: Ensure that business needs are captured and prioritized from the various sites and oversee the process and method of validation and performance verification of the inspection machines.

Qualifications

To be successful for this position you have a MSc degree in project management, engineering, operations management, natural sciences, or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.

In addition, you have:

• Strong analytical skills with experience in operational analysis.
• Excellent communication skilled coupled with bold stakeholder management
• Extended experience with project management methodologies and practices.
• Knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies.
• Experience in leading international teams, in a virtual set up
• Fluent English, both written and spoken

About the Department

You will be part of AME, Aseptic Manufacturing Engineering, supporting all aseptic manufacturing sites at Novo Nordisk worldwide. The global CVT team resides in AME and is responsible for the overarching program, ensuring a standardized way of delivering and operating the inspection machines. You will work closely with local teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to achieve the program's objectives.

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

For further information, please contact Merete Bang:+4530790831

Deadline

Apply before 13 of February.

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, in English language. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.Please apply to the role via our online platform, as we don’t accept directly sent CVs

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.