Project Manager

Category:

Project Management & Agile

Are you motivated to make a difference as part of a high-performing, diverse team? Do you possess strong project management skills and a proven track record in leading complex projects and transformations? Are you excited about tackling intricate problems within Novo Nordisk’s value chain and engaging with various stakeholders to drive impactful results for patients? We’re looking for someone like you—an experienced project manager with excellent stakeholder skills who can foster collaboration across functions and ensure alignment with Novo Nordisk's long-term objectives. Apply today for a life-changing career!

The Position

Your role will be critical in the implementation of the business plan of the External Supply area, ensuring alignment with Novo Nordisk's long-term goals. You will be leading, supporting and executing strategic projects, as part of the large-scale Transformation in External Supply in CMC-Product Supply, where you will interact with the business units and top management to ensure involvement and progress. You responsibilities will include:

• Project Management, leading the planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement, managing relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring clear, consistent, and compelling communication to align expectations and project outcomes. And facilitate strategic discussions and presentations, turning complex information into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Project Controlling by monitoring progress, controlling risks and initiate mitigations, execution of key project activities, strategic oversight and ensuring timely delivery. Drive resource allocation and establish overviews to support current and future planning.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration, fostering collaboration across business units and departments, ensuring cohesive project execution and alignment with organizational objectives. Lead and facilitate effective meetings, driving productive discussions and managing outputs efficiently.

You need to have a high level of independence, a strategic mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and stakeholders.

Qualifications
We are looking for someone who has:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in economics, business administration, engineering, science, medical, or a related field.
• Over 5 years of experience in managing complex, large-scale projects, particularly in strategic transformations from a reputable strategy consultancy or business development/strategy department.
• Strong Lean toolbox with a solid understanding of systematic problem-solving methodologies, including Value Stream mapping.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional projects independently and effectively collaborate as a co-lead.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a motivation to effect change at all organizational levels.

On top of these, Proficiency in both written and spoken English is essential. Experience in management consultancy or working with regulated industries is highly regarded but not essential. Prince2, SAFe certification, and PMP are preferred, and knowledge of supply chain/external supply is also a plus.

As a person, you excel at leading projects and driving change that align with organizational goals, drawing on your strong analytical skills to provide data-driven insights for decision-making. You thrive in cross-functional collaboration, leveraging your expertise to integrate diverse perspectives and drive impactful outcomes. With excellent communication and problem-solving abilities, you ensure complex ideas are clearly conveyed and challenges are addressed with innovative, ethical, and effective solutions.

About the department

ES Portfolio & Strategy is a team within the department External Supply Business Development and Support. ES Portfolio and Strategy team is responsible for driving and overseeing the ES Transformation, deploying the newly launched ES Business Plan, and driving the ES Strategy development each year. This also includes portfolio management and prioritisation of strategic business initiatives across External Supply, encompassing all transformation related initiatives across the line. We are a diverse team, who operate in an open, honest and collaborative environment within the team, and across the different business units (line of businesses).

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk we use our skills, dedication, and ambition to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease. By working with us you will have the opportunity to do the same in a global business environment. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. Together, we go further, together, we're life changing.

Contact

For further information, please contact Priyanka Bansal (Senior Manager of ES Portfolio & Strategy) at +45 34482473

Deadline

13 May 2025

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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.