Senior Project Manager Critical Material Handling

Category:

Project Management & Agile

Are you passionate about driving impactful processes in a global environment? Do you want to play a key role in ensuring compliance and improving critical material handling across Novo Nordisk’s global manufacturing network? If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, read on and apply today!

The position
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager for the critical material handling process, your main responsibility is to ensure the 11 Aseptic Manufacturing (AM) sites comply with the NN corporate requirements to handling of critical waste.

You will lead the critical material handling process group in AM and represent AM in the corporate process group for critical waste handling.

You will be working closely together with stakeholders both locally and globally. The position is part of the Product Security Programme, which also has interface to physical security and product security as a whole.

As a Senior Project Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Driving the Critical Material Handling Process group for all Aseptic Manufacturing (AM) sites.
• Initiating and owning various projects to enhance critical material handling processes and support a higher level of product security.
• Collaborating closely with critical material handling local responsibles at AM sites across Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
• Working in close partnership with other groups, such as improvement groups, network groups, and other process groups.
• Engaging with various stakeholders along the value stream to ensure alignment and progress.
• Analysing data to prioritise efforts where the value and impact are most significant.

In this role, you will set direction and deliver results that significantly impact critical material handling processes. You will support our global network, and occasional travel to other sites is expected, in addition to virtual collaboration across locations.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

Need to have:

• A relevant academic degree or equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, or a related field.
• Proven experience in project or process management, ideally in a global or manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to drive decision-making.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with diverse stakeholders across multiple sites.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Nice to have:

• Experience in aseptic manufacturing or pharmaceutical production.
• Knowledge of critical material handling processes or product security.
• Familiarity with lean methodologies or process improvement frameworks.

About the department
Aseptic Manufacturing Engineering (AME) plays a pivotal role in driving a major transformation to improve performance across Novo Nordisk’s global network of factories in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. This transformation is key to meeting the growing needs of people living with diabetes and obesity.

AME is part of Aseptic Manufacturing (AM), a truly global organisation with more than 9,000 employees. Together, we are responsible for producing life-saving products that defeat serious chronic diseases. At AME, you will join a dynamic and collaborative team that is committed to innovation, excellence, and making a difference for patients worldwide.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination, and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect, and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

Contact and Deadline
For further information, please contact Ana Melo (AYSQ@NovoNordisk.com) or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers. Apply by 27th of August, 2025.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.