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Novo Nordisk
Senior Project Manager/Project Director for R&D CAPEX construction projects
Måløv
September 3, 2024
Senior Project Manager/Project Director for R&D CAPEX construction projects
Category: Project Management & Agile
Location:Måløv, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
Do you want to drive development and construction of highly strategic investment projects? Can you see yourself as being end-to-end responsible for large-scale, complex R&D construction projects with elements of cutting-edge automation and digitalisation? Do you thrive in dynamic environments, working with a broad range of stakeholders, including at senior leadership levels? We are looking for a Senior Project Manager or Project Director to join our talented R&D Investments team at Novo Nordisk. If you want to enable scientific breakthroughs and help defeat serious chronic diseases, apply now!
The position
As a Senior Project Manager or Project Director, your primary responsibility will be to drive highly complex CAPEX investment projects from early development and all the way to hand over. You will also lead global strategic initiatives across Labs of the Future, securing optimisation, standardisation and compatibility across.
Some of your main tasks will be to:
- Proactively manage project cost, scope, time, risks and business impact through project lifecycle, the Novo Nordisk way and according to investment project governance
- Organise and lead multi-disciplinary project teams to ensure successful completion of all project deliverables through analysis, design and construction
- Effectively engage and navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, securing alignment and clear decision-making, with enterprise value in mind
- Monitor project progress and provide regular reports to senior management
- Act as trusted advisor to Line of Business, senior management and IPG (Investment Portfolio Group)
- Actively contribute to continuous development of project management function in alignment with evolving business needs
The job level will be determined based on the experience and qualifications of the ideal candidate.
The job will be based in Måløv, Denmark, but some travel to our different global sites should be expected.
Qualifications
You have a proven track record of leading and delivering large and complex cross-functional (and possibly global) projects through development and construction. Preferably you have experience from pharma or other regulated industries (food science, life science or energy industry).
To be successful in this position, we expect you to have:
- A bachelor's or master's degree in engineering or any other relevant field
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including at senior leadership level
- Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and manage project teams to achieve project goals
- Strong knowledge of projects methodologies, tools and techniques
- Experience from building laboratories and PMP certification is an advantage
- English language proficiency
On a personal level, you are proactive, self-driven and excel at driving projects within highly complex stakeholder set-ups, offering adept advisory and influencing skills at senior leadership levels, guiding projects to success despite conflicting interests. You have excellent negotiation and communication skills and ability to lead through crisis and high-pressure situations.
About the department
R&D Investments is a team consisting of experienced Project Managers, as well as Portfolio Management and back-office functions. We enable science by leading professionalised development and execution of CAPEX projects and optimising the value/risk of investments at project and portfolio level. Our project managers specialise in a variety of project types, including construction, automation and digital projects. Our team serves across all Lines of Business areas. We lead projects globally, including across Denmark, US, UK and China.
Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. 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. 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 61,000 employees around the world to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
Contact
For further information, please contact Elena Guravova, R&D Investments Director at engv@novonordisk.com.
Deadline
17 September 2024.
Interviews will happen on an ongoing basis. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application – just include a few sentences about why you are applying in your CV. Please also avoid the use of photos in your CV. This makes for a better and less biased process.
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.
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