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Novo Nordisk
Strategy Project Lead (/Associate Strategy Project Director)
Søborg
November 8, 2024
Strategy Project Lead (/Associate Strategy Project Director)
Category: Project Management & Agile
Location:Søborg, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
Are you interested in driving high profile strategic projects within Development and representing Development across the Novo Nordisk value chain? Do you want to impact the strategic direction of our innovative treatment solutions for patients globally? Are you an experienced project manager with a strategic acumen and strong stakeholder management skills? Then we’d like to hear from you. Apply today and join us for a life-changing career.
The position
As a Strategy Project Lead (/Associate Strategy Project Director) in Development Strategy & Operations, you will drive and take part in a range of different strategic projects and process improvements across Development and Novo Nordisk. This includes setting and supporting implementation of the overall long-term strategic direction for Development by identifying new opportunities, strategic challenges, and industry trends. Other projects are focused on therapeutic areas within the Novo Nordisk portfolio and pipeline or strategic opportunities across the broader value chain.
Your main responsibilities will be focused on:
- Ensuring timely execution of strategic projects of high complexity
- Driving the communication towards cross-functional stakeholders including senior management
- Ensuring strategic alignment and buy-in and facilitating decision making towards a common vision
- Acting as a strategic sparring partner to the project owners and collaborate closely with colleagues in the team and various departments both within Development and across the value chain in Novo Nordisk
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you should have:
- Relevant degree (e.g. Doctor of Medicine, master’s in business / economics / engineering, Ph D in Natural Sciences) in combination with 5+ years relevant work experience (8+ years for AD role), preferably from the pharmaceutical / biotech space
- Hands on experience within Novo Nordisk’s key therapy areas
- Strong knowledge of the drug development (and life cycle management) process e.g. from direct participation in global project teams within the pharmaceutical and / or biotech space is considered an advantage
- Extensive project management expertise with a track record of driving projects of strategic nature and change management initiatives
- Experience with collaboration across functions and organisational levels including experience in interacting with senior leadership
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and solid analytical skills
Please note that we don’t necessarily expect you to “tick all of the above boxes”. Therefore, if the outlined opportunity excites you, please submit your CV, so we can review and discuss your fit
About the department
In Development Strategy & Operations, we support the Development organisation in setting and achieving its strategic aspirations. We drive and take part in strategic projects across areas and functions both within the Development organisation and across the full Novo Nordisk value chain. The position provides an exciting learning and career opportunity, as you will be joining a high performing team working with stakeholders across Novo Nordisk. We are a team of 18 colleagues with an informal atmosphere, and an emphasis on having an engaging work environment with strong collaboration and sparring, ensuring that we together deliver strong results.
About the department
In Development Strategy & Operations, we support the Development organisation in setting and achieving its strategic aspirations. We drive and take part in strategic projects across areas and functions both within the Development organisation and across the full Novo Nordisk value chain. The position provides an exciting learning and career opportunity, as you will be joining a high performing team working with stakeholders across Novo Nordisk. We are a team of 18 colleagues with an informal atmosphere, and an emphasis on having an engaging work environment with strong collaboration and sparring, ensuring that we together deliver strong results.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our careers is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in 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 64,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
Contact
Please note that there will be limited possibility to connect for questions before we invite for interviews. However, if you have a burning question, please contact Hauke Sørensen Köpsell (hukp@novonordisk.com) or Malene Buur (vmnb@novonordisk.com).
Deadline
11 November 2024.
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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