Senior Project Manager (Denmark, Bagsværd)

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Bagsværd, Denmark

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Project Management & Agile

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Do you enjoy working in an environment where your actions have real impact? And would you like to be part of a team that pushes the boundaries for project management and product development in the pharmaceutical industry? At Novo Nordisk our patients and their needs are always front and center. With increased demand for Novo Nordisk’s products, we will both lead development of new drug substances and development of new and more effective ways of producing and delivering them. If you would like to be a part of this journey, we offer an exciting drug product project manager position in New Product Introduction (NPI)!

The position
The purpose of NPI is to deliver well established and robust processes to production to ensure smooth product introduction and launch. To succeed with this, NPI project managers (PM) need to have a strong focus on building teams and promoting a dynamic learning culture where close collaboration and openness are hallmarks.
The NPI Project Office is an international team of project managers who have the responsibility to coordinate all activities related to scale up of formulation and filling, process validation, and development of submission documents to authorities. As an NPI PM you will serve as Product Supply’s representative in core groups and cross-functional teams and lead internal activities in our project teams. The projects have a very high level of complexity both technically and in terms of stakeholder landscape and strategy. Moreover, the highly regulated pharmaceutical GMP environment creates a particular set of challenges that we need to handle effectively to secure patient safety.
Your daily tasks (among others) are:

• To work closely together with stakeholders locally in NPI, with colleagues in CMC, manufacturing sites and other areas across Novo Nordisk or with external partners.
• To maintain the overview of your project, set the direction for the team and ensure that deliverables are met, and strategies are executed.
• To secure timely development of transparent project plans and communication of these to stakeholders.
• To develop how we do Project Management in NPI to succeed with current and future projects.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you:

• Have an academic degree of at least BSc level within Life Science or engineering (e.g. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Biology or Medicine)
• Have 5+ years of experience working with project management within the pharmaceutical industry, or extensive experience from late-stage drug development product projects. This experience could be within development, production, or other relevant disciplines.
• Are assertive and have strong leadership and interpersonal skills, coupled with a good sense of diplomacy; all to enable progress in a complex stakeholder landscape.
• Are self-driven and independent, and inspire and energize your team and your colleagues, set clear and ambitious goals, and work closely together with your stakeholders to reach our goals.
• As a person, you can work in a high paced and dynamic environment. You prioritize and create transparency for your project, ensuring that you keep the overview and share it with your team members.
• Have excellent communication skills to all levels in the organization.
• Based on project progress and decisions you can through uncertainty to rapidly develop- and clearly communicate scenarios, impact of risks and recommendations to the decision makers.
• Have fluency in English is a must for this position.

About the department
In AMSAT (Aseptic Manufacturing Science and Technology) we produce a large portfolio of products fighting serious chronic diseases worldwide. In AMSAT, New Product Introduction consists of 90+ employees across 9 teams situated in Bagsværd, Denmark. The main responsibility of the department is the transition of development products into large scale production and market approval. This includes production design, material and process sciences, product stability and coordination of production for late-phase clinical trials. The position is in New Product Introduction Project Office, a group of project managers heading up development projects within our area.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk we strive for excellence. As a world leader in diabetes care and a major player in haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy, we offer our employees opportunities for continuous growth.

Contact
For further information you are welcome to contact Maria Berggård Silow at +45 34485056 or Chris Arnrød Andersen at +45 30752190

Deadline
10 December, 2024

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