[ref. s95375616] Hillerød - Senior Project Manager New Product Introduction
Category:
Project Management & Agile
Are you a people person who enjoy collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, at all levels within the organisation? Would you like to use your project management skills to make an impact on the entire value chain and improve the lives of millions of people around the world?Do you thrive working with manufacturing development and introduction of new products within a fast-paced and highly regulated international environment? Then you might be the Project Manager we are looking for to drive projects within our device and packaging portfolio.
Apply today and join our New Product Introduction (NPI) team in Finished Product Manufacturing Science & Technology!
The position
As Senior Project Manager, you will lead complex projects taking product from development into first production site.
Our projects are based on cross-organizational cooperation, and you will lead the device and packaging production part ensuring that key stakeholders (development, production, commercial, quality, and regulatory) are aligned and work towards the common goal.
Your main tasks will be:
- Overall management of manufacturing development project activities with project manager peers in key stakeholder organisations.
- Create an engaging high performing project team by providing clear goals and purpose.
- Identify and plan project activities related to bringing a new product into finished production.
- Create plans and drive performance by monitoring progress, aligning priorities, removing roadblocks, and escalating.
- To act as the voice of production in development projects to optimise scalability and high operating efficiency.
You can look forward to an exciting job leading projects and engaging with and creating consensus among multiple stakeholders at global and local level.
You will be located in Hillerød, Denmark, but will have interactions with several NN (Novo Nordisk) sites. Residency in Denmark is required.
Qualifications
To be considered for this position, we expect you to have:
- Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, management, or any other relevant field.
- Have at least 5 years of project or stakeholder management experience from a project centric organization, a development organisation, the medical device industry, or any other highly regulated environments.
- Possess effective communication skills at all organisational levels, and the ability of managing Steering Committees and interacting with governance bodies.
- Being confident and comfortable in navigating a changing project and stakeholder context.
- Be fluent in English, both written and spoken.
It would be considered as an advantage if you either have previous experience managing larger projects or have experience with device development or medical devices in general.
You have a “can do” attitude, a healthy common sense, and a good sense of humour to your work – even when the pressure is on. You can analyse and understand complex structures and systems and can communicate them in a comprehensible way.
You are a dedicated team player, result-oriented and as a person, you thrive in a busy environment.
About the Department
Finished Product Development, part of Finished Product Finished Product Manufacturing Science & Technology, holds the design responsibility for Novo Nordisk’s medical devices and delivery systems and is the link between Development and Production.
In Finished Product Development, the main task is to drive the introduction of new Novo Nordisk products into market while we maintain and continue the development of variants on our marketed device and product platforms. Our deliverables are directly impacting our capability to deliver to markets, entry to new markets, and stay in market.
You will be joining the NPI & LCM (Life Cycle Management) Projects department, which consist of 30+ PMs and Program Managers. It is the project and portfolio office of DD and holds the responsibility of our NPI and LCM project portfolios.
About Site Hillerød
Site Hillerød is an innovative and fast-growing production site. With over 4,000 talented employees, we work together to drive change for people living with serious chronic diseases. The site is located in beautiful natural surroundings, and we offer a diverse array of career paths at all educational levels.Join our vibrant community at Site Hillerød and ramp up your career while we ramp up our production! Get to know us better - visit our Site Hillerød career page: www.novonordisk.com/site-hilleroed-careers>
Contact
For any further information, please reach out to Senior Manager, Mie Hviid Hahn-Pedersen on +45 3444 3581.
Deadline
9 May, 2025.
Please note that we are reviewing the applicants on an ongoing basis, and we will close the job advertisement, once we have found the right candidate.
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.