Senior Project Manager - Novo Nordisk
Category:
Project Management & Agile
Are you passionate about project management in a fast-changing environment? Are you interested in evolving Novo Nordisk’s current and future oral and injectable products to the next level? Do you want to be part of fast growing and advanced production plant in Novo Nordisk?
We are building and commissioning a new and innovative large-scale manufacturing facility for purification of innovative pharmaceutical proteins to treat patients with serious chronic diseases. The facility will be constructed at our site in Kalundborg and will be built with state-of-the-art technologies for advanced use of robotics and automation.
Read on to find out more and apply for Project Manager for IT/Automation role!
The Position
You will have the opportunity to make the most out of your talent and experience, by joining us from the start, and constructing a new manufacturing facility. You will join our diverse, international team in the current expansion project ‘PPV’, located in Kalundborg.
The projects you will be working on are of high strategic importance to Novo Nordisk and will have high visibility and support from Senior Management. This position requires a high level of stakeholder management across all organizational levels within the company.
Together with the Work Packages Owner (WPO), you will assist in implementing OT solutions for several technical tracks spanning across DCS, PLC, MES, AMS, Infrastructure/Security, PI and Quality, in collaboration with our technical leads.
In this role you will need to navigate between traditional waterfall project methods and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), working closely together with the different agile delivery teams across the organization and our external partners.
Your responsibilities summed up:
- Manage scope, plan, cost and project risk
- Provide leadership, direction, guidance and coaching to the project team as a whole
- Negotiate and manage project resources with LoB management
- Establish the appropriate project governance together with project director
- Report and discuss project performance with the relevant stakeholders
- Drive the delivery of your systems in a timely manner, aligned with the overall project plan.
- A Master or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field like Software Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Business Administration
- Strong project management experience from deploying or integrating IT/OT solutions in production areas
- Knowledge in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library - Service Now) is an advantage
- Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written in English
- Strong stakeholder skills across all levels of organisation
We are looking for a person who is able to convey complex information to varying audiences and thereby ensuring stakeholder buy-in. We value strong quality mindset and analytical approach to challenges. We also appreciate an appetite for solving complex problems to reach feasible, applicable solutions.
About the Department
You will join the IT/Automation team in the Business Support department, PPV purification project in Kalundborg, Denmark.
The IT/Automation team consist of 35 employees who will implement, run and maintain the production IT systems. The production IT systems include a PCS system (800XA) and a MES/MOM system (PAS|X) as well as several PLC systems.
We will maintain our IT platform for our automation systems. The team is organised by subjects: System management, IT support, PLC support and automation support, which performs the daily support and maintenance tasks related to the IT systems.
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 career 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 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
You will soon sense why Novo Nordisk Kalundborg is a highly unique place and why we are passionate about working here. You will be met with trust and responsibility by welcoming and dedicated colleagues. Novo Nordisk Kalundborg is a workplace where involvement, development and multidisciplinary are in focus.
ContactIf you have questions about the position, please contact Project Director Jonas Toftemark on +45 3075 0913.
Deadline4 December 2024
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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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.