Project Manager for compliance and process improvement projects

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Project Management & Agile

Do you have project management experience in a pharmaceutical setting or with implementing requirements for materials or products? Are you naturally driven to meet set targets and eager to expand your project execution toolbox, and to drive projects aiming at scaling our global supply chain and material portfolio for the future?

If you share our passion for turning quality requirements into practical working solutions serving the needs of our patients and working flows, then look no further – join us in Material MSAT (Manufacturing, Science and Technology) - RAW. Apply today!

As Project Manager, your primary role entails owning and managing projects from inception to execution.

This position will focus on:

• Ensuring proper implementation of compliance projects captured from industry trends, new requirements or expectations from regulators.
• Driving process improvement projects within the department.

You can anticipate being involved in projects related to GMP, quality improvements, authority requirements but also improvements needed for scaling up our organization.

Some of your key tasks include:

• Executing compliance- and improvement projects within Raw Materials, Excipients, Process aids, and Single-Use Systems.
• Steering project teams through all project phases, establishing and overseeing project schedules, along with offering guidance and motivation.
• Promoting inter-team coordination, communicating with stakeholders, and adapting to changing project needs.
• Scoping and defining new initiatives and process improvements with assistance from the professionals in the department.

You will work closely with GMP material professionals and other project managers supporting the department, but your activities will also include communicating across all levels and business areas in the organization.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, we imagine you:

• Hold a Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or another relevant field within the natural sciences, or alternatively possess a master’s diploma or higher in a different field but bring project management experience within the industry.
• Demonstrate practical project management expertise, either as a project manager or as an individual contributor/specialist with strong project management skills.
• Showcase a successful track record of effectively managing projects and workstreams.
• Display fluency in both written and spoken English.
• Familiarity with GMP requirements in the pharmaceutical industry would be considered an advantage.

You respect others’ opinions yet can steer a decision through the team. Finally, you are a strategic thinker who actively acts on changes that could impact projects.

About the department

You will join Material MSAT – RAW, in Product Supply, Sourcing Operations. The position is in the Processes & Raw Material Specifications team, but you will support the entire department. In the team we are today a mix of material professionals and project managers.

In the RAW Department, we are responsible for implementation and management of complex materials (raw materials, excipients etc.) from the use in development to production, as well as maintaining documentation on existing materials. We cooperate extensively with a broad variety of functions, including CMC, QC laboratories, QA, inbound supply, warehouse, various Novo Nordisk production sites and a range of external suppliers and contract manufactures (CMOs).

You will join a department with talented employees, each bringing diverse perspectives and backgrounds. We recognize that people are essential to our success and that is why we are committed to cultivate strong relationships and an inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity of our employees.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

For further information about the role, please contact Project Manager Analike Blom van Staden at +45 3444 6523

18 May 2025

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