Senior Project Manager for pharmaceutical green field project

Novo Nordisk manufacturing is growing. Join us in exciting times, where we're ramping up our business. We are strengthening our position as an innovative and respected pioneer in biotech manufacturing. We are expanding to provide capacity for the production of Novo Nordisk's current and future oral and injectable products by establishing new and ground-breaking biotech facilities in Novo Nordisk Kalundborg. We embrace new technologies and we're building a future factory with a strong focus on digitalisation, automation and robotics.

About the position

You will be the Senior Project Manager/Work Package Owner for one or more disciplines including:

- Spray drying
- Chemistry
- Chromatography and ultrafiltration
- Raw material and solvents
- CIP

You will be an important part of the PM Process Group with overall responsibility for the full API process from A-Z. You will work closely with the other WPO's and our engineering company and frequently interact with other disciplines and QA. Your work package will develop over time with the responsibility for assuring state-of-the-art design solutions and quality level, oversee construction, execute design reviews, prepare and execute test, where all requirements are being verified, ensuring that the process is fit for intended use.



The position offers great possibility for personal and professional development with a broad range of tasks, where you will need to find creative and innovative solutions. Many people will be looking at you for guidance and direction. We expect you to already know a lot about your area, and that you are ready to learn the rest. Most importantly, you will inspire stakeholders, challenge when necessary, ensure efficient project processes and be the Project Manager you always wanted to work with yourself.



You will be working together with enthusiastic and skilled colleagues and your knowledge and skills will be highly appreciated. In return, we give you the opportunity to set your clear mark on our exciting new facility and help make a real difference for our patients.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role:


- You probably have a degree within engineering, and you have at least five years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry also covering different aspects of qualification and validation.

- You have proven experience in project management, and you are great at both contributing to and managing complex technical projects.

- You have a hands-on approach to your tasks and are technically adept, willing to learn and motivated to work in a project department.

- You are fluent in English both oral and written, Danish will be considered an advantage.

As a person, you are quite outgoing, easy to reach and able to engage with numerous stakeholders. Your positive and proactive can-do attitude energises your colleagues and stakeholders, ensuring engagement and commitment. The structure you apply helps you prioritise even when things are moving fast, and you are known for getting the job done.


About the Department

We are in the process of designing and building an innovative large-scale manufacturing facility for purification of innovative pharmaceutical proteins for treating patients with serious chronic diseases. The facility will be constructed at our site Kalundborg and the plant design will apply new data and robotics technology for next level manufacturing.

Currently, we are around 50 engaged and motivated employees. Within the coming years, we will expand and onboard approximately 200 more. Maybe you will be one of them?

Deadline

Please apply no later than January 4, 2022. We will process applications as we receive them, so please do not hesitate to apply. Please specify the work packages, where your skills will be applied the best.



You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about your motivation to apply in your CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.



Join Novo Nordisk Manufacturing in Kalundborg in times of expansion

Join us from the very beginning of our future journey and make your mark on a newly established organisation that will be growing in the coming years. Do you want to work with dedicated and experienced biotech manufacturing professionals? Are you curious about the opportunity to establish a factory that bridges new and automated technologies with strong know-how and expertise in biotech manufacturing? Make the most of your talent and join our team, who are working out of both Copenhagen and Kalundborg.



Today, 3,200 employees of Novo Nordisk Kalundborg produce half of the world's insulin and a number of biopharmaceutical products. With more than 50 years of expertise in large-scale biotech manufacturing, we are today the world's largest insulin-producing facility. By joining Novo Nordisk Manufacturing in Kalundborg, we promise you a developing career, where you will be met with trust and responsibility by dedicated colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a successful company with a higher purpose and an inclusive environment. Together, we make a difference every day for more than 30 million people living with diabetes and other chronic diseases.



Interested in a life-changing career?

Read more about the opportunities at Novo Nordisk Kalundborg at https://novonordisk.com/kalundborg-careers



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.



Contac t For further information about the position, please contact Kenneth Petersen +45 3075 4777.