Project Manager - Digital Solutions

About the Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our Emerging Technologies -Solid Dosage Forms US facility in Durham, NC is a 194,000 square foot tableting and packaging facility that supports the production of our innovative oral treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes. SDF maintains a curious and pioneering spirit, harmonious with our growing pipeline of new products and emerging technologies.

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position

The positions key mission is to redefine the manufacturing approach by creating a fully data driven and continuous process for oral tablet formulation and optimize the manufacturing production and analysis from end to end. This position will be a key player to create a new paradigm that will alter the approach to drug development by redesigning and digitalizing the processes and transform data into data-driven decisions that enable the business to capitalize on opportunities within our manufacturing processes. This position will be onsite.  Monday - Thursday 10hr day work week. 

Relationships

Manager.

Essential Functions

• Serves as key partner to a broad range of business users to understand needs and requirements and identify the possibility for digital solutions
• Act as the main liaison between the site and the global team for receiving, requesting, and advocating for new local ideas
• Set direction for which solutions to be build and when (according to business priorities, impact, complexity, scalability potential, resource availability, etc.), together with relevant stakeholders
• Become an integral part of the teams, embracing and applying agile principles and methodologies in day-to-day operations
• Take lead on capturing and translating user requirements into actionable tasks for the development team
• Ensuring project implementation, change management, and delivery according to commitments
• Stay abreast of latest enhancements within relevant tech domain and interact with similar roles to share best practices and scale solutions
• Constantly seek out new and innovative ways to enhance the value delivery, and search for inspiration both internally and externally
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. % can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business from an accredited university required
• Minimum of three (3) years of proven experience working as a Project Manager, Product Owner/Manager required
• Solid experience with project management, agile development methodologies, defining product requirements, creating user stories, backlog management, and prioritization techniques required
• Knowledge within the field of software development and/or process automation methodologies (e.g. Microsoft Power Platform) required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skill, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders required
• Business acumen and work experience within manufacturing / pharma / supply chain processes will be an advantage a plus
• Familiarity with compliance and security requirements for automation solutions in regulated industries, such as pharma, healthcare or finance will be an advantage preferred
• Certified Product Owner/Project Manager a plus
• Basic knowledge on Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) a plus
• Advanced knowledge on Agile principles, methodology, and events required
• Advanced communication and negotiation skills as well as stakeholder management skills required
• Experience working in related domain (Pharma, software development etc.) preferred
• Advanced knowledge on Agile tools e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and DevOps preferred
• Advanced knowledge on backlog management tools and prioritization techniques a plus

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.