Project Manager for CAPEX Project Execution

Do you have experience in driving investment projects and want to be part of an unparalleled growth journey in the pharmaceutical industry? Can you deliver high-quality and effective project management skills within projects of varying size, time, budget, and complexity? Are you motivated by a short decision-to-action work environment with strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management at the centre of everything we do?

If yes, then apply for this position within CAPEX execution in Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control (CMC) Product & Process Development, CMC Investment. We are currently looking for Project Managers on different levels to join our team

The position

In CMC we work with the future Novo Nordisk product pipeline. To help even more patients in the future, CMC Investment is on a mission to ensure accountable and effective project execution. Our responsibility is to drive CAPEX investment projects for CMC, primarily at site Bagsværd, but potentially also abroad. The portfolio spans widely from rebuilding existing pilot facilities and laboratories, installation of sophisticated equipment to brownfield projects, often with an element of automation and digitalization, to greenfield facilities. 

As a Project Manager, you will lead projects and be responsible for:

• Define the overall scope of an investment project including budget and time schedule – in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders in our business
• Organise and lead multi-disciplinary project teams with external engineers and contractors to ensure successful completion of all project deliverables effectively
• Provide periodic project status and updates to steering committees and other relevant stakeholders including risk assessment and mitigation actions, financial updates, etc.   
   

Qualifications 

To succeed in this role, it is crucial that you bring your complete Project Management toolbox into action but also know how to bring your stakeholders onboard in the most effective way, creating partnerships, build trust, credibility and engagement.

We are also looking for the following qualifications:

• Project experience from pharma/biotech investment projects. The experiences can come from either internal engineering/PMO organisations, engineering companies, contractors, or user organisation.
• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in engineering, biotechnology or similar
• 3-10 years of Project Management experience, executing CAPEX investment projects within life sciences/pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or similar industry is a plus
• Excellent stakeholder and project management skills, working cross-functionally with different areas of expertise, job functions, and experience levels
• Fully proficient in English - both written and spoken
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You are a collaborator at heart and work seamlessly with your team to deliver exceptional outcomes that meet and exceed expectations, requiring excellent communication skills to build trusted relationships. You have excellent planning skills, combined with a systematic, pragmatic and agile mindset, enabling you to navigate complex tasks and challenges with ease.

About the department 
As part of Novo Nordisk PSQIT organisation, CMC Product and Process Development makes a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop, manufacture and distribute drug candidates for clinical trials and have a strong culture with a “can do” mind-set.

CMC Investment manages the investment project portfolio in CMC Development and Scaling. We are a team of approx. 20 colleagues, based in Bagsværd Denmark. Our responsibilities include project management, capex portfolio management and project controlling. You will be part of an ambitious and team-oriented culture, where new ideas are valued, and we encourage each other to find the best solution in a fast-growing environment.

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 70,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing. 

Contact 
For any questions, please reach out to Mads Tjørnehøj Jørgensen, Vice President of CMC Investment on MXTJ@novonordisk.com or +45 3448 3887 

Deadline 

27 April 2025
 

Applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis and the posting is closed when the right candidates have been found. 

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few lines about your motivation in your resume or CV. In addition, please avoid the use of photos in your CV. This makes for a better and more fair process. 

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.