Are you an experienced project manager who believes in ‘teamwork makes dream work’? Do you have a craving to enable shopfloor value with new, scalable, and sustainable automation technologies and do you thrive in delivering automation projects in dynamic and diverse environments?

If you are seeking a challenge that enable you to make a massive difference to Novo Nordisk, then read on and apply!

The position

As our new Senior Automation Project Manager, you will play a prominent role in Fill & Finish production Expansions where you will be part of building our new global and digital AP Module and accelerating the implementation across global sites.

You will be working closely with different key stakeholders both in Novo Nordisk and suppliers to evaluate and enable IT, automation and digital solutions and architecture drawing a good balance between speed, simplicity and scalability.

Your main responsibilities will be focused on:

• Taking ownership of the project management disciplines on behalf of IT & Automation
• Defining the scope
• Creating and executing the project plan, manage stakeholders, challenge solutions and speed of implementation.
• Ensuring compliance and quality in all parts of the projects.
• Facilitating cross discipline collaboration
• Involving with various technology partners (internal and external) and site work package owners.

Beyond the execution and control of the project you will be responsible for shaping best practices and standards with your colleagues in our PMO, the IT Infrastructure team and the Warehouse team.

Some travel activity is to be expected.

Qualifications

To be a competitive candidate, you should have:

• A master, bachelor, or technician degree within automation or/and IT and have technical experience from the automation/production industry – preferably within a GMP regulated industry environment
• Experience in one or more of the following technologies: MES, PCS, IOT, PLC and Industry 4.0
• Experience within the Clean Utilities area will be a plus because you will be working for our Fill & Finish sites
• Strong project management skills and are driven to succeed. You can get the overview of scopes quickly and identify the problems

You naturally get followership from a project team and can communicate at all levels in the organization. You work effectively, independently and with a natural respect based on your technical understanding. You thrive in an environment where new challenges and focus can change quickly, but always with the overall common goal in mind.

About the department

DD&IT PS – Fill & Finish Expansions is a program organization - built in a multi-dimensional matrix structure, that’s designed to foster cross-organizational and cross-functional collaboration to shape our future.

Our goal is to design and build future-proof, global fill & finish production facilities, with a focus on establishing strong foundational IT and automation that will enable these facilities to digitally evolve.

As a member of our department, you will work closely with colleagues responsible for processes and engineering, as well as various technology partners both internally and externally.

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.

Contact

For further information, please contact Birgitte Vestgaard, People Leader for IT & Automation on +45 3448 7278.

Deadline

15 December 2024.

Candidates will be assessed continuously and may be called for interviews in January.

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.