• Job Description

  Req#: 277265

  Are you an experienced people and project manager? Would you like to join the team that is tasked with executing the projects that eliminate the use of fossil fuels from Novo Nordisk Danish sites?

  
  Then we have a unique opportunity for you to join an exciting organisation as a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Facilities and lead projects that contributes to our zero environmental impact strategy, Circular for Zero! Apply now for a life changing career.

  The position
  As our new Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible to:

  • Set the direction of several project managers working primarily on utility projects on our Danish production sites.
  • Lead a team of several project managers and take a leading role in our flagship projects that aim to transform our energy infrastructure, and you will apply your experience to drive the project through design, tendering, execution and finally commissioning and hand-over.
  • Work across all our Danish production sites and with various disciplines such as energy symbiosis, district-energy networks, thermal storage, electrification and more.
  • Manage stakeholder expertise to navigate the different seniority levels in Novo Nordisk all the way from equipment owners, other project managers to senior management.

  
  This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of the execution team, ensuring that we implement tangible and significant steps towards achieving zero environmental impact.

  Qualifications

  Preferably you hold a Master’s degree in engineering or similar with 5+ years of people management experience and can demonstrate solid results in developing our organisation. Furthermore, we expect you to have:

  • Leadership and project management experience and/or experience within energy design, energy infrastructure or utility installations is an advantage.
  • Great problem-solving skills with structured and skilled approach in navigating high complexity.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and experience at all levels.
  • Ability to motivate yourself and your project team.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English, and Danish as a plus.

  
  As an individual with a can-do attitude, you work systematically, logically and proactively, and are self-driven, structured, robust and capable of handling a high-paced and complex work environment without losing oversight and motivation.

  About the department
  In Corporate Facilities, with 250 employees, we enable Novo Nordisk to focus on the core business by delivering simple and agile solutions for infrastructure, workplaces, utilities, and facility services as well as a major building portfolio. We create tangible business results by partnering with all areas of the business and what we do impacts all Novo Nordisk’s employees in their workday. We give high level of responsibility from day one and you will experience a continuously steep learning curve, where your own aspirations set the boundaries.

  The job is anchored in the team “Sustainable Utility Projects”, which is part of Corporate Facilities. We manage a large portfolio of sustainability projects at multiple impact and maturity levels, some spanning the entire organisation. We drive execution all the way from basic design to handover and work systematically and strategically to implement ‘Circular for Zero’ initiatives within the areas of energy supplies, utility installations and facility management in general. We collaborate across business areas of Novo Nordisk and with external partners including consultants and contractors.

  Working at Novo Nordisk
  We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

  Contact
  For further information, please contact Project Director Henrik Vidstrup +45 3079 1259.

  Deadline
  12th of July 2023.

  Please note that we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we urge you to send your application as soon as possible.

  To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

  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.

• About the company

  Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in eight countries, and affiliates or offices in 5 countries.

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