Senior Project Manager - PAS-X (MES)

Are you passionate about implementing complex IT systems? Do you want to play a key role in expanding our production capabilities? We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our PS API Expansion team in Hillerød, Denmark.
If you are ready to make a significant impact, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.
The position
As our new PAS-X Senior Project Manager at Novo Nordisk, you will together with fellow project managers drive the local implementation of PAS-X at our brand new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) plant in Hillerød by:

• Managing the local PAS-X team of recipe designers etc. (you will not have people management responsibility, but you will be responsible for leading the way).
• Ensuring system deliveries by working closely with our central Novo Nordisk PAS-X delivery team
• Ensuring precise gathering and qualification of requirements by working closely with local process people: Operation Responsibles, Engineering Responsibles and QA.
• Ensuring system integrations by working closely with project managers from other system teams: SAP ECC (later S/4HANA), SAP EWM, Emerson DeltaV and others.
• Planning and controlling time, scope, cost, resources etc.
• Communicating plans, status and progress to the organization.

You will have the opportunity to work in a multicultural environment with colleagues from different backgrounds, experience level and nationalities and being involved in a new capacity expansion project where you can influence our future API production facilities.
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, pharmacy, or a similar field.
• +5 years of experience with project management, both waterfall and agile.
• Experience working within production support, preferably with knowledge of API in a GMP-regulated environment. Experience with validation/qualification is an advantage.
• Knowledge of production recipes in MES systems (PAS-X) from production.
• Experience with automation, digitalization, and integration in a regulated and automated production environment is an advantage.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written.

On a professional level you have a structured working approach and a high data quality mindset and can navigate high-pressure when it comes to handling complex projects.
As a person, you have strong communication skills and thrive on building relationships with people from different cultures and a variety of stakeholders. You show great interest in people management and demonstrate inclusive leadership by valuing and listening actively to diverse perspectives ensuring collaboration across business functions and a great team spirit.
About the department
Our team is working to expand the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) capacity of our Biotech production in Hillerød. You will become a part of one of the most significant expansion projects in Novo Nordisk - and when finished, the facility will employ approximately 340 colleagues. The highly automated facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology that is flexible to accommodate new processes and products. It will expand our capacity for our portfolio of clinical late-phase products to serve more people living with serious chronic diseases, including rare diseases.
We do not only drive change for our patients - we also drive life-changing careers for our employees by promoting a learning culture with high levels of trust, innovation, and development throughout the organisation. To drive the project and reach the initial phase of production, we need your help! Are you ready to join the project team and our journey?
Working at PS API Expansion, Novo Nordisk
You will be joining PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk's 64,000 employees.
PS API Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients.
We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way.
We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.
Contact
For further information, please contact Patrick Fuglsang IT & Automation Manager, at +45 30 77 60 12 or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers.
Deadline
27 October 2024. We will process applications as we receive them, so please do not hesitate to apply.
You do not need to upload a motivated application when you apply. Instead, we will ask you to include a few lines about your motivation in your CV. We would also like to ask you not to include a photo in your CV, as it helps us to have a better and fairer 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.