Are you looking to kick-start your career within Project Management? – then this is a call for you!
We’re a technical and process-oriented production site, with one goal of contributing to the health of millions of people worldwide, by collaboration and common purpose.
We are looking for a Junior Project Manager for our projects covering our Novo Nordisk site in Hillerød, as part of our Project Management Office (PMO). You will be working with close collaboration towards professionals and stakeholders on the site. We’re looking for you whom have a strong drive and energy towards projects that can vary from construction to more IT and automation type of projects, with a strong mindset towards problem solving and collaboration with professionals in the field. Whether you’re newly graduated or have a few years of experience with supporting or participating in projects, our priority is finding a person with the aspirations of learning about project management.
We are looking forward receiving your application, we want to know why you apply for this specific position in your CV and your thoughts on project management, and why this is your career aspirations.
The position
As our new Junior Project Manager, you will be supporting our Senior Project Manager in tasks and project activities related to our different projects. We have several projects ongoing simultaneously on the site, focused on expanding our site and facilities.
You will work in collaboration with the Senior Project Manager and will have individual tasks that you are responsible of. Typically, you will be assisting with ad hoc tasks related to planning, cost follow up and presentations.
You will be responsible for planning, executing, and following up on all related tasks and processes associated with scope, schedule, resources, cost and project risk. As a natural part of your tasks, you will be in close dialogue with the other Project Managers, as well as external contributors.
There will be support and focus on building your project management competences, and we are expecting a dedication to learn, evolve and receive feedback.
Qualifications
• You have a bachelor’s degree or higher academic education within business administration, construction, pharmaceutical or similar. Experience from a GMP environment will be an advantage.
• Fluent, spoken, and written in Danish and English with excellent communication skills.
• It will be a benefit if you have experience with project management, and we expect that you are motivated by working in a project culture and develop your project management skills.
On a personal level, you are pro-active and thrive with driving tasks independently to the finish line. You have a good balance of technical understanding in combination with people- and administrative skills. As you have a structured approach to your work, you can juggle several tasks while prioritising your efforts optimally by keeping the bigger picture in mind. You are a team player, and you quickly build strong working relationships. You can work alongside other PMs and be supportive, helpful, and proactive. About the department
You will be part of a dynamic and ambitious PMO, where our more than 30 Project Managers and Senior Project Managers execute a variety of projects across our production site within Injectable Finished Products (IFP)
You will be allocated to the large expansion projects that has just started at our site, and as the nature of projects you will be working with collaborators from the whole organisation.
The IFP Hillerød site is the last step before our patients receive the products from Novo Nordisk, so manufacturing is our passion. In PMO we combine manufacturing with a dedication to good project management.
We work primarily waterfall project management with elements of agile methods – all of this we will introduce to you.
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 Sandra Heise (Associate Manager) on +45 307 98 140 or Jan Ove Bloch Veiberg (Project Director on: +45 30 77 67 89)
Deadline
5th of March 2023. Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV, that’s our Novo Nordisk standard. We look forward to receiving your application. Invitations for interviews will be an ongoing 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.