Project Manager

Project Manager

Category: Project Management & Agile **Location:**Søborg, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

R&D Project Coordination

Søborg/Måløv, Denmark

Do you want to sit at the center of decisions that move our pipeline forward? As the Global Project Leader’s trusted partner, you will create momentum for Global Project Teams by aligning stakeholders, sharpening priorities, and turning complexity into clear plans and follow-through. If you thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and bring strong project management experience with solid knowledge of drug development, this could be your next step.

Your new role

As Project Manager, you will be the backbone of one or more Global Project Teams, supporting the Global Project Leader and helping the team progress with pace and clarity. You will support a cluster of projects across the drug development value chain, from Pre-Clinical to Approval, and take ownership of the team’s operating rhythm by ensuring the right topics are prepared, stakeholders are engaged, decisions are captured, and follow-through happens.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with the Global Project Leader across one or more Global Project Teams to clarify priorities, sharpen decision asks, capture decisions and actions, and ensure progress across stakeholders.
• Driving sub-tracks independently, facilitating strategic workshops, and developing content with key stakeholders to support alignment.
• Running the Global Project Team cadence by planning meetings, building strategic agendas, tracking actions to closure, coordinating larger project off-sites, and maintaining an effective collaboration set-up such as Teams sites.
• Preparing and coordinating governance interactions, including stage-gate reviews, with clear pre-reads, focused decision asks, timely follow-up, and structured input to the Product Development Plan and overall project planning.
• Maintaining transparent risk reporting, including risk grids, driving mitigation planning and tracking, ensuring accurate system updates such as Global Project Planner, keeping documentation audit-ready, and supporting budgeting and financial reporting.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your value chain understanding, build advanced project leadership capabilities, and shadow the Global Project Leader in strategic initiatives.

Your new department

You will join the PSPL Project Leadership Center of Excellence, an area dedicated to providing operational and strategic support to Global Project Teams. The team operates across three locations: Søborg and Måløv in Denmark, and Lexington in the US.

The atmosphere is collaborative, fast paced, and dynamic, with a strong focus on driving impactful projects and delivering value to Novo Nordisk’s pipeline. Joining the team means becoming part of an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and meaningful business impact.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who brings strong project management experience, a solid understanding of drug development, and the ability to work effectively across functions in a global matrix organization.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A master’s degree or higher in a scientific field, combined with minimum 3+ years of project management experience, preferably within pharmaceutical R&D.
• A solid understanding of the drug development process, from Pre-Clinical to Approval, including cross-functional interfaces such as Clinical Operations.
• Strong value chain understanding, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Experience preparing governance interactions, combined with strong strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrated digital acumen, including the ability to leverage AI, digital tools, and systems to drive efficient project execution and informed decision-making.

As a person, you bring a proactive and ambitious mindset. You can anticipate needs, adapt to changing priorities, and independently drive consistent follow-through in a highly dynamic environment.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

At Novo Nordisk, you'll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 651,000.00 to 956,900.00 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here

Deadline

11 August

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.