About the Department
At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.
In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our Product Supply Aseptic Manufacturing (PS AM) facility in Clayton, NC is a 457,000 square foot aseptic "fill and finish" site that is responsible for producing innovative, injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. At PS AM, you'll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.
What we offer you:
- Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
- All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance - effective day one
- Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
- Family Focused Benefits including 12 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
- Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
- Tuition Assistance
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Employee Referral Awards
At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.
The Position
Direct and coordinate the activities of the Manufacturing Support team at the Project Management Office (PMO) to support the project lifecycle at Novo Nordisk which meet or exceed business, regulatory and customer requirements in accordance with the Novo Nordisk Way. This includes providing direction, coaching and overseeing the management and supervision of team members, internal and external, such as project managers, project analyst, shutdown manager, validation, and project engineers.
Relationships
Director.
Essential Functions
- Support current capacity projects and drive key investment and non-investment portfolio projects for Infrastructure, Facilities, and QC
- Drive continuous improvement of standards, policies, procedures, and controls within the project execution process
- Implement and monitor cost controls in compliance with budget and regulatory requirements
- Oversee internal and external project services and management, requiring risk-based decision-making to meet business needs
- Manage executive stakeholder communication to facilitate quick decision-making and resolution
- Coordinate documentation between PM3 and stakeholders for the director area roadmap
- Actively manage local and global stakeholders on key project delivery activities
- Oversee PMO operation and development, including training within the area of responsibility
- Develop policies within the area of responsibility and ensure projects are executed with a quality mindset to mitigate production impact and quality-related deviations
- Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
- Other accountabilities, as assigned
Physical Requirements
Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.)
Development of People
Supervisory
Ensure that reporting personnel have individual development plans (IDP), with annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process.
Ensure that the IDP forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility.
Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures, and Novo Nordisk Way.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or business from an accredited university required
- MA/MS in science, engineering, or business preferred
- Minimum of seven (7) years of project management or consultancy required
- Minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience required
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, or quality required, preferably in a pharmaceutical or other regulated industry
- Knowledgeable in systems within pharmaceutical industries to include parenteral drug production preferred
- Knowledgeable in core QC work processes and GMP concepts preferred
- Knowledgeable in core black and clean utilities systems, site facilities, and infrastructure preferred
- Knowledgeable in the effective management required when working in complex organizations & in managing contractors to achieve project goals preferred
- Knowledge of large CAPEX projects with focus on PMI/Novo Nordisk project management governance an advantage preferred
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills preferred
- Proven expertise in mentoring/development, change management, planning/organizing, managing execution preferred
- Revising the work plan for complex problems solved by cross functional teams preferred
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.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
What We Do
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease.
We are powered by technology. Our Global Research Technologies, Medical Devices as a software, and Data Science teams are on the cutting edge of developing and supporting our life-saving medications.
Why Work With Us
Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.