Project Manager

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a growing organisation and be responsible for driving a range of high impact projects? Are you proactive, hands-on, and ready to bring ideas and make them happen? Are you eager to learn about and influence the pharmaceutical value chain? If yes, our Project Manager position could be for you - and we welcome you to apply

**The position**

Are you an experienced project manager motivated by making a difference and being part of a team of young ambitious talents with diverse backgrounds? Then look no further - we are looking for a Project Manager who can solve complex problems across Novo Nordisk’s value chain and ultimately deliver impact to patients.

Furthermore:

- You will be responsible for driving and co-driving complex projects across functions in the IO-SO office and potentially across the IO regions, including the daily management of the project team.
- You will act as a sparring partner and a trusted advisor to our project owners on both content and recommendations on how to best navigate the organisation Projects. This can include strategy development and execution, organisational development, process optimisation and executive decision support among others.
- You will be exposed to different organisational areas throughout Novo Nordisk International Operations, which include commercial, clinical, medical and regulatory, P&O and Finance among others.
- You will build a strong international network and further develop your leadership skills, as well as your personal and technical skills, guided by our project tools and methodologies.
- We expect you to take an active role in the establishment of the new unit and continuous development of the department regardless of your role and tenure.

**Qualifications**

You have a master’s degree in economics, business administration, engineering, natural sciences, or a related field. You have gained several years of experience in a Project Management role within strategy consulting and project management from a well-reputed strategy consultancy and bring the following skills and experience:

- Solid interpersonal skills and motivation to drive change at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly and impactful to drive behaviour change (both verbally and in writing)
- Ability to perform data analyses across diverse sets of data
- Experience working with consulting and financial frameworks and approaches
- Proven to be ambitious, challenge-seeking and result-oriented

Experience from working in the pharmaceutical industry is highly regarded but not a prerequisite for this position.

**About the department**

As a key driver of Novo Nordisk’s future growth, International Operations (IO) is the largest operational unit in Novo Nordisk and covers more than 190 countries and 95% of the world’s population. Around 430 million people are living with diabetes in these countries and an estimated 570 million live with obesity. We serve 25 million people each day living with chronic diseases. Novo Nordisk International Operations, Strategic Operations, is head quartered in Zürich, Switzerland.
IO Consulting is a newly established, in-house management consultancy reporting directly to IO-SO Executive Office. We focus on combining best practices from top-tier strategy consultancies with the strengths of being an internal consultancy to drive a broad range of high-profile projects sustainably across the value chain and geographies.

**Working at Novo Nordisk**

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales - we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

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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.