Senior Project Manager, Engineering - Process (Days)

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 the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

 

Our Bloomington, Indiana site is a state-of-the-art facility where we have an integrated model from process and formulation to clinical and commercial biomanufacturing and drug product fill/finish and packaging. The Bloomington campus is a recognized facility where talented teams work with innovators to help develop, manufacture and supply products to patients around the world.  

 

What we offer you:

1. Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
2. All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
3. Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
4. Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
5. Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
6. Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
7. Tuition Assistance 
8. Life & Disability Insurance
9. 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

This position requires a variety of skills necessary for project management in the Engineering Department of a pharmaceutical industry. The position is expected to possess an understanding of life sciences. The Senior Project Manager's basic purpose is to provide project management and leadership of assigned projects that may be complex and reside within multiple functional areas or may cross multiple sites in coordination with business development, health and safety, operations, and quality assurance to ensure the highest level of client service.

 

Relationships

Reports to Senior Manager.

 

Essential Functions

• Independently identify, understand, and leverage internal and external project stakeholder requirements, expectations, and needs
• Independently identify and focus on highest priorities and mentor/coach colleagues to set aside less critical tasks
• Drive project management excellence within a site
• Has demonstrated, proven ability and an established track record managing multiple strategic projects
• Responsible for identifying best practices and coordinating efforts to improve existing or develop new value-added processes and solutions
• Manage cross-functional, multi-site activities for a portfolio of complex projects
• Identify customer requirements, evaluate and optimize time and resources to carry out the various stages of the project
• Time management for multiple complex projects
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative work environment with a team. Able to effectively negotiate to settle differences and maintain positive relationships with external and internal clients
• Ability to establish objectives and work with management to establish project timelines
• Thorough understanding of financial terms and definitions as it applies to business
• Ability to identify new opportunities within client base and ability to work with business development to pursue opportunities
• Ability to independently create presentations and conduct presentation within the Company and to clients
• Ability to transfer knowledge to others via training or mentoring of staff; demonstrated ability to guide others through communication and learning
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and achieve project timelines
• Ability to manage SOX compliant financials relative to business contracts
• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other duties as assigned

 

Physical Requirements

Fre