Project Execution Model Lead
Category: Project Management & Agile
Location:
Lyngby, Capital Region of Denmark, DK
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Are you passionate about improving how capital projects are executed—from small upgrades to large greenfield investments? Do you want to help shape a delivery model that’s not just robust, but also practical, efficient, and user-friendly?
Novo Nordisk is seeking a strategic and hands-on professional to become our Project Execution Model (PEM) Lead. In this pivotal role, you will drive how we govern, plan, and execute projects of all sizes across the organization.
You will report to the Head of the Project Management Office for API Expansions and work across a global stakeholder landscape to enable better delivery—faster, smarter, and with greater confidence in outcomes.
Novo Nordisk is seeking a strategic and hands-on professional to become our Project Execution Model (PEM) Lead. In this pivotal role, you will drive how we govern, plan, and execute projects of all sizes across the organization.
You will report to the Head of the Project Management Office for API Expansions and work across a global stakeholder landscape to enable better delivery—faster, smarter, and with greater confidence in outcomes.
The position
As PEM Lead, you will take long-term ownership of Novo Nordisk’s capital project delivery model—a stage-gated framework supporting structured, value-driven execution. You will work across functions and disciplines to ensure the PEM supports the real needs of project teams: clarity, alignment, and effectiveness.
The PEM is used across the full spectrum of projects—from minor upgrades to multi-billion DKK expansions. Your role is to make it easy to adopt, easy to follow, and a clear enabler—not an overhead.
You will guide its evolution through governance, coaching, and continuous improvement, ensuring it reflects best practices and lessons learned from real projects.
The PEM is used across the full spectrum of projects—from minor upgrades to multi-billion DKK expansions. Your role is to make it easy to adopt, easy to follow, and a clear enabler—not an overhead.
You will guide its evolution through governance, coaching, and continuous improvement, ensuring it reflects best practices and lessons learned from real projects.
Your key responsibilities:
- Governance & Alignment:
- Lead the deployment and long-term ownership of the PEM across capital projects of varying size and complexity.
- Ensure alignment with business needs and corporate expectations for governance and capital investments.
- Coaching & Capability Building:
- Act as a trusted advisor and coach for project teams, functional leads, and alliance partners.
- Support onboarding and targeted training to help teams apply PEM in practical ways.
- Simplification and Continuous Improvement:
- Drive updates to PEM tools, templates, and processes—making them clearer, simpler, and easier to use.
- Coordinate cross-functional input to streamline workflows and eliminate unnecessary complexity.
- Establish KPIs and feedback loops to track governance maturity and identify improvement opportunities.
- Change Leadership & Collaboration:
- Be a visible change agent across the organization—especially in early project phases.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders such as FEED and FFEx leads, project managers, and global governance forums.
- Tool & Process Coordination:
- Manage the PEM SharePoint platform as a user-centric hub for tools, guidance, and learning resources.
- Ensure content is continuously updated and relevant to project needs.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in capital/investment project environments.
- Strong knowledge of project governance, front-end loading, and gated models.
- Experience in pharma or other regulated industries is a strong advantage.
- Excellent collaboration and coaching skills with the ability to influence across levels.
- Clear, confident communicator in English.
About the department
You will be joining the PMO department within PS API Expansions. The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, which globally employ approximately 30,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees.
PS API Expansions is a growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with flexibility to accommodate future processes and display state-of-the-art technology. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients globally in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way. We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world class execution of capacity projects, and together we are building the future of Novo Nordisk.
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.
Contact
For further information about the position, please contact Karine Christine Cung, Head of PMO, on +45 3075 4584
Deadline
20 June, 2025.
You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. The interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis. Please send your CV in English.
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.
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