Novo Nordisk

Associate Director – Project Office

Novo Nordisk

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Lexington • Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead planning, execution, and coordination of program and project activities to ensure delivery on time, within scope, and within budget
  • Define project scope and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders and establish clear direction for project teams
  • Drive integrated program planning, governance routines, risk/issue management, and cross track alignment
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; communicate mitigation strategies to senior leadership and escalate issues when needed
  • Manage interdependencies across initiatives to minimize delivery risk and ensure alignment between tracks, vendors, and global partners
  • Support implementation of key R&D platforms, including ELN, LIMS, Data Capture, Registration systems, Data Hubs, and workflow/automation tools
  • Lead moderate to high complexity projects involving global and senior stakeholders
  • Prepare consolidated program updates, RAID logs, dashboards, and executive ready presentations
  • Facilitate cross track stand ups, readiness reviews, workshops, retrospectives, and cutover planning
  • Ensure timely communication of project status, decisions, risks, and action items across all stakeholders
  • Coordinate resource planning, onboarding, access, and tooling needs across multiple workstreams
  • Mentor and provide daily guidance to project coordinators and other project team members; support feedback loops with functional managers
  • Address and resolve project team conflicts, resource gaps, and competing priorities, escalating when appropriate
  • Track budgets, forecasts, accruals, purchase requests, and vendor invoices; support financial analyses and variance tracking
  • Promote continuous improvement and process simplification across project teams
  • Support change management activities, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder readiness, and successful adoption of new systems or processes
  • Ensure adherence to quality standards and compliance expectations, including GxP requirements where applicable

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum of nine (9) years of project management experience required.
  • Master’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related scientific discipline is a strong plus
  • Pharma/Biotech experience required
  • Must have negotiation skills and experience
  • Experience in using common project management tools (MS Project or others) and stays updated on project management tools and working methods required
  • Ability to provide solutions to problems arising in moderate to high complexity projects required
  • Ability to establish cross organizational collaboration required
  • Demonstrate proactive stakeholder management at varying levels required
  • Familiarity with authoring or reviewing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and system operation guides required
  • Experience in both Waterfall and SAFe / agile project methodologies preferred
  • Technical, Practical and/or management experience with systems under GxP regulations in pharma/biotech Life Sciences required
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementrisk managementfinancial analysisprocess improvementGxP complianceWaterfall methodologySAFe methodologydata managementstakeholder managementnegotiation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentoringconflict resolutionorganizational skillsproactive approachteam guidancefacilitation
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree in BiologyMaster's degree in ChemistryProject Management Professional (PMP) - implied