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Supervisor, Project Management (Weekend AM)

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Bloomington, IN
Entry level
Bloomington, IN
Entry level
Lead project coordination and management, ensuring client service and effective team performance while handling key pharmaceutical programs and stakeholder interests.
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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.
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:

  • 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 14 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
    This position requires a variety of skills necessary for program management and leading a team in the pharmaceutical industry. This position will lead team members, resources, and program(s) to ensure the highest level of client service. This will involve leading a team of project managers and/or project coordinators focused on a business need, platform, and/or portfolio.
    Weekend Day Shift position: 6AM - 6:30PM; Friday - Sunday and every other Thursday
    Relationships
    Reports to Manager, Project Management.
    Essential Functions

    • Manage key project(s) and/or key program(s) with major business impact
    • Act as single point of accountability for the delivery of an assigned program
    • Develop and lead a team of project managers and/or project coordinators focused on a business area(s) or portfolio
    • Align interests of multiple stakeholders (client programs and department) with differing priorities to quickly drive decisions
    • Regularly communicate to team and across departments
    • Anticipates obstacles and adjusts contingency plans accordingly
    • Lead a small team of project coordinators and/or project managers and engages with portfolio management
    • Support recruiting, training, and maintaining high-level project management team
    • Lead team members to improve and reinforce performance of others
    • Take responsibility for direct reports' performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring constructive feedback, and addressing performance-related concerns and issues promptly
    • Work with, coach, and support direct reports in developing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the interest of performance improvement and employee's career development
    • Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
    • Other duties as assigned


    Development Of People
    Supervisory.
    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree, required
    • PMP Certification or equivalent, preferred
    • 0-1 years of leadership experience
    • GMP experience, preferred
    • Must be able to read and understand English-written job instructions and safety requirements
    • Technical Requirements
      • Ability to use Excel, Word, and other office systems
      • Ability to peer review data to ensure data is well organized with complete documentation
      • Proven communication skills
      • Attention to detail
      • Receives and provides instruction, guidance, and direction from/to others
      • Uses existing procedures to solve routine and non-routine problems
      • Proactive to address work issues at the individual and team level
      • Ability to follow and provide a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
      • Mathematical reasoning ability
      • Ability to identify aberrant data and potential quality/compliance concerns escalating to management
      • Ability to collaborate with peers and demonstrate leadership capabilities in a matrix environment
      • Time management and efficiency
      • Well-organized with ability to multitask
    • Behavioural Requirements
      • Ability to see and hear, read, and write clear English
      • Work in accordance with the Company's values and culture
      • Requires adaptability, analysing, assessing, calculating, decision making, dependability, good judgment, memorizing, social skills, speaking, stress control, and reading and writing skills
      • Ability to communicate effectively and follow/retain detailed written and verbal instruction in an accurate, timely, safe, and professional manner with supervisor, group members, and other departments as necessary
      • Ability to manage time effectively to complete assignments in expected time frame and independently seek out additional work when tasks are completed ahead of time
      • Ability to cooperate with coworkers within an organized team environment or work alone
      • Detail oriented with ability to work effectively under high pressure with multiple deadlines
      • Strong ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
      • Positive attitude and ability to work with others
      • Ability to process a large volume of work
      • Ability to effectively carry out and implement change
      • Ability to put aside personal opinions and focus on business needs, department needs, or group needs
    • Leadership Requirements
      • Establishes an effective, professional, and positive relationship with employees
      • Clarifies responsibilities and expectations and holds employees accountable
      • Participates in and conducts timely HR-related processes
      • Provides timely constructive feedback that is clear and direct
      • Provides guidance on how to strengthen knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve personal and organizational performance
      • Uses appropriate methods and flexible interpersonal style and coaching to develop others' capabilities
      • Recognizes and reinforces developmental efforts, progress, and improvements
      • Collaboratively works with direct reports to set meaningful performance objectives


    Physical Requirements
    Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen, reaching with hands and arms, talking, writing, listening. Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, bending, carrying, grasping. Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds. Must comply with EHS responsibilities for the position. Working conditions will be Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioned controlled.
    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.

    Top Skills

    Excel
    Word

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