What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Coordinator position at Novo Nordisk?
About the Department
At Novo Nordisk, Our Commercial Strategy and Marketing group creates and delivers human-centered experiences, where innovation meets customer-centricity, driving the ultimate experience for our patients. Our focus extends beyond transactions to craft experiences as one fully integrated, aligned and connected organization that puts empathy at the center, powered by insight and foresight. We develop an end-to-end approach to strategy, focusing on every touchpoint that impacts our customers. We leverage data and insights to inform our decision-making processes, ensuring that our strategies are rooted in a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors.
Our 'test and learn’ mindset and approach enables us to iterate rapidly and refine our strategies based on real-world results. We are building an intentional team culture that is made up of diverse skillsets, united by the shared belief that reinvention and learning is what fuels continuous growth. Do you get excited about exploring the unknown? Does the idea of driving value through human-centered design pull you in? Are you ready to experiment with us?
The Position
The Project Coordinator will play a pivotal role in supporting the Strategy Planning & Operations leader by ensuring seamless coordination of various tasks related to projects within the organization. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
Relationships
Reports to the Executive Director, Strategic Planning & Operations. Connects to and collaborates with different functions and leaders involved in budgeting and other core operational business activities. Connects to and collaborates with CS&M leadership team to support strategic planning & operations leader on operational activities.
Essential Functions
- Project Organization: Create and maintain comprehensive project roadmaps & timelines for leadership, ensuring alignment with other organization milestones
- Deliverable follow-up: Proactively organize, prioritize and follow up on assigned tasks and deliverables, ensuring completion in advance of deadlines for relevant engagements (e.g. committees, leadership teams, etc.)
- Pre-reads: Prepare pre-read materials for meetings and presentations, ensuring that all necessary information is provided to team members in advance
- Event coordination: Collaborate with stakeholders to coordinate logistics and content for designated events
- Budget Management: Track and consolidate budgeting requirements from various parts of the organization
- Meeting Requirement Management: Manage documentation requirements, reports, and minutes for critical meetings
Physical Requirements
0-10% overnight travel required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; relevant experience may be substituted for degree when appropriate
- 4 years of experience, including demonstrated history in administration, project management, or related roles preferably within the pharmaceutical industry
- Planning, Execution and follow-through skills required
- Experience with operations
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and maintain strict confidentiality
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated collaboration skills required
- Ability to self-organize and work in fast paced, ambiguous environment
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.
