P&O Project Manager - People, Organisation & Corporate Affairs

Business Partnering

Bagsværd, Denmark

Do you want to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution while driving impactful HR initiatives across our EVP area, People, Organisation & Corporate Affairs (POCA)? As P&O Project Manager, you will be a trusted partner to HR Business Partners and leaders, shaping organisational, talent and leadership priorities in a complex and global environment.

Your new role

The purpose of our team is to translate the needs of Line of Business into relevant organisational and people responses, ensuring that we drive those P&O solutions that has highest impact on the strategic success criteria of our Business.

As P&O Project Manager, you will act as a consultant to the HR Business partner team, driving cross-functional HR projects, primarily involving multiple SVP areas with a global reach. Responsibilities include coordinating efforts across different entities, ensuring alignment, and driving progress through effective planning and stakeholder engagement. Your key responsibilities include:

• Drive and execute P&O initiatives, projects, programs that goes across the EVP area, for instance within Talent Management and Workforce planning.
• Follow up on performance progress, ensuring measurable impact

• Act as sparring partner and consultant to HR Business Partners in the team

• Ensure alignment between local requirements and Global Centre of Excellence offerings

Your new department

You will join POCA Business Partnering at Novo Nordisk, where we work to enhance employee engagement and attract top talent, ensuring Novo Nordisk remains a premier workplace for exceptional individuals. Together, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers people to thrive while supporting our mission to improve lives.

You will be part of the POCA HR Business Partnering team, consisting of five experienced colleagues, supporting a highly critical business area with significant strategic importance.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for someone who is excellent at driving execution based on a strategy and who loves to put structure and simplicity into complex matters. You bring a pragmatic, solution‑oriented mindset and are comfortable navigating ambiguity while ensuring progress and accountability. Ideally, you bring:

• Master’s degree in HR, organisational psychology or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in HR project management, process facilitation or similar HR role, with a proven track record of delivering strategic initiatives
• Alternatively, you have a background driving business process execution e.g. from management consulting
• Solid business understanding, enabling you to connect people strategies with organisational goals
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
• Strong facilitation, presentation and communication skills, enabling you to engage effectively across organisational levels
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long‑term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from DKK 651,000 to DKK 956,900, corresponding to the level of the position.
The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short‑term and/or long‑term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Deadline
20 May 2026.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.