IT Project Manager

About Lundbeck

This vacancy is provided by Copenhagen Capacity.

Tirelessly dedicated to restoring brain health, so every person can be their best. With too many people living with brain diseases around the world, our purpose couldn't be more important or more worth striving for. Every day we work to change outcomes for these people. We are specialists fiercely dedicated to restoring brain health, drawing on, and embracing, the uniqueness of every employee.

Our global footprint

Our approximately 5,400 employees in more than 50 countries are engaged across the entire value chain throughout research, development, production, marketing, and sales. Our research programs tackle some of the most complex challenges in neuroscience, and our pipeline is focused on bringing forward transformative treatments for brain diseases for which there are few, if any therapeutic options. We have research facilities in Denmark and the United States, and our production facilities are located in Denmark, France, and Italy. Lundbeck generated revenue was DKK 18.2 billion in 2022.

Position

Are you motivated by driving IT projects in close collaboration with our business units to support Lundbeck in its ambition to become #1 in brain health? Your experience as a project manager might be just what we’re looking for.

Your new role – why is this a great opportunity?

In Global IT, we have a strong team focusing on our R&D areas. You will be part of a Global IT team of Project Managers and Solution Architects, working closely with the R&D business stakeholders.

Your contribution will be key in ensuring that our R&D processes are supported by Global IT systems that meet business and IT requirements as well as security and compliance standards. In this role you will work with driving IT project implementations, change management, vendor management, maturation of IT investment proposals and a lot of other interesting and challenging assignments.

Your future team

R&D IT Solutions is a part of Business IT Delivery in Global IT. Our office location is Valby in the Copenhagen area. You will join our team who takes pride in delivering high-quality IT implementations to the R&D organization. As our new IT Project Manager, you will join a team focused on supporting the business. We are working in projects that aim at making Lundbeck #1 in brain health. We are enthusiastic about what we do but we also take time to have fun together.

What you bring to the team

Our projects differ in type, size, complexity, and duration. You might therefore be responsible for one or more projects and/or pre-projects at the same time. Flexibility in this role is key and change readiness is a prerequisite.

The project deliverables and thereby the responsibility of the Project Manager can include upgrades of existing applications, new infrastructure, implementation of new systems, integrations, process optimization, change management or a combination of it all.

You will work as an individual being responsible for your own projects but will also be part of a cross functional Project Management community where sparring, support and sharing of experiences is important and part of our culture.

Your main areas of responsibility:

• Leading pre-projects and maturing proposals for IT investments to build strong IT Business cases
• Leading and executing cross functional global IT projects of various sizes, complexity, and duration
• Stakeholder management internally as well as externally toward vendors
• Proactively managing scope, timeline, quality, budget, risks, issues and actions
• Managing project teams in various parts of the organization
• Applying agile elements into the projects where applicable
• Adapt a project management approach based on project and organizational needs
• Ability to produce content for various purposes in various formats to audiences at different levels e.g., executives, Steering committees, teams, vendors, users etc.
• Adapt to guidelines and procedures in a very regulated industry

Experience we’re looking for:

You have a solid knowledge about the project management discipline and at least 3-4 years of experience as an IT Project Manager.

Your qualification

• Relevant Project Management, IT and/or Management education
• Experience in working with GxP
• Experience with work in a multivendor set-up where vendor and contract management are a part of your daily work
• Experience with RFI / RFP processes and with the preparation of business cases
• Solid knowledge and experience with the IT Project Management toolbox
• High personal drive and focus on delivering on scope, time, budget and in appropriate quality
• Responsible as an individual and an excellent team player
• Great soft skills to ensure accuracy in leading project teams, Steering committees, and key stakeholders
• Ability and experience with being a challenger, problem solver and negotiator
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience with change management
• Fluent in English as this job requires communication with international stakeholders

Will be a plus

• Project management certification(s)
• Test and Validation management
• Experience with working out contracts and SOW’s
• Experience with agile ways of working
• Technical IT skills at sufficient level

What we offer

Our promise to you

Lundbeck offers an inspiring workplace, passionate colleagues and a culture characterized as collaborative – a must to successfully bring our treatments through research and development all the way to commercialization and the people who need them. We offer a mix of exciting tasks and numerous development opportunities that are balanced with initiatives focused on your well-being.

Additional details

Personality profile:

• You will be joining a team that likes to work hard and have fun too – you enjoy teamwork in your projects where everyone wins by working together
• Engaged change agent – you are resilient and can adapt and thrive in a department and company that is in transformation, eager to continuously learn, adjust and improve
• You like a project challenge and are motivated by learning new things
• You will take full ownership and responsibility of deliverables
• Hands-on, positive attitude; a person who is willing to propose and try something new
• Well-organized and structured
• Simple, yet effective and flexible approach to project planning and deliverables – ability to work with multiple stakeholders and projects to reach agreed objectives

Apply now

Can you see yourself in this role? We want to hear from you. Does this sound like your dream job, but you’re not sure if you meet all the requirements? We still want to hear from you!

Upload your CV and include a few lines about your motivation for applying. No separate cover letter is needed. We ask you not to include a photo or personal information that does not relate to your professional experience.

We need every brain in the game – and that includes all brains and the different perspectives we bring to the table. At Lundbeck, we embrace the uniqueness of each employee, and we are committed to building a workforce that is as diverse as the people we serve.