Associate Manager for Facility Management at Novo Nordisk Engineering If you’re energised by leading operational excellence and digital transformation, and you thrive on driving performance through people, processes, and data, we’d love to hear from you! Who we are We are a leading pharma engineering company shaping the future of API pharma engineering globally. Leveraging the expertise of 2,000+ employees across Denmark, India, and the US, we design, build and optimise pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are essential to the health and well-being of patients everywhere.
Our success is driven by passion, innovation, and collaboration — with our customers and across our teams and disciplines. If you share our dedication to a noble cause and our passion for API pharma engineering, then
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About the role We are looking for an experienced manager to lead our Facility Management team of 8 skilled employees in Denmark.
As a team, we ensure efficient, reliable, and digitally enabled workplace operations in close collaboration with stakeholders across
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Facility Management is on a digital transformation journey, optimizing service management to enhance data insights, asset management, and service efficiency.
As Associate Manager, you will play a key role in driving this transformation while leading daily operations, including managing performance and budgets, and translating strategy into clear priorities that support both maintenance and project delivery.
The position is based in our Headquarter in Virum with occasional travel to our site in Kalundborg.
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Department Facility Management
How you might spend your days As Associate Manager for Facility Management, you will be working with a dynamic, multi-disciplinary organization where your daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Leading and developing a team across Virum and Kalundborg through a visible, on-site leadership style
- Managing selected soft FM service areas end-to-end (service quality, supplier performance, KPIs, user experience and continuous improvement)
- Converting strategy into concrete plans, clear priorities and day-to-day execution together with the team
- Ensuring stable operations through structured governance (vendor follow-up, issue management, escalations and stakeholder communication)
- Driving continuous optimisation by strengthening processes and systems (including AI & digital solutions) to deliver measurable service improvements
Who you are We care about who you are as a person. In the end, how you work, and your energy is what impacts the results we achieve as a team. As a person, you:
- Have a holistic leadership style creating engagement and performance through clear direction and presence in daily operations
- Possess great stakeholder management and communication skills and can balance service mindset with business priorities
- Have an analytical mindset, being comfortable using data to drive decisions and improvements
- Enjoy creating structure and can drive multiple agendas from idea to execution
- Thrive in an energetic, fast-paced environment and take pride in delivering high-quality service
What you bring to the role In all positions, there are some things that are preferred, and others, a bonus. If you do not meet all the qualifications listed below, you are welcome to offer alternative experience that you think would be valuable in this role:
- +5 years of experience leading an operational department either within Facility Management, the service industry or other related areas
- Proven ability to turn strategic initiatives into operational actions
- Experience in leading a medium sized team and developing a high-performing team culture
- Proven track record of delivering data driven insights to support decision making
- Ability to analyze needs and implement innovative digital solutions enhancing the user journey for FM services across an organization
- Knowledge of the systems Topdesk, Excel, Power points is an advance
Life at [xxxxx].[xxxxx] is short for Novo Nordisk Engineering. And for all of us who work here,
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At
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We are, at our core, a people business and, as such, committed to continuously developing our people and the way we work together. We do not expect you to know it all from day one, and we truly believe a great start makes a real difference. We therefore welcome new colleagues with our award-nominated onboarding programme, supported by a range of in-house talent and development initiatives designed to support your long-term growth.
You can read more about the benefits we offer
here. Did we spark your curiosity? If you’re ready to join our passion, let’s hear from you.Deadline of application is 24 May 2026. Questions before applying? Send us a quick text to arrange a convenient time to chat. Please contact Senior Assistant in Facility Management, Pia Boye at +
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Please note: - We only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system
- You do not need to attach a cover letter, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV
- We invite to interviews on a running basis.
Fair hiring:At
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