Project Coordinator

Zealand Pharma A/S; Denmark; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealand Pharma A/S is seeking a Project Coordinator to support global R&D project planning, execution, and monitoring. You will keep plans updated, track milestones, and coordinate cross-functional meetings to ensure timely, compliant results.

You will work closely with Project Leaders and stakeholders across departments to maintain documentation and governance standards. The role emphasizes proactive coordination, accurate communication, and adherence to SOPs, with involvement in governance

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating PMO tasks for R&D projects.
• Strong planning, scheduling and tracking abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and coordination of R&D projects, maintaining plans and milestones.
• Track progress, risks, and action items; escalate issues as needed.
• Coordinate cross-functional meetings; capture minutes and follow-up.

Skills

PMO coordination

Project scheduling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Office

Job description

Does it excite you to be the coordination engine behind global R&D projects, and do you have a talent for keeping cross‑functional teams organized, informed, and on track? If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities, then you could be our new colleague.

Your new position

As Project Coordinator, you will support global project teams in the planning, execution, and monitoring of projects across Research and Development. You will keep projects moving — maintaining plans, tracking progress and risks, coordinating meetings, and ensuring documentation and communication stay accurate and compliant. Working closely with Project Leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders, you will be a central point of coordination that helps teams deliver timely, high‑quality results in line with our internal procedures and project governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and coordination of R&D projects, maintaining project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables in accordance with project governance standards
• Track project progress, dependencies, risks, and action items, and escape issues as appropriate
• Coordinate cross‑functional project meetings — preparing agendas, capturing minutes, and following up on actions
• Maintain accurate and compliant project documentation, including decision logs and status reports
• Support the preparation of materials for governance forums, project reviews, and leadership updates
• Assist with resource tracking, budget follow‑up, and financial reporting where applicable
• Ensure alignment with internal SOPs and quality standards, support change control and the documentation of scope or timeline changes, and contribute to the continuous improvement of project management tools, templates, and processes

Your profile

You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive — someone who brings order to complexity and keeps many moving parts aligned. You communicate clearly, follow through reliably, and build strong working relationships across functions. You take pride in accuracy and are motivated by helping teams deliver.

Experience and requirements

• Experience in project coordination, project administration, or PMO support, ideally within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or another regulated R&D environment
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple workstreams and competing deadlines
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, e.g. Smartsheet
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including minute‑taking, status reporting, and stakeholder follow‑up
• Familiarity with project governance, SOPs, and quality/compliance requirements in a regulated setting
• Relevant education, e.g. bachelor's degree in life sciences, business administration, or a related field

Your new team

You will join the Project Management Office (PMO) and report to a Project Vice President. The role works in close partnership with Project Leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders across Research and Development, supporting projects throughout the portfolio.

Let’s bond and be bold

We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization. And we want you to help us strengthen this culture. Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. From discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, to engaging with our partners or connecting with each other. We bond through curiosity and playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking and drive future innovation. Join us and let’s bond and be bold.

About Zealand Pharma A/S

Zealand Pharma A/S Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) is a biotechnology company focused on advancing medicines for obesity and metabolic health. Combining more than 25 years of peptide R&D expertise with a proprietary data platform that leverages advanced data‑driven and AI/ML approaches, Zealand Pharma aims to lead a new era in obesity and metabolic health. To date, more than ten Zealand Pharma‑invented drug candidates have entered clinical development, of which two products have reached the market and three candidates are in late‑stage development. The Company has collaborations with global pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners for research, development, and commercialization. Founded in 1998, Zealand Pharma is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a U.S. presence in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more at www.zealandpharma.com. #LI-onsite Since our founding in 1998, Zealand Pharma has built a core expertise in the discovery, design, and development of therapeutic peptides. This expertise has led to an R&D pipeline of innovative investigational candidates designed to address a broad range of disease areas. We have four therapeutic focus areas: obesity, rare diseases, chronic inflammation, and type 1 diabetes. In obesity, our peptide capabilities place us in a unique position to address a vast global health challenge and positively impact hundreds of millions of lives. Within rare diseases, we have a long‑standing commitment to deliver new treatments to patients living with congenital hyperinsulinism and short bowel syndrome. For chronic inflammatory diseases, we are progressing peptide programs focused on high‑profile targets shown to be difficult to address with small molecules and antibodies. For type 1 diabetes, we aspire to change the management of this disease. Our strategy is to pursue global co‑development and commercialization partnerships that complement and extend our capabilities across the value chain to deliver new peptide therapies to people who need them.