Senior Project Cost Controller

Novo Nordisk A/S; Gladsaxe Kommune; Remote; DKK 651,000 - 957,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark seeks a Senior Project Cost Controller to own cost control on major capex projects within the API organisation. You will provide clear forecasts, budgets and insights to project management, while guiding colleagues in cost control to maintain scope, time, quality and budget.

You’ll work with Project Controls & Governance to shape cost control methods, forecast performance, and ensure financial clarity for senior stakeholders across Global Manufacturing & Supply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar project cost control role.
• Experience in cost control on large capex projects.
• Ability to guide colleagues and set professional direction.
• Structured approach with attention to detail.
• Ability to translate complex financial issues for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall project cost control, planning, organising and controlling resources and processes so projects deliver within scope, time, quality and budget.
• Act as a sparring partner to project management on cost forecasting, progress reporting and budget management, with direct reference to the Project Controls Manager.
• Analyse designs, methods and internal manufacturing processes with project teams to ensure cost, delivery and quality targets are met.
• Guide colleagues within cost control and set professional direction for the discipline.
• Develop and manage new and existing projects by recommending, monitoring and adjusting operating procedures.
• Implement process improvements and changes to project controlling methods to raise the bar on every project.

Skills

Cost control

Capex projects

Stakeholder communication

Structured approach

English fluency

Job description

As Senior Project Cost Controller, you will own cost control on some of the largest capital projects in Novo's API organisation. You will give project management the clear forecasts, reporting and budget insight they need to make decisions at pace, while setting professional direction for colleagues in cost control. Your work helps keep major manufacturing investments on scope, time, quality and budget, so the capacity to supply treatment to the people who need it is built on solid financial ground.

What you’ll bring

You combine hands-on cost control expertise with the ability to raise the standard of the people around you. You will bring:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar project cost control role.
• Demonstrated experience in cost control on large capex projects.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, and the ability to guide colleagues and set professional direction.
• A structured approach that lets you keep the broad overview without losing attention to detail.
• The ability to translate complex financial issues into clear messages for senior stakeholders.
• Fluency in English.

Useful, but not essential:

• Experience from a GMP-regulated industry.
• Experience working across different teams and departments.

What you’ll do

You will be accountable for financial control on large capex projects from planning through execution, and help shape how cost control is done across the department.

• Manage overall project cost control, planning, organising and controlling resources and processes so projects deliver within scope, time, quality and budget.
• Act as a sparring partner to project management on cost forecasting, progress reporting and budget management, with direct reference to the Project Controls Manager.
• Analyse designs, methods and internal manufacturing processes with project teams to make sure cost, delivery and quality targets are met.
• Guide colleagues within cost control and set professional direction for the discipline.
• Develop and manage new and existing projects by recommending, monitoring and adjusting operating procedures.
• Implement process improvements and changes to project controlling methods, so the team learns and raises the bar on every project.

Who you’ll work with

You will join Project Controls & Governance (PC&G), which supports the largest capital projects across the API organisation within Global Manufacturing & Supply. PC&G is a department of around 50 people across six teams, with a culture that is open, engaged, curious and inclusive, and a shared focus on continuous learning and improvement.

You will work closely with the Project Controls Manager and project management, and with skilled colleagues across teams and departments to govern the financial side of each project. In Global Manufacturing & Supply, colleagues work across the value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo products, scaling molecules, processes, devices and products for the people who need them. Your role is to bring financial clarity early, speak up when numbers signal a risk and help projects move forward with confidence.

What you can expect here

You will be trusted with ownership of cost control on complex, high-value projects and given room to shape methods and ways of working in your discipline. You will grow alongside experienced colleagues on the job, sharpen your leadership by guiding others and make your voice heard with senior stakeholders. The work moves at pace, and clear expectations help you deliver your best and be recognised for it.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 651,000 to 956,900 DKK, 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 [insert link].

For further information, please contact Associate Director Kasper Guldhammer on phone [phone].

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