Senior Project Manager DD&T

Zealand Pharma; Søborg; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealand Pharma A/S, a biotechnology company focusing on obesity and metabolic health, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex digital initiatives across the value chain. The role partners with DD&T and serves as a strategic counterpart to the business, blending structured and agile delivery in a hybrid setup.

You will drive timelines, manage stakeholders, ensure validated and compliant systems, and collaborate with suppliers and process owners to translate business needs into digital

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex digital solutions across the value chain.
• Experience delivering and managing digital initiatives in the life science industry.
• Certification in project management and agile methodologies is preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to plan and run workshops and processes, and to translate between Zealand business needs and technical or supplier perspectives.
• Business, Bachelor or Master degree within IT and proficiency in English, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement complex initiatives across the organization, both GxP-regulated and non-GxP
• Design and facilitate solutions in close collaboration with Line of Business
• Co‑develop project timelines, milestones and delivery approach with business and suppliers, choosing structured or agile methods to fit the initiative
• Track actions, decisions and risks, feeding into a single, consolidated view of the DD&T project portfolio
• Secure delivery of validated, tested and compliant systems in close collaboration with users, System Owners, Process Owners and suppliers
• Facilitate change management and keep all stakeholders informed throughout the projects

Skills

Digital project management

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Agile methodologies

Life sciences experience

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor in IT

Master in IT

Job description

Does it excite you to work with shaping the digital agenda together with the business across the value chain, and do you have experience with leading complex digital projects in a regulated life science setting? 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 a Senior Project Manager, you will lead complex projects and digital initiatives across Zealand Pharma. The role is anchored in Business Partnership & Delivery and works as a strategic counterpart to the business where you will translate business needs into digital projects. You will run a hybrid delivery model, using structured project delivery for large builds and agile ways of working for continuous development and data & AI initiatives. Your work will support Zealand’s Metabolic Frontier 2030 ambition.

We Offer Exciting Responsibilities

• Lead and implement complex initiatives across the organization, both GxP-regulated and non-GxP
• Design and facilitate solutions in close collaboration with Line of Business
• Co‑develop project timelines, milestones and delivery approach with business and suppliers, choosing structured or agile methods to fit the initiative
• Track actions, decisions and risks, feeding into a single, consolidated view of the DD&T project portfolio
• Secure delivery of validated, tested and compliant systems in close collaboration with users, System Owners, Process Owners and suppliers
• Facilitate change management and keep all stakeholders informed throughout the projects

Your profile

As a person you are a credible digital leader who builds trust with the business and with suppliers alike. It comes naturally to see and execute on Zealand Business needs and making sure our supplier understand Zealand needs. As a facilitator you bring people together, create clarity and drive progress. You are comfortable switching between structured and agile approaches.

• Significant experience managing complex digital solutions across the value chain
• Experience delivering and managing digital initiatives in the life science industry
• Certification in project management and agile methodologies is preferred
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to plan and run workshops and processes, and to translate between Zealand business needs and technical or supplier perspectives
• Business, Bachelor or Master degree within IT and proficiency in English, both verbally and in writing

Your new team

You will join Business Partnership & Delivery, part of Digital, Data & Technology (DD&T) at Zealand Pharma. The team acts as a dedicated strategic partner to the business units across the value chain and owns the health, coherence and governance of the DD&T project 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.

no later than Month 18 October 2026

For further information, please contact Christine Ingemann Kobbel, Head of Business Partnership & Delivery, on [phone].

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from all job applicants.

About 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.