Senior Project Manager – Finance Transformation

FLBD FUJIFILM Life Sciences Biotechnologies Denmark ApS; Hillerød; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead finance transformation initiatives that modernize processes and systems across our organization. You will drive cross-functional delivery, develop detailed plans, and enable measurable performance improvements to build a scalable finance backbone for growth.

The role requires deep experience in Lean/Six Sigma, ERP systems, and complex program management within a global manufacturing context, with a focus on delivering results

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience with 5 years in project management or operational excellence, preferably in finance-focused projects.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process-improvement expertise.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects in large, global manufacturing settings.
• Experience with ERP and finance software across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope, timeline, resources, and budget to meet outcomes.
• Develop detailed project plans with dependencies and schedules.
• Oversee budget, flag deviations, and enable informed decisions.
• Identify and mitigate risks, escalating as needed.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and sites to deliver requirements.
• Lead process-mapping workshops and document current and future states.
• Track KPIs, drive improvements, and assess solution effectiveness.
• Drive stakeholder alignment, change management, and training plans.
• Support business cases for stage-gate requests and present status reports.

Skills

Finance transformation

Project management

Lean / Six Sigma

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Budget & cost control

Data integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Master's degree or PMP certification (preferred)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Ready to accelerate a 4x revenue growth journey by FY30? Join FUJIFILM Biotechnologies as a Senior Project Manager - Finance Transformation and lead complex, strategic initiatives that modernize our finance processes, systems, and ways of working. You’ll drive cross-functional delivery, enable measurable performance improvements, and help build the scalable finance backbone for our next stage of growth.

What you’ll do

• Manage project scope, timeline, resources, and budget to achieve specified outcomes.
• Develop detailed project plans with dependencies, responsibilities, and schedules to guide finance transformation initiatives.
• Oversee budget management, ensuring projects remain within financial and time constraints; flag potential deviations in a timely manner for effective decision-making.
• Identify and mitigate risks to ensure timely resolution and successful project execution; escal... e risks appropriately when support is required.
• Coordinate finance resources, cross-functional teams, and materials across multiple sites to deliver project requirements.
• Execute process mapping workshops with project teams and SMEs to document and optimize processes and workflows, including current state, pain points, solution options, timelines and cost.
• Track meaningful KPIs and escal... e performance is not as expected; use KPIs to identify processes needing transformation and to assess solution effectiveness.
• Manage stakeholders to ensure alignment and engagement throughout project lifecycles; support change management, communication, engagement, rollout and training plans.
• Support development of business cases for stage-gate requests with clear and concise problem statements.
• Prepare and present project status reports/updates to stakeholders and steering groups; ensure all documents are complete, current and appropriately stored.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Minimum education and experience requirements

• Bachelor's degree attained in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or other related field with a minimum of 10 years professional experience with 5 years of experience in project management or operational excellence role, with a strong preference for experience in finance-focused projects Or if a Masters attained - A minimum of 5 years professional experience with 3 years of experience in project management or operational excellence role, with a strong preference for experience in finance-focused projects A master's degree or professional certification (e.g., PMP) is preferred.
• Proven experience in Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Lean, Six Sigma or Agile methodologies and demonstrated ability to manage the successful delivery of projects.
• Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing industry in large, global organization is desired.
• Experience with ERP systems and familiarity with finance and accounting software.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities Thoroughness: articulate business cases and measurable improvements; manage cost, scope, resources, risk and timelines with accuracy; ensure data integrity and completion of all tasks; recognize cross-disciplinary interrelationships.
• Rational persuasion: use logic and cost-benefit arguments; present fact-based cases; reference source data; adapt style to different stakeholders.
• Concern for impact: communicate to influence and negotiate at all levels; anticipate impacts and adjust actions; maintain others’ self-esteem during difficult conversations.
• Efficiency orientation: map processes, identify pain points, and propose solutions; streamline methods and eliminate redundancies; coordinate activities and proactively avoid overruns.
• Concern for standards: define consequences of not meeting standards; drive consistency and excellence; ensure procedures/systems are applied consistently.

This role has a high-impact seat at the table. Your work will directly enable scalable growth, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You will collaborate across Finance, IT, Operations and multiple sites to deliver change that lasts.

Benefits and compensation will be governed by the location that you are based from and considered your home site.

As part of any recruitment process, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations and may share this as part of the global recruitment process with hiring managers in Europe and the United States.

We are part of the Fujifilm Group, and we all share the same purpose. Giving our world more smiles. We bring diverse ideas, unique capabilities, and extraordinary people together to change the world.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies works in strategic collaboration with biopharmaceutical and biotech companies to develop and manufacture the latest in biologics, advanced therapies and vaccines. With production facilities in the US and Europe, we give our customers everything they need to develop and commercialize treatments and therapies effectively and efficiently to make patients’ lives better. We are driven to revolutionize the industry through our Partners for Life mindset, seeking to build global partnerships based on trust with our customers. Our global teams fully embrace our aspiration of being the leading and most trusted Partners for Life in the biopharmaceutical industry.