Strategy Project Manager

Interested in a career that matters?

Join Novonesis as our new Strategy Project Manager

Are you ready for a new beginning? At Novonesis, we use the power of biology to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.

Do you combine manufacturing experience with strong strategic and financial judgement? Would you like to turn ambitious transformation targets into measurable results across a global operations organisation? Then this could be your next opportunity.

About the team

You will join the Operations Strategy team, which supports Operations leadership on strategic priorities and transformation. We are a small team of four colleagues and a student worker. Today, our primary focus is the Decoupling Cost from Growth programme, DCFG. However, our remit is the wider Operations strategy agenda, and our focus will evolve as priorities change.

We work across functions, production sites and strategic priorities and collaborate closely, challenge each other constructively and adapt when priorities change. Our goal is to make Operations more productive, scalable and ready for future growth.

Your impact

You will combine strategy, transformation and hands-on delivery across Novonesis Operations. This is not a PMO or project-administration role.

• Drive production-related and cross-functional initiatives in the DCFG portfolio and the wider Operations Strategy agenda.
• Track progress, remove barriers and support recovery actions when delivery is at risk.
• Strengthen initiatives by challenging their value, plans, resources, timing and risks.
• Partner with Finance and initiative owners on business cases, savings logic and benefit tracking.
• Lead selected strategic projects and support Operations leadership with recommendations and decision material.

Over time, the role offers broad exposure to Operations leadership and the opportunity to take on a larger share of the wider Operations transformation agenda.

What you’ll bring

• We welcome different career paths, including experience from industry or operations-focused consulting.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, operational excellence, supply chain or operational finance.
• Experience working in, or directly with, production sites.
• A record of delivering measurable operational and financial improvements.
• Experience leading ambiguous, cross-functional projects from definition to implementation.
• Strong business-case, Excel and communication skills, together with fluency in English. Danish is not required.
• Experience from process industries, budget processes, transformation offices or Power BI is an advantage, but not a requirement. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every preferred qualification.

Work location: Lyngby

Application deadline: October 29, 2026

Contact: Steve Ellington, Director and Head of Decoupling Cost From Growth Program, [email protected]

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

Explore other openings

If this position isn’t the right fit, you may still find other opportunities with us. You’re welcome to explore open roles or create a job agent to stay connected with future opportunities at novonesis.com/Career

Location: Lyngby