API Downstream Development Scientist

Do you thrive in a work environment where professional and personal development is an expectation? Would you like to become part of a team of highly skilled scientists and laboratory technicians that develop downstream processes for the medicines of tomorrow? Then you may become our new Development Scientist within our CMC API Downstream Development department, as we are currently seeking a motivated colleague to bring forward our late-stage project portfolio. Don’t hesitate and apply today for a lifechanging career! The Position As our Development Scientist, you will be responsible for process transfer to commercial facilities as well as generation and compilation of process knowledge for registration purposes. You’d oversee the planning and evaluation of laboratory experiments in collaboration with skilled technicians. You’ll drive an overall process perspective, connecting challenges and potential opportunities for the entire process to seek the optimal solution together with your stakeholders and colleagues. This will include, among other things, participating in communication with health authorities and collaborating with laboratory technicians, including trouble shooting on technical issues.
Moreover, you will:
• Be responsible for purification steps of allocated projects
• Contribute to submissions for clinical trials and registration files
• Evaluate and report experimental work in the laboratory and provide data analysis as well as input at technical design reviews
• Drive cross organisational optimization projects and participate in cross-functional project groups and professional collaboration forums
• Be innovative in experimental design and optimization, identifying new solutions to technical problems, data handling and secure IPR
What we offer is a broad range of exciting challenges and the opportunity to work with a lot of talented people, feeding in to your personal and professional development. Our work environment is both dynamic and informal, where individuals with a lot of drive and willingness to work closely cross-functionally are able to thrive. Qualifications We’re looking for someone who enjoys collaborating, learning and sharing information with others and is driven by achieving great results together with colleagues. We expect our candidate to take responsibility and pride in delivering fit for purpose processes. Moreover, we expect you to:
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills that enable you to interact with your many stakeholders from different functions and parts of the organisation
• Hold a M.Sc. or PhD in biochemistry, chemical engineering, protein chemistry or related discipline
• Have experience within downstream process steps such as chromatography, precipitation, UF/DF and supporting analytics.
Experience in preparation of regulatory documentation for the CMC part of INDs/IMPDs is an advantage.
We operate in a fast-changing environment, with an increasing level of automation and digitalization. It is therefore considered a benefit to be an innovative individual with ability and experience within the areas of mechanistic or statistic modelling for experimental design and data handling. About the Department The team is part of Downstream Development in CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control) API Development, located in Bagsværd. Our main responsibility is to develop and support downstream processes for clinical production of API in our in-house Pilots or at Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs). The department has approximately 90 employees divided in 4 teams that work together. You will become part of a team consisting of around 22 skilled, dedicated laboratory technicians and scientists. Here, you will have the opportunity to work in an open and dynamic environment, where professionalism is highly valued. Working at Novo Nordisk We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease. Contact For further information, please contact Associate Manager Sophie Karkov at +45 3075 9818. Deadline June 12 2023 Candidates will be evaluated continuously. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.