Sr. Filtration Scientist in API Downstream Development

Sr. Filtration Scientist in API Downstream Development 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 Senior Filtration Scientist within our CMC API Downstream Development department, as we are currently seeking a motivated colleague to expand our knowledge within filtration. Don’t hesitate and apply today for a lifechanging career! The position As our Filtration Scientist in downstream development your main responsibility is to develop scalable and robust filtration processes. 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. Moreover, you will: • Be responsible for developing downstream processes for peptides and proteins. 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 • Perform, evaluate, and report experimental work in the laboratory • Provide data analysis as well as input at technical design reviews • Collaborate with laboratory technicians, including trouble shooting on technical issues • Participate in cross-functional project groups and professional collaboration forums • Be innovative in experimental design and optimization, identifying innovative 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 a solid knowledge, preferably with a Ph.D. within filtration (MF, UF/DF) and minimum 2 years of experience within the field • 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 • Have excellent communication and collaboration skills that enable you to interact with your many stakeholders from different functions and parts of the organisation 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 job is placed in the department Downstream Development in CMC API Development, located in Bagsværd. Our main responsibility is to develop manufacturing processes for new proteins and peptides used in clinical trials. We do so in close collaboration with the research and manufacturing units, pilot facilities, and Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs). The department has 90+ employees divided in 6 teams that work together. Currently, we are expanding knowledge within peptide and protein filtration in our area and therefore we need you. Working at Novo Nordisk At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication, and ambition help us change lives for the better. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. Contact For further information, please contact Jane Frantzen Boesen, +45 34481342. Deadline 15th of August 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.