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 Filtration Scientist within our CMC API Downstream Development department, as we are currently seeking a motivated colleague to expand our knowledge within filtration. Do not hesitate and apply today for a lifechanging career!  

The position 

We are expanding downstream development, and our capabilities within filtration and your responsibilities and employment terms will reflect your experience and competencies. 

As our Filtration Scientist in API Downstream Development your main responsibility is to develop scalable and robust filtration processes. You would oversee the planning and evaluation of laboratory experiments in collaboration with skilled technicians. You will 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.  

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Being responsible for developing downstream processes for peptides and proteins. Driving an overall process perspective, connecting challenges and potential opportunities for the entire process to seek the optimal solution together with your stakeholders and colleagues. 
• Performing, evaluating and reporting experimental work in the laboratory. 
• Providing data analysis as well as input at technical design reviews. 
• Collaborating with laboratory technicians, including trouble shooting on technical issues. 
• Participating in cross-functional project groups and professional collaboration forums. 
• Being 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 many talented people, feeding into 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:  

• Hold a MSc. 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 a solid knowledge, and hands-on experience within polymeric and/or ceramic membrane filtration (MF, UF/DF) and some years of experience within the field. 
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills that enable you to interact with your many stakeholders from distinct 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 100+ employees divided in 8 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, we don't wait for change. We drive it. We're a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We are anchored on scientific innovation through the power of our diverse differences. We embrace the spirit of experimentation and strive for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we are all working together to advance patient care. 

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 at +45 34481342. 

Deadline 

28 February 2025 

Applications will be evaluated continuously when received, and candidates may be called for interview before the deadline.  

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.