Development Scientist, Virology and Virus Safety (Denmark, Gentofte)

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Gentofte, Denmark

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Research

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Are you passionate about virology and virus safety? Do you have experience in downstream purification processes? We are looking for a talented Development Scientist to join our Virology and Cell Banks department in Novo Nordisk.

If you are ready for exciting challenges and want to contribute to the development of manufacturing processes for new mammalian proteins, apply today for a life-changing career!

The Position
As a Development Scientist you will be responsible for planning, executing and analysing downscaled downstream purification experiments to ensure a robust purification process to remove and/or inactivate potential viral contaminants and coordinate activities to ensure the virus safety of mammalian expressed recombinant proteins in development.

You will ensure the virus safety of assigned projects. This encompasses various responsibilities such as evaluating downstream purification processes, providing input regarding virus safety in different aspects of projects – including evaluation of raw materials, Drug substance and Drug Product – and interacting with stakeholders. Additionally, you will be responsible for preparation of documentation for health authority agencies across the world.

The main tasks will be to:

• Conducting virus clearance evaluation studies of downscaled purification processes
• Plan, evaluate and report experimental work carried out in the laboratory
• Provide data as well as input to purification process development
• Collaborate with laboratory technicians, including trouble shooting on technical issues
• Participate in various scientific writing tasks including documents for clinical trial applications etc.

You can look forward to a broad range of exciting challenges feeding in to your personal and professional development. Our working environment is dynamic with a lot of drive and a strong culture of cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• A minimum of a master’s degree in bio-chemical engineering, protein chemistry or similar

• Solid experience from related areas
• Experience within a GMP regulated area is beneficial

• Experience with downstream purification process steps such as chromatography and nanofiltration e.g. with ÄKTA chromatography system
• Knowledge of cell-based assays and a general understanding of virus safety of pharmaceuticals is an advantage
• Good communication skills in English

We operate in a fast-changing environment, with an increasing level of automation and digitalization. It is therefore considered an advantage to be an innovative individual with ability and experience within the areas of automation and digitalization. Knowledge within molecular detection techniques e.g. qPCR and RT-qPCR or other is beneficial but not a requirement.

As a person, you enjoy collaborating, learning, and sharing information with others. You are driven by achieving great results together with fellow colleagues. Further, you possess excellent communication and collaboration skills enabling you to interact with your many stakeholders from different functions and parts of the organisation.

About the Department
As part of Novo Nordisk PSQIT organisation, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Development & Scaling makes a real difference for patients with chronic diseases across the world. We develop, manufacture and distribute drug candidates for clinical trials and have a strong culture with a “can do” mind-set.

The job is within the Virology and Cell Banks department in CMC API Process Operations, located in Gentofte. Our main responsibility is to contribute to the development of manufacturing processes for new mammalian expressed products - all the way from development to market authorisation focusing on validation of purification processes for its virus clearance capacity. This is performed in close collaboration with the downstream purification team, research and manufacturing units, quality assurance and pilot facilities. The Virology and Cell Bank department has 35+ employees which are divided in 4 teams.

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 Josephine Frederikke Kroman Larsen at +45 3075 1129.

Deadline
Apply before May, 28 2024.

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.