Development Scientist in API Downstream Development

In this job, 371 million people worldwide depend on you to develop the world’s best drugs. Are you the future star that could contribute to our journey, then you may be our new scientist within API process development with focus on filtration.

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 110+ employees divided in 6 teams that work together.

Currently, we are expanding knowledge within filtration in our area and therefore we need you!

The position

In this position you will primarily be responsible for planning (alone in collaboration with other colleagues), executing and analysing laboratory experiments to develop robust and scalable filtration and purification processes. Particularly at the beginning, performing laboratory/pilot scale experimental work will be a significant part of your job.

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 colleges
• 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
• Drive cross organisational optimization projects

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

Qualifications

You hold a M.Sc. preferable a PhD in biochemistry, (bio-)chemical engineering, protein chemistry or related discipline. You have minimum 3 years of experience within downstream process steps such as chromatography, filtrations, enzymatic reactions and supporting analytics. A theoretical understanding in combination with practical experience from lab within chromatography and filtration.

We work 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. 

As a person, you enjoy collaborating, learning, and sharing information with others. You are driven by achieving great results together with colleagues and you take responsibility and pride in delivering fit for purpose processes. You have excellent communication and collaboration skills enabling you to interact with your many stakeholders from different functions and parts of the organisation.

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.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 570,200 to 838,100 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.
The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short‑term and/or long‑term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Contact

For further information, please contact Amalie Møller Hillmann, kihy@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

10th May 2026, 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.

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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 are life changing.