Senior Raw Materials Scientist

Senior Raw Materials Scientist

Are you passionate about material science and eager to make a meaningful impact on the development and production of oral drug products? Do you enjoy turning scientific insights into practical solutions that improve product quality and manufacturing performance? If so, this is your opportunity to join a highly skilled scientific environment where your expertise in raw materials and excipients can help shape the future of healthcare.

As a Raw Materials Scientist, you will play a key role in supporting the lifecycle management, development, and optimisation of solid oral dose products. Working closely with colleagues across development, production, quality, and analytical functions, you will contribute to ensuring robust and reliable products that meet the highest scientific and regulatory standards.

Your New Role

As a Raw Materials Scientist, you will be responsible for driving raw material and excipient-related activities across a diverse portfolio of oral drug products. You will combine scientific expertise with strong project management capabilities to support both development activities and commercial manufacturing.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading scientific activities and studies related to raw materials, excipients, and oral drug product development.
• Acting as Responsible Scientist for assigned projects and ensuring timely delivery of project objectives.
• Providing scientific support to manufacturing, development, and quality stakeholders on raw material and formulation-related topics.
• Collaborating with analytical development teams and supporting stability assessments and investigations.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, simplification efforts, and optimisation of GMP-related processes.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to influence important decisions affecting product quality, process performance, and operational excellence. You will work in a fast-paced environment where scientific curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement are highly valued.

Your New Department

You will join Tablet-MSAT, a part of Novo Nordisk responsible for supporting the oral drug product portfolio as well as introducing new products and manufacturing platforms. Within Tablet-MSAT, you will become part of the Life Cycle Management department, which plays a vital role in ensuring product and process optimisation, stability programmes, process validation activities, and regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

The department consists of approximately 60 highly skilled professionals organised across four teams and is continuously evolving to support future product launches and growing business demands.

You will become part of a collaborative scientific team focused on raw materials and process development for oral drug products. The team works closely with a broad network of stakeholders and offers excellent opportunities to develop professionally while contributing to projects of strategic importance.

Your Skills and Qualifications

We are looking for a motivated scientist who enjoys solving complex challenges and collaborating across functions.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A PhD or Master's degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
• A strong interest in excipients, raw materials, formulation science, and pharmaceutical processes.
• Knowledge of drug development, analytical development, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to navigate complex scientific and operational challenges.
• Professional proficiency in English. Danish language skills are considered an advantage.

As a person, you are proactive, independent, and naturally take ownership of your work. You enjoy working as part of a team and actively contribute to shared success. You approach challenges with curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset, while maintaining a strong focus on quality, compliance, and delivering results. You thrive in a dynamic environment and can adapt effectively when priorities change.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from to , 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 about the position, please contact Mikkel Tonning at MBCV@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

9th august 2026

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.