Senior Scientist - API

Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring analytical solutions that bring innovative medicines to patients worldwide? Are you motivated by collaboration with global, externals partners and complex projects? If so, this could be your next career move.

Join External Analysis in Emerging Technologies and help shape the future of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).

Your new role

As a Senior Scientist, you will provide scientific expertise and GMP knowledge to ensure robust analytical programmes at our Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs). You will support activities from late-stage development through commercialisation and contribute to regulatory submissions.

Day-to-day your tasks will include:

• Providing scientific and procedural support to CMOs and internal stakeholders.
• Supporting analytical activities after Phase 3 clinical completion through to commercial production
• Managing technical transfer and implementation of analytical methods between partners.
• Authoring and reviewing SOPs, protocols, reports, and transfer plans.
• Driving optimisation of internal processes and workflows.

As we are a developing area, you must be able to set direction and use your previous experience to define ways of working, also when the path is not clear. You will be responsible for taking products to market, whereas you need to have a strong foundation in GMP to bridge between development and commercial aspects and create robust and reliable processes that can support commercialization of the products.

You will be part of a team of subject matter experts, fostering an open, positive, and collaborative atmosphere for discussing ideas, problems, and solutions. Given that many CMOs are internationally based, the position may involve some travel, and meetings outside of normal working hours can occur. You can expect a maximum of 14 days of travel per year.

Your new department

Emerging Technologies - External Analysis & QC is a department currently with teams based in USA and Denmark. We have a growing pipeline, many of which are based on new technology platforms coming through internal development projects or acquisitions.

You will join a diverse team of Analytical Project Managers, Senior Analytical Professionals & Analytical Professionals.

Emerging Technologies is well-known for having a pioneering spirit as well as a curious and daring approach and we play a key role in developing and producing future treatments for millions of patients around the world.

Your skills & qualifications

To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a Master’s degree or higher in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Bring experience from a GMP-regulated environment, such as a QC laboratory.
• Have strong knowledge of GMP, ICH guidelines, and pharmaceutical regulatory requirements.
• Are familiar with deviations, change requests, out-of-specifications, and method validation.
• Communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken.

Experience with late-phase development projects and chemical synthesis (e.g., small molecules, oligonucleotides, or peptides) is an advantage.

We value flexibility, collaboration, and clear communication. If you enjoy working in a fast-changing environment and building strong networks, you will thrive in this role.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.​

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.​

More information

For further information, please contact Manager Jonas Hamann at +45 30 75 16 11.

Deadline

18th of January 2026.

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

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.