Associate Scientist for Immunoassays (maternity cover)

Are you a passionate and curious scientist, eager to grow and expand your field of expertise? Do you have hands-on experience with immunoassays and thrive in a an international and highly collaborative environment? 
If you bring a strong quality mindset and a drive for innovation, we look forward to welcoming you in our Biomarker Assay Development department. Submit your application today! 
 
The position 
As our new Associate Scientist, your key responsibility will be to support our biomarker projects by establishing, qualifying, and employing assays to measure soluble biomarkers.   
You will be part of a team of 7-8 highly skilled and self-motivated scientists and technicians, and you will be working in a lab with state-of-the-art analytical equipment for immunoassays.   
Your key responsibilities will include: 

• Conducting a significant amount of laboratory-based work, i.e., immunoassays such as ELISA, MSD, Gyrolab, and AlphaLisa 
• Designing and planning experiments to establish new assays in close collaboration with scientists at the department 
• Identifying and solving experimental issues 
• Performing and reporting quantitative bioanalysis of human and animal study samples 

 
Qualifications 
To be successful and thrive in this role, we believe you to: 

• Hold a master’s degree in life sciences (biotechnology, immunology, biomedicine, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related discipline)  
• Demonstrate a minimum of 1 year of laboratory experience from an industrial or academic setting 
• Have solid hands-on experience working with different immunoassays such as ELISA, AlphaLisa, and/or MSD 
• Showcase a strong drive, a quality mindset, and a talent for troubleshooting 

 As a person you have a positive, curious, and collaborative mindset, with excellent interpersonal skills that allow you to build fruitful relations with both colleagues and stakeholders. 
 
About the department 
At the Biomarker Assay Development department, we establish and qualify biomarker assays to support drug discovery, and we deliver biomarker data that is key for maturing the next generation of drugs changing the lives for patients with chronic and rare diseases.  
Our department consists of three teams and 26 highly skilled and self-motivated scientists and technicians. We collaborate and share knowledge to benefit each other and ultimately the patients, and our team is currently expanding. We are experts in ligand binding and receptor occupancy assays, which are routinely applied for quantification of biomarkers.   
Biomarker Assay Development is part of Global Translation, an organisational area responsible for application of translational methodologies across all the therapy areas in Novo Nordisk. Global Translation is part of Novo Nordisk´s Research & Early Development and is located in Måløv, Greater Copenhagen. Our ambitious goal is to ensure early, data driven decision making in clinical trials by application of biomarkers of target engagement, proof-of-mechanism, and proof-of-concept.  
 
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 embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving 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’re all working to move the needle on patient care. 
 
Contact 
For further information, please contact Anja Ramstedt Jensen Director, Head of Biomarker and Assay Development at ajrj@novonordisk.com. 
 
Deadline  
1 April 2025.  

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.  

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 to 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.