Senior Scientist (Specification)

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Would you like to be a part of a growing business area within Novo Nordisk and enjoy working in a dynamic environment involving teamwork and cross-functional cooperation? Do you have experience with drug product development and documentation of oral solid dosage forms?
 

If so, you could be the senior professional we are seeking, responsible for overseeing specifications and product development for our oral products. Apply now and join the Specification and Stability team in Oral Process and DP Development at Novo Nordisk in Måløv!

The position
As a member of the team consisting of 20 colleagues focusing on stability and specifications, you will collaborate closely with peers responsible for production, process, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Affairs areas. Your role will be pivotal in driving collaboration within an ever-changing environment, addressing various stakeholder concerns as well as quality and regulatory-related matters for the drug product. Simultaneously, within the Specification and Stability team, you will bear responsibility for in-house oral drug products from phase 1, with the oversight transitioning to Product Life Cycle Management one year after market approval.

Your primary tasks will be to:
•    Establish a specification strategy evaluation for oral projects
•    Create, update, and review internal drug product specification & justification of specifications
•    Perform data analysis and calculations on stability data to establish specification limits
•    Write external specifications and justifications for specification for clinical trial applications (CTA) and marketing authorization applications (MAA)
•    Document the product quality of oral drug products

Here, you will have the opportunity to shoulder significant responsibility while receiving ample support for personal and professional development. Notably, you will experience and contribute to our positive and agile mindset, embracing change and adjustment to enhance processes and meet future quality demands.

Qualifications
We are looking for someone that has good drug product understanding and a strong quality mindset. As a minimum, we expect that you have the following qualifications:
•    You hold a master’s degree within Life Sciences (e.g. pharmaceutical sciences) or similar
•    At least 5 years of experience within pharmaceutical industry
•    Experience with drug product development or drug product production

•    Experience with small molecules is an advantages
•    You possess good communication skills in both oral and written English and preferable also Danish

Additionally, having experience in one or more of the following topics would be highly advantageous:
•    Oral formulation development and tablet production
•    Setting drug product specifications & make justification of specifications

•    Authoring regulatory application documents

As a person, you maintain high standards of quality while ensuring timely completion of tasks and approaching subsequent assignments with energy and enthusiasm. You actively contribute as a team player, displaying an open-minded, engaged attitude that inspires and motivates colleagues. Additionally, you possess excellent stakeholder management skills.

About the department
Oral Process and DP Development employs approximately 130 highly skilled and motivated employees with the mission to bring products from early development to market production. This includes development and optimization of the processes and products, creating the stability documentation as well as building up the documentation for the authorities for new products. The department consists of seven teams: five process development teams, one equipment team and a stability and specification team. What we do is an important part of Novo Nordisk, and as an agile department, we solve exciting and challenging tasks every day.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We are 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 to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.
 

Contact
For further information, please contact Sanne Søgaard Nielsen, Associate Manager at SSQN@novonordisk.com
 

Deadline
14 May 2025
 

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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’re life changing.