Scientific Application Scientist/Specialist

Are you a highly motivated individual with a passion for making scientific digital solutions work and provide value? If you are ready to make a difference in the pharmaceutical industry by enabling data-driven research, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position 
The Application Specialist will support R&ED (Research & Early Development) scientists with laboratory informatics solutions. These might be existing global solutions that you configure for local needs, or new digital applications that you introduce, implement and help support. You will achieve this by maintaining close contact with relevant R&ED scientists to understand their needs for a digital solution and help to translate those into requirements while keeping FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles and the overall R&ED strategy in mind. In addition, you will help scientists leverage these digital solutions more effectively by providing targeted user support, documentation and training. You will be part of an interdisciplinary agile product team, consisting of colleagues from R&ED and our global IT organization, and are expected to align with the Product Owner, software engineers, and research informatics experts to coordinate the delivery of digital solutions within a scaled agile solution delivery model. Additionally, you will collaborate with relevant commercial and academic collaboration partners outside of the company.
 
As an application specialist, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be a key contributor to our strategic initiative to create a global research informatics and data management landscape for R&ED scientists.
• Work in close collaboration with R&ED scientists focusing on target discovery and drug development and support them to reach their research goals with existing and future digital solutions, including the enablement of AI/ML models.
• Contribute to the configuration, adaptation, and testing of digital solution(s) for research data capturing, management, and analysis (e.g., ELN (Electronic Lab Notebook), entity registration, lab data automation & workflow solutions, experiment result data management, data visualization and insights generation) at our research sites.
• Serve as expert for our global research data management solutions across all phases of the digital solution life cycle, in particular with regards to requirement gathering, adaptation/configuration/operation of solutions, and user documentation & training.
• Establish and nurture effective partnerships with research IT specialists, IT and data experts, external consultants, and digital solution vendors to identify the best digital solution(s) for research data management, ensure strategic alignment, high engagement, and the effective prioritization of resources.

 
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• BSc/MSc in Life Sciences (Biology/Chemistry), Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science (or a related field) and 3+ years of experience in life sciences (academia and/or industry). 
• You have knowledge of the pharmaceutical research IT/informatics domain and broad expertise ranging from research data management to scientific digital solutions, including the ability to perform hands on technical work.
• You have relevant technical knowledge to configure / administer / maintain (vendor or home-built) digital solutions.
• You have solid knowledge in a scripting language, e.g., Python, R, or similar to be able to transform / analyze various scientific data. SQL Scripting knowledge is an advantage.

Moreover, you are solution-oriented, a quick learner, and open to explore and learn new digital tools and technologies. You negotiate complex expectations with a structured approach and have the ability to thrive amidst ambiguity and discern the unexpressed problems and derived requirements for digital solutions in a complex global research organization. Having previous experience in change management and user adoption is an advantage. 

About the department
You'll be part of the Scientific Application Enablement department in Digital Science & Innovation (DSI). The department consists of Application Scientists/Specialists and Business Analysts, working closely with business partners to implement and constantly refine the use of digital solutions for Novo Nordisk R&ED researchers to drive data-driven decisions and accelerate breakthroughs in medicine. 

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
For further information, please contact Fati Nejat, Head of Scientific Application Enablement, at [email protected].

Deadline
25 October 2024.

Applications will be reviewed and candidates interviewed 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.