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:

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

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.