Senior Analytical Specialist

Are you ready to set the direction for validation and optimization of analytical methods in Analytical Science & Technology (ASAT) at Novo Nordisk A/S? Do you have the ability to set and transform strategic directions into specific validation guidelines and value adding optimizations? Are you eager to use your strong analytical competencies to guide colleagues in relation to validation and optimization of analytical methods of Novo Nordisk’s future leading products. 

Apply today for a life-changing career!

The position
As our new Specialist, you will set direction for validation and optimization of analytical methods for products within Diabetes, Obesity and rare Diseases, and help ensure that laboratories around the world have reliable analytical methods.

The job is placed in the Validation & Optimization team with the responsibility for maturing and validation of new analytical methods and optimization of established methods. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting direction for and overall responsible the validation set up used for analytical methods and solving scientific and technical challenges during method optimisation, validation, and implementation.
• Setting direction for optimisation of analytical methods in close collaboration with CMC and QC.
• Securing the right level of validation for new analytical techniques for the future.
• Ensuring alignment of validations in an increasing cooperation with external laboratories. 

The responsibility covers a very broad spectrum of analysis techniques, such as UPLC and Raman, but your primarily responsibility will be within biological tests as ELISA, Surface Plasmon Resonance and Bioassay methods. 

Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate with several years of experience who can set directions in our processes. 

We imagine that a successful candidate will have:

• A master’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, chemical engineering or similar.
• Extensive experience within analytical chemistry, troubleshooting, optimisation, statistic and validation of analytical methods within biological tests, in the pharma industry.
• A good overview of the approval and regulatory process in connection with new products and ability to design a consistent analytical setup with the right validation level.
• Interest in and flair for the analysis technician of the future.
• Fluent in English.

As a person, you can work independently, set direction, and you are proactive. You also have excellent communication skills. You have proven that you can get an organization to take new and bold directions

About the department
Analytical Science & Methods is a department in Aseptic Manufacturing Science and Technology (AMSAT) with around 70 employees organised in 3 teams. We are the central function for analysis of Novo Nordisk during late-stage development, as well as for marketed products. The department is responsible for validation of analytical methods before process validation in the production, and for the subsequent transfer and ownership of those methods to our QC laboratories across the world. 

Additionally, the department is involved in testing and implementing of new analytical techniques to reduce the lead time for analysis, with the ambitious long-term goal of real time release test. 
We strive to do all of this in a collaborative environment of joy and curiosity. 

You will be part of the Analytical Validation & Optimization team with around 30 employees. Three managers, four specialists and area-specialists, 11 academics and 13 laboratory technicians.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease

Contact
For further information, please contact Senior Manager; Palle Kristensen on +4530793025.

Deadline 
13 April 2025

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews will be planned as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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.