Are you fuelled by a passion for organic/peptide chemistry and driven by curiosity? Have you navigated the intricacies of Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) or been immersed directly within their operations?

If you aspire to take on a role that offers a significant level of autonomy and the opportunity to make a significant impact on the business, we encourage you to apply today as you might be the one we are looking for to represent our CMOs within Novo Nordisk, and Novo Nordisk within our CMO network!

The Position

As Specialist MSAT, you collaborate with CMOs who partner with Novo Nordisk to enable further production of drug substance. You act as the bridge between what the CMOs can do and what Novo Nordisk wants to achieve, with a special focus on facility, equipment, and Quality Management System (QMS).

Several of the CMOs we currently work with are in project phases where extra focus is needed from a set of skilled specialists.

After implementation, you will typically not hold day to day oversight with the CMO, but rather be called upon when there is a need for deep knowledge, quickly becoming a visible beacon of knowledge across and beyond a truly global organisation.

Some of your main responsibilities include:

• Writing and reviewing project documentation, validation reports, master batch records, and change requests
• Acting as the main liaison for technical queries related to process and equipment facilities
• Facilitating discussions between Novo Nordisk and CMOs to guarantee the feasibility of business objectives
• Ensuring seamless coordination between the two QMSs, understanding the differences, and supporting in closing any gaps
• Offering guidance, suggesting innovations, and taking ownership of continuous improvement initiatives through to their completion

International collaboration is an integrated part of your job and you can expect to travel around 25 days per year.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, we imagine you:

• Hold a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, or another related discipline
• Bring previous experience in QMS, documentation management, and a proven track record of collaborating effectively with or within a CMO
• Possess a strong background in organic chemistry (small molecules, fermentation, peptides, sidechain, etc.) obtained either within the pharmaceutical industry, food production, or dairy industry
• Showcase fluency in both written and spoken English

As a person, you possess exceptional communication skills and excel in cultivating trustworthy relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Your natural ability to disseminate important and relevant information is unparalleled. Fuelled by an innate curious mindset, you thrive in autonomous work environments, while your passion for active listening and adept negotiation skills define your approach, allowing you to confidently assert your stance when necessary.

About the Department

Global Contract Manufacturing Drug Substance (GCM DS) is part of Novo Nordisk’s Product Supply organisation. We are responsible for all Novo Nordisk contracts and licence manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s), starting and raw materials and intermediates used for our global markets. Our main office is located in Søborg, Denmark.

The primary role of GCM is to monitor and control the production handled by external CMOs located in Central Europe, North America and in East Asia, ensuring delivery of products from the CMOs to our respective customers.

The position is in the MSAT department, GCM MSAT DS, a team of highly experienced specialists with a well-documented history in pharmaceutical sciences.

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 energise 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 Thomas Lindblad, Director, Global Contract Manufacturing MSAT, Drug Substance, at tlib@novonordisk.com or +45 3075 5179.

Deadline

25 February 2024. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Therefore, 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 in 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.