Associate Scientist for Immunoassays (maternity cover) (Denmark, Måløv)

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Måløv, Denmark

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Do you hold a master’s degree in science and have a strong background working with immunoassays? If yes, then this might be just the right job for you. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to join our Biomarker Assay Development department as a maternity cover. Apply today for a life changing career!

The position
As our new Associate Scientist your key responsibility will be to support our biomarker projects by establishing, qualifying, and employing assays to measure soluble biomarkers.
You will be part of a team of 7-8 highly skilled and self-motivated scientists and technicians, and you will be working in a lab with state-of-the-art analytical equipment for immunoassays.
Your role will be to:

• Conduct a significant amount of laboratory-based work, i.e., immunoassays such as ELISA, MSD, Gyrolab, and AlphaLisa.
• Design and plan experiments to establish new assays together with scientists at the department.
• Identify and solve experimental issues.
• Perform and report quantitative bioanalysis of human and animal study samples.

Qualifications

• You hold a master´s degree in life sciences (biotechnology, immunology, biomedicine, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related discipline) preferably with ≥ 2 years laboratory experience from an industry or academic setting.
• You have solid hands-on experience working with different immunoassays such as ELISA, AlphaLisa, and/or MSD.
• Flair for programming or statistics, automated or semi-automated instrumentation will be considered an advantage.
• You have a strong drive, a quality mindset, and a talent for troubleshooting.

In addition, as a person you have a positive, curious, and collaborative mindset, with great interpersonal skills that allow you to build fruitful relations with both colleagues and stakeholders.

About the department
At the Biomarker Assay Development department, we establish and qualify biomarker assays to support drug discovery, and we deliver biomarker data that is key for maturing the next generation of drugs changing the lives for patients with chronic and rare diseases.
Our department consists of three teams and 26 highly skilled and self-motivated scientists and technicians. We collaborate and share knowledge to benefit each other and ultimately the patients, and our team is currently expanding. We are experts in ligand binding and receptor occupancy assays, which are routinely applied for quantification of biomarkers.
Biomarker Assay Development is part of Global Translation, an organisational area responsible for application of translational methodologies across all the therapy areas in Novo Nordisk. Global Translation is part of Novo Nordisk´s Research & Early Development and is located in Måløv, Greater Copenhagen. Our ambitious goal is to ensure early, data driven decision making in clinical trials by application of biomarkers of target engagement, proof-of-mechanism, and proof-of-concept.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we use our skills, dedication, and ambitions to change lives for the better for patients around the word. We offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development. We offer an exciting job with lots of challenges among great colleagues in a positive and strong collaborative environment.

Contact
For further information, please contact Anja Ramstedt Jensen Director, Head of Biomarker and Assay Development at [email protected].

Deadline
2 February 2025

Applications will be evaluated on an ongoing basis and interviews will happen as soon as suitable candidates are identified; thus, we encourage you to apply no later than the deadline.
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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.