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Novo Nordisk A/S; Oxford; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Oxford is seeking a highly experienced individual with a PhD and significant pharmaceutical industry experience to lead teams in developing innovative drug discovery methods. Responsibilities include managing performance reviews and mentoring junior staff, ensuring team skills align with business objectives, and driving project initiatives. The ideal candidate has a collaborative mindset and experience with high-throughput screening methods. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of therapies for chronic diseases.

Qualifications

• PhD in Life Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Biotechnology, or related field.
• 3+ years in the pharmaceutical industry in a life science laboratory.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage performance reviews, onboarding, and mentoring junior scientists.
• Align team skills with business objectives through hiring and development.
• Lead the team to deliver high-quality data packages.

Skills

Pharmaceutical industry experience

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Assay development for high-throughput screening

Line management experience

Education

PhD in Life Science, Pharmaceutical Science, or Biotechnology

Tools

Dotmatics

Revity

D360

Job description

Responsibilities

• Setting annual goals, managing performance reviews, compensation, and bonuses, overseeing onboarding, and coaching or mentoring junior scientists.
• Ensuring team skills align with business objectives through hiring, development planning, promotions or demotions, and assignments to cross-functional teams.
• Acting on employee survey results, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and maintaining effective performance management practices.
• Leading the team to deliver high-quality data packages aligned with In Vitro Sciences and therapy area priorities. Supporting data generation to advance innovative targets through effective planning, prioritization, and implementation of technologies across multiple parallel projects.
• Driving adoption, optimization, and expansion of screening and automation technologies for target identification and validation, and continuously evaluating emerging technologies.

About the Department

Your new department The In Vitro Sciences department, based at Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford (NNRCO), is part of Novo Nordisk Global Research. As a state-of-the-art target discovery and validation research centre, it is responsible for identifying novel targets with mechanisms of action and diseases aligned with Novo Nordisk therapy area priorities. The centre uses innovative and unbiased in silico and in vitro human-centric collaborative approaches to identify new therapeutic opportunities in cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, NASH, CKD, atherosclerosis, heart failure, and associated co-morbidities. The department also drives productive collaborations with academia (particularly the University of Oxford) and biotechnology partners. The In Vitro Science team is part of a global organization, including a team based at the Novo Nordisk research centre in Boston. Together, we work closely with our partners in the Global Research Therapy Areas in Boston and Denmark to progress novel targets into Novo Nordisk's early project pipeline.

Qualifications

• A PhD in Life Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Biotechnology, or a related field.
• At least three years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working in a highly automated life science laboratory, developing, validating, and running assays for automated high-throughput screening in drug discovery.
• Line management experience and/or experience leading cross-functional matrix teams. Experience with functional genomics screening for target discovery and/or mechanism of action studies.
• A collaborative mindset, working with both in vitro and computational scientists in matrix teams.
• Experience with Dotmatics, Revity, D360, or other scientific informatics platforms.

Company Mission

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional collaborative spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

Job Details

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We're not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.