Senior Scientist &/or Senior Product Developer specializing in cannabinoids

Reference: VN1865

About the role

Do you want to help us revolutionize an industry & build your experience with technologies intended to improve the bioavailability of BSC class II & IV drugs? We are looking for a Senior Scientist & a Senior Product Developer.

We are seeking a visionary and forward-thinking person who can use their expertise to drive product development, tap into external networks, translate ideas into tangible products, and actively identify and secure patents for new ideas and concepts.

Job description:

• You will be executing our strategy within technological & pharmaceutical development by developing solid dosage forms such as powder, compressed gum, tablets, and chewables etc.
• You will leverage your experience from R&D and process to select suitable formulation technology approaches based on physicochemical properties of the API, to improve the delivery.
• You will prepare and execute on product development protocols/reports and ensure documentation at right level as compatibility, physically/chemically stability, release/dissolution, processability, homogeneity, optimal sensorial experience by masking and designing well tasting prototypes and upscale/technical transfer.
• Being part of establishing best practices in the product development process and collaborate with multiple departments, procurement, project management, production, quality, and regulatory teams.
• You will prepare and deliver compelling presentations and proposals to management and collaborators, demonstrating our capabilities and innovative solutions.
• Identify and assess opportunities to patent novel ideas, concepts, and discoveries.
• Work closely with legal experts to secure patents for intellectual property.
• Travel for meetings and cooperation, joined development projects, exhibition, seminars, external cooperation etc.

Your background:

• You have a minimum of three years of experience in pharmaceutical development and delivery of oral solid dosage forms at lab and pilot scale.
• Experience with formulation and process technologies such as tablets, solid dosage form, granulation, encapsulation techniques and experience with formulation stability schedule.
• You have experience with selection of suitable formulation technology based on physicochemical properties of the API, solubility and excipient compatibility data.
• Development experience within the cannabinoid, pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical industry.
• Expertise in upscale and technical transfer of R&D products into production.
• Suitable experience within analysis, QA/QC and regulatory affairs.
• Experienced in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) will be an advantage.

Personal profile:

• You are outgoing, structured and action-oriented.
• You possess a scientific curiosity and an applied mind-set, which allows you to extract essential information and bridge ideas and scientific theory and can translate information into product development.
• You thrive in an emerging field with indefinite tasks and can structure and define subprojects which allows you to reach the defined goals.
• Your empathy makes it easy to gather people, quickly build up a network, and work interdisciplinary.
• You are comfortable in a professional and dynamic environment and have a strong will to succeed.
• You can communicate detailed scientific information clearly to an interdisciplinary team in writing and verbally in Danish/English
• You bring a solution-focused approach to innovation and problem solving.

We offer:

• An attractive, exciting, and challenging job in an emerging field with formulations that can be life-changing to many people.
• Part of an innovative team with high ambitions and a good social environment where the culture is characterized by entrepreneurial spirit at a high pace.
• A varied job with good academic and personal development opportunities.
• Full-time position with pension and other benefits and with the possibility of extension.

Our ambition in cannabinoids:

We have a clear mission to unlock the potential of cannabinoids to address unmet medical and health needs while meeting the potential requirements of a complex legal and regulatory environment. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team whose pioneering approach is rooted in robust science and clinical research programs.

Vejle, Denmark

Denmark