Process Supporter for API Production Processes - Novo Nordisk
Category:
Manufacturing
Are you curious about a dynamic role where you'll drive innovation in API production? We are seeking two process supporters to join our innovative team in Hillerød – one focusing on purification processes and another working with mammalian/microbial cell cultures.If you're passionate about bringing new pharmaceutical products to market and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is your chance to make a significant impact. Apply now and be part of our groundbreaking journey in a dynamic business area that produces Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for patients across the world.
The Position
In this position, you will play a pivotal role in supporting process validation and managing campaigns, including the meticulous submission of product documentation to regulatory authorities. Your success will be measured by how effectively and smoothly the new processes run under GMP standards across multiple production batches.
Given that our projects are in the late phase of technical transfer, your role will involve running and optimizing production campaigns with new products post-process validation. This phase will require you to monitor, learn, and continuously improve the production processes.One of your main tasks will be to write and refine regulatory documents needed for product submission as we approach these critical milestones.
The processes you will engage with include mammalian cell cultivation, recovery, and purification. We are looking for one supporter to focus on upstream processes and another on downstream/purification processes.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Writing submission documents and participating in Q&A rounds after submission.
- Preparation for (Pre License) Inspections and audits on new products.
- Coordination of activities with internal and external stakeholders (process development, equipment, facility, production, automation, and QA).
- Preparing and supporting campaigns for new products, including required documentation in accordance with the current standards and legislations, change requests, and process deviations.
- Ensuring technology, process, and knowledge transfer between development and production.
- Troubleshooting related to the daily manufacturing of new products.
- Initiating problem-solving (A3 or similar) for observed process deviations or other issues in the production of the new products.
Qualifications
To succeed in this position, you:
- Have an education as a bioengineer, biotechnologist, biochemist, or similar.
- Have a minimum of 6 years of experience with the production and/or development of pharmaceutical products.
- Speak English and Danish (minimum conversational level).
- Have experience in mammalian cell culture/purification of proteins with changing products under GMP. You also have experience with late-stage product development and filing of new products.
LEAN is a natural part of your skill set. You will have several stakeholders across the organization, and therefore your written and spoken communication skills in both Danish and English must be excellent. To succeed, you need to be able to keep a cool head and make decisions in a busy work environment where the agenda changes frequently.
The department
In this role, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the successful technology and process transfer of new API processes into our production facilities. This critical function involves close collaboration with your colleagues from production and other key departments such as equipment, maintenance, calibration, IT/Automation, and QA.As a Process Supporter in the New Products team, you will be responsible for transferring new products from development to full-scale production.
As our projects mature, we are now in the late phase of the technical transfer, meaning that we run campaigns with the new products after process validation, where we monitor, learn and then optimize production. Focus for the New Products team is to ensure to drive these activities and as we are approaching submission, write the regulatory documents.
Contact
For further information, please contact processengineeringdk@novonordisk.com.
Deadline
April 27.
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