About the Department Our Research & Development organization brings together the best minds in life science innovation. The teams located in facilities in Lexington, Watertown, Cambridge and Seattle reflect the full R&D continuum, from early research through late-stage clinical development. Here, we are building for the future, creating a distinct R&D community based on collaboration, partnerships, and cutting-edge research across multiple modalities and therapeutic areas. We recognize that improving human health starts here and that patients rely on us. Our R&D hub merges biotech speed and agility with large pharmaceutical company quality, resources, and stability, uniting the best of both worlds to develop new medicines for patients. As part of the establishment of our R&D Hub in greater Boston, Novo Nordisk is growing its efforts within Chemical Biology. We are based in newly established lab facilities in Lexington and co-located with target discovery and early drug research groups. As part of a team of leading scientists and innovators, you will bring your own ideas and collaborate with others to develop the next generation of medicines. The working environment in Therapeutics Discovery and Accelerated Execution is dynamic and innovative and involves interactions with colleagues from research sites in Denmark, UK, and China, with an excellent opportunity to establish a strong global scientific network. It’s ground-breaking work with the promise of improving the lives of millions of people with chronic diseases. If you want to make a difference, join us in pioneering research that can achieve a global impact. The Position In your role as Scientist I - Bioanalytical Science (LBA), you will be a part of a team focused on design, development, and execution of novel quantitative ligand binding and bio-chemical assays (LBA) in support of in-vivo and in-vitro pharmacology studies. You will work with diverse modalities, including proteins, peptides, small molecules, oligonucleotides, and their conjugates. You will contribute to understanding PK/PD and biomarkers of interest that drive efficacy and toxicity. You will take part in maturing and advancing scientific ideas into projects within different therapeutic areas through experimental design and execution, ensuring data integrity and reproducibility, and communicating results to diverse project teams. In your daily work, you will collaborate closely with scientists within the Chemical Biology team, other teams across our growing US R&D Hub, and global project teams, as well as external CROs and other stakeholders. This position will provide impactful contributions to project teams by bringing subject and technical matter expertise. It will require excellent critical and detailed analytical evaluations of data that are most relevant to project goals and the effective communication of those evaluations. Importantly this position is predominantly hands on laboratory work building analytical methods and maintaining the instrumentation, reagents, etc. Relationships This position reports to head of Bioanalysis Department Internal relationships include project teams and research colleagues within greater Boston R&D Hub as well as in Denmark and around the globe. Communicates data externally when required. Individual Contributor: does not manage other employees or contingent workers. Essential Functions + Impactful contributing team member bringing subject matter and technical expertise: + Advances research projects by applying knowledge of early drug discovery + Provides bioanalytical expertise in LBA systems and its application in, i.e. qualitative and quantitative analysis, PK assays, Met ID, biomarker exploration, ADA, etc. + Serves as bioanalytical representative to project teams + Designs de-novo (or sources) and performs analytical methods for ligand binding assays that are fit for purpose and produce quality, value-adding data + Works with CROs as needed to accomplish analytical work through the establishment of contracts, communication of clear statements of work, and critical oversight of the data produced + Critical thinking and analytical skills: + Critically evaluates experimental results, analyzes data using appropriate mathematical modelling and software to create clear written and oral summaries for presentation to project teams + Independently draws conclusions from experiments and provides input on future directions + Effective communicator: + Effectively communicates experimental results within and outside the functional area, guides project teams and other focus groups with subject matter expertise and interpretation, presents and reports to project governance bodies and other stakeholders + Elucidates with project team how to best interrogate endpoints of interest in alignment with study goals + Contributes to the dept. team’s knowledge by providing updates on relevant scientific literature and technology + Laboratory oversight: + Maintains and troubleshoots relevant lab instruments + Contributes to effective management of consumables, reagents, sample inventories, and other shared resources. Qualifications + Bachelor 's Degree required. Bachelor’s degree within subject matter expertise preferred with 6+ years’ relevant experience required or a Master’s degree within subject matter with 4+ years’ relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree within subject matter with post-doctoral and/or industry relevant experience can be considered. + Relevant required experience includes: + Demonstrated subject matter expertise in ligand binding assay concepts, techniques, and technology platforms + Experienced in sample preparation, reagent sourcing and preparation, chemical conjugation + Work with diverse modalities i.e. antibodies, proteins, peptides, small molecules, oligonucleotides + Solid understanding of PK/PD modelling concepts as they relate to preclinical animal models and analytical methods + Practical skills in analytical techniques, i.e. ELISA, MSD, Alphalisa, etc. + Practical skills in software analysis, SoftmaxPro, Discovery Workbench, GraphPad Prism, etc. + Experience working in bioanalytical laboratory + Preferred experience includes: + Lab automation and liquid handling instrumentation + Experience using WinNonlin + SPR, BLI + Experience working at or with CROs + Knowledge of GLP bioanalytical principles + Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills + Demonstrates outstanding project management knowledge, as well as organizational and time management skills We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 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