Scientific Advisor for Human Milk Oligosaccharides

1 week ago


Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Chr. Hansen Holding AS Full time
Career Opportunities: Scientific Advisor for Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO) (10888)

Requisition ID 10888 - Posted - Marketing - Permanent - Fulltime - Country (4) - Location (4)

Our purpose points the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

We're here to better our world with biology.

Join us as our new Scientific Advisor
Do you want to apply your scientific expertise and bring it to life? Do you want to play a key role in shaping the scientific platform of Novonesis HMO by contributing to the development and scope of future science and communicating new scientific findings at eye level? Then you have a great opportunity to do so by joining us

Welcome to our Commercial & Science communication team
As we are building new science, business area and team, we have a "hands-on" mentality and are looking for people who are self-starters and like to bring in their own ideas with a big impact.

Our science and commercial team is located across Germany, Denmark, and China and you will be reporting to the Director of Commercial Development and Strategy based in Germany.

You can be located in any of larger Novonesis HMO Hubs in Germany, Denmark, China or APAC. The ability to travel is needed across Europe, China and APAC and estimated travel time can be 20-30%. Further, we offer a hybrid office setup with high flexibility of home-office.

In this role you'll make an impact by:

You will be the science matter expert in HMO science and infant nutrition. You will apply science to support research collaborations and the HMO growth agenda by strengthening communication with internal and external stakeholders, scientific teams and partners as well as our customers.

You will be a key player in shaping the future scope for the Novonesis HMO platform as well as scientific communication activities. You will focus on elaborating the relevance of various scientific findings, including clinical trials, preclinical experiments, and literature reviews in infant nutrition, milk research and associated fields. As well as translating the scientific findings in recommendations for applications and strategic development for commercial value.

We offer you a great place to work in a global organization with personal development opportunities, the opportunity to be part of a new team, committed to bringing science to life and to translate data into science-based applications. We appreciate highly skilled employees and strive to make it an exciting and fun place to work.

To succeed you must hold:
You have a degree in science, ideally a PhD in nutritional sciences, microbiology, human physiology or a similar field, and 3-5 years of professional experience.

You have experience as a scientist in R&D, clinical research, human milk research, or similar, preferably in the field of infant nutrition. You also have an excellent scientific understanding and experience in study projects. Relevant scientific publications in the fields of nutritional science, dairy research, pediatrics or similar and experience in infant nutrition are a great advantage.

Personally, you have excellent communication and high presentation skills and fluency in English. Moreover, you are a self-driven, energetic, and pragmatic team player.

Finally, you have a strong cultural understanding, a proactive approach, and work well in a dynamic environment.

Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today

Application deadline: February 16th, 2025. We will screen incoming applications and invite for interviews continuously during the application period, so please apply as soon as possible.

Contact details: Senior Scientific Advisor Yannik Schoenknecht at Yansc@novonesis.com.

At Novonesis we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We recommend you not to attach a cover letter to your application. Instead, please include a few sentences in your resume/CV about why you are applying. To ensure a fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your resume/CV.

Novonesis is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, disability, or veteran status.

Want to learn more?
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