Head of Research and Development

1 month ago


Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Blackswansexist Full time
Transforming CO2 into Sustainable Chemicals

At Blackswansexist, we're revolutionizing the chemical industry by harnessing carbon outputs from industrial emitters and converting them into valuable, emission-free green chemicals. Our mission is to reduce over 1 gigaton of CO2 and play a pivotal role in this significant journey.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead innovation efforts across multidisciplinary teams, optimizing existing products and developing new ones via biological and chemical processes.
  • Oversee all strain development and computational team activities, managing a team of four direct reports.
  • Collaborate with management to define strategic objectives and manage key priority projects.
  • Apply project management expertise to strain development initiatives.
  • Work closely with scientific teams to drive research and development goals.
  • Manage external research partnerships.
Requirements
  • At least 5 years of hands-on industrial R&D experience in strain development.
  • PhD or MSc in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
  • Proven ability to interpret scientific data and a solid understanding of statistics.
  • Effective communicator skilled in translating scientific data into actionable decisions and engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Creative problem solver, always full of new ideas, who challenges the status quo and never postpones what can be done today.
What We Offer

Relocation assistance, pension, private health insurance, 30 days of PTO, and more. Join us in pioneering the future of sustainable chemicals and be part of a team that's passionate about making a difference.



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