About this role
<p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">We would love to welcome you in our team in Berlin as</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">Senior Scientist Chemistry<em> </em></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">(m/f/d)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:#0093dd"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">(100%; permanent)</span></p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:35.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">About Idorsia</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">The purpose of Idorsia is to discover, develop and bring more innovative medicines to patients. We have more ideas; we see more opportunities and we want to help more patients. In order to achieve this, we would like to develop Idorsia into one of Europe’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, with a strong scientific core.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Idorsia is headquartered in Switzerland and has already established commercial operations in the US, Canada and major strategic locations in Europe.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">The biotechnology company Idorsia (Berlin) Pharmaceuticals GmbH, located in Berlin is a fully owned affiliate of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Limited since July 2020 and is developing innovative vaccines based on glycoconjugate technology.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">For more inf</span>ormation see www.idorsia.com</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">Job Profile</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:1.55pt;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:0.05pt;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">The role will be responsible for the following tasks: </span></p> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:4.0px"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Design and synthesize novel glycan based synthetic carbohydrate, lipid and peptide compounds </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Perform reactions on laboratory scale (mg to multi gram) </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Monitor reaction progress using TLC, LC-MS, NMR etc and interpret reaction monitoring data</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Purification of reaction products using standard techniques e.g. (automated) column chromatography, prep. HPLC, crystallization or distillation </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Perform compound analysis (e.g. TLC, LC-MS, 1H, 13C and 2D NMR, etc.) and interpret analytical data </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Document practical work using ELN and QMS (Electronic Lab Notebook) </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Perform general lab duties </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Deliver compounds suitable for pre-clinical development, toxicology and clinical studies under QMS </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Closely follow new scientific developments in the field of glycans, vaccines and therapeutics</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Look for alternative reaction conditions or synthetic pathways, optimize reaction conditions and processes for large scale manufacturing</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Present scientific work at internal and external meetings</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Interact and communicate with interdisciplinary team </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Write patents, scientific publications and technical packages </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Communicate with CRO’s, and CMC team functions </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Working under quality management system (QMS)</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">Requirements</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><strong> </strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:4.0px"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">PhD and PostDoc in synthetic organic chemistry </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Experience in glycan synthesis and characterization </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">At least 3-4 years of Industrial experience at the previous level </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">People management experience </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Attitude for innovation and problem solving</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Knowledge of field specific software/data bases (e.g. ChemDraw, SciFinder, Reaxys, computational chemistry tools) </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Hands-on attitude and ability to work efficiently and independently </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">High level of creativity, resilient and service oriented </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Excellent communication skills and ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary team </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Safety first attitude </span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Fluent in English and German </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:'Ubuntu Medium', sans-serif;color:#0093dd">Benefits</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:110%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">Exciting opportunities for development and professional growth within our dynamic organization.</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">A collaborative and solution-oriented environment where you can make a difference.</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">An innovative and open culture in a multicultural environment.</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">A competitive salary and additional benefits.</span></li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">A state-of the art lab in Berlin/ Germany </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 36.0pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 36.0pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 36.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Ubuntu, sans-serif;color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">Work Location:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Berlin</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>Country: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Germany</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>Business Area: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif">Research and Development</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>Schedule: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Ubuntu Light', sans-serif;color:windowtext">100%<strong> <br>Job Type:</strong> Permanent</span></p>