Organic Chemist (PhD) - Process development

About us

Ardena is a leading contract development organization for the pharmaceutical industry. We assist pharmaceutical companies, from virtual biotech to big pharma, in bringing their valued molecule(s) to the clinic and market. We provide a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of drug substance and drug product development, manufacturing, logistics and bioanalytical services.

Ardena is a rapidly growing international orientated organization with a dedicated team of over 500 professionals operating from 7 sites in Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Latvia and Spain. Ardena has an open and transparent culture: team-spirit, an open mindset and ownership are important values in our company.

We are a dynamic drug developer offering exciting career opportunities to skilled and motivated people who want to work in a fast-growing market within the global pharmaceutical industry. Do you want to work in a challenging contract research and development environment, where experts come together to develop innovative drugs for unmet medical needs? Do you want to further develop Ardena and grow with us by becoming our next colleague? Then we might have the right opportunity for you.



For the Ardena Business Unit based in Södertläje, we are looking for a organic chemist to join our development team.



WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- You will develop chemical processes for our customers, bringing them from lab scale to multi-kilogram scale

- You keep yourself up to date with the latest developments and insights
- You will assist in tech transfer of the processes into our manufacturing facilities

- You will participate in making risk assessments for the lab and scale-up
- You will issue batch production records
- You will write development reports


YOUR PROFILE LOOKS LIKE/ RESEMBLES

- You have a PhD degree in organic chemistry or similar
- You are newly examined, have a few years of experience from similar work or maybe did a postdoc or two
- You feel comfortable in a dynamic and changing environment
- You like to learn and develop yourself
- You are flexible, a problem solver and a team player
- You have an analytical mindset
- You have good communication skills and are fluent in English (written as well as spoken)
- We love creative thinking and pro-activeness


WHAT WE OFFER

- A true learning environment where you will have the ability to grow your skills
- A rapidly developing and growing international company with an attractive services, product and customer portfolio
- A dynamic working environment with nice colleagues
- Open straightforward but also caring culture
- An attractive wellness allowance
- Flexible working hours
- 28 days of holiday per year


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Only candidates eligible to work in the EU will be considered for the position. Unfortunately, given the high volume of applications we receive for our vacancies, these professionals (not entitled to work in the European Union) will not be given a status update. Agency calls will not be appreciated.