About the role

Do you want to help us revolutionize an industry & build your experience with technologies intended to improve the bioavailability of BSC class II & IV drugs?

As a Principal Scientist specializing in cannabinoids, you will play an important role in our organization and being part of a global team within our cannabinoid category. This position will be part of conceiving and developing innovative products, upscale/technical transfer into production from start to commercial launch. We are seeking a visionary and forward-thinking person who can use their expertise to drive product development in Canada, tap into external networks, translate ideas into tangible products, and actively identify and secure patents for new ideas and concepts.

Job description:

• You will be executing our strategy within technological & pharmaceutical development. To do so, you will have hands-on laboratory work and be evaluating and characterizing the performance of prioritized delivery technologies.
• You will leverage your experience from R&D and process to select suitable formulation technology approaches based on physicochemical properties of the API, to improve the delivery.
• You will be gathering knowledge by reading scientific articles, patents, studies, and seeking inspiration and ideas from other areas of application which you can translate into technological development.
• Your chemical background allows you to rationally design and structure formulation development in an explorative manner.
• Your knowledge and insights in combination with your understanding of cannabinoids will ensure that the latest ideas and technology are incorporated into products e.g., in relation to improve uptake.
• You will be responsible for creating and maintaining a network of knowledgeable people within the drug delivery area.

Your background:

• You have a minimum of five years of experience in pharmaceutical development and delivery of BSC class II and IV.
• You have experience with designing formulations with the intention to improve delivery from oral solid dosage forms e.g., tablets, solid dosage form, granulation, encapsulation techniques and experience with formulation stability schedule.
• You are confident in and experienced with designing in vivo pre-clinical studies and translate data to inform technology/product development.
• You hold a proven record of accomplishment supporting the experience with formulation work confirming your experience in the field of drug delivery.
• You appreciate the investigation and characterization of new active agents and strategies for their successful application in various fields of interest.
• You are a pharmacist or chemist, hold a master’s degree in chemistry, medicinal chemistry, or have a similar academic background, and you hold a Ph.D.
• You have experience in reading scientific articles, patents, studies, etc., subtracting the essence and disseminating insights to an interdisciplinary group.
• You have experience in establishing and maintaining professional networks.
• You have experience with project management of academic projects.
• You have a minimum of 3-5 years of mentoring experience.

Personal profile:

• You are outgoing, structured and action- and result-oriented.
• You possess a scientific curiosity and an applied mind-set, which allows you to extract essential information and bridge ideas and scientific theory and can translate information into product development.
• You thrive in an emerging field with indefinite tasks and can structure and define subprojects which allows you to reach the defined goals.
• Your empathy makes it easy to gather people, quickly build up a network, and work interdisciplinary.
• You are comfortable in a professional and dynamic environment and have a strong will to succeed.
• You can communicate detailed scientific information clearly to an interdisciplinary team in writing and verbally in Danish/English.

We offer:

• An attractive, exciting, and challenging job in an emerging field with formulations that can be life-changing to many people.
• Part of an innovative team with high ambitions and a good social environment where the culture is characterized by entrepreneurial spirit at a high pace.
• A varied job with good academic and personal development opportunities.
• Full-time position with pension and other benefits and with the possibility of extension.

Our ambition in cannabinoids:

At Vectura Fertin Pharma, we are passionate about finding new and better ways to enhance life. We believe that cannabinoids have a role to play in healthcare and wellness. But today there is a huge need for science-backed products and standards for safety, dose, and quality. Our ambition is to be a leader in developing and commercializing safe, scientifically tested, and best in-class medical and wellness cannabinoid products that patients and consumers can trust. We have the scientific rigor, patient and consumer insights and the right capabilities to responsibly lead the way, with a unique combination of innovative technologies in inhalation and oral delivery systems and prescription drug development expertise. We have a clear mission to unlock the potential of cannabinoids to address unmet medical and health needs while meeting the potential requirements of a complex legal and regulatory environment. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team whose pioneering approach is rooted in robust science and clinical research programs.