Mass Spectrometry Expert - Analytical Characterization (m/f/d)

About the role

Location: Kundl, Austria

Are you passionate about mass spectrometry and do you love to analyze large biomolecules by yourself? Hands-on, in the lab, driving the mass spec? Do you thrive on solving challenging tasks and analytical riddles? Are you flexible enough to identify complex or even unknown protein variants by yourself? Can you look beyond the thicket of mass spec signals and identify the real meaning behind your data? Are you willing to invest time into innovative technologies and advance your team members? And would you like to live in a truly charismatic region of Europe with all possible kinds of outdoor activities?

Everything answered with a “yes”? Then join the Novartis Analytical Characterization team in striking Kundl, Austria – because we are exactly looking for you! Get your questions answered in a call.


Your key responsibilities:
As our MS-based protein characterization scientist, you will be designing, planning, and performing experiments with the latest LC-MS instruments. Your work will involve analyzing therapeutic proteins, degradation products, and post-translational modifications – and the occasional odd molecule. You'll be responsible for generating and interpreting data, and communicating results to our technical teams.

As the MS expert, you'll help decide on next steps. You'll also prepare technical documents and reports, participate in function-specific sub-teams, and share your knowledge with your team members. Minimal direction will be provided, so we're looking for someone who can take charge and fulfill their responsibilities with confidence.

Role Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:
• Ideally, you will have completed technical studies in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology or other natural sciences. Experience in the biopharmaceutical industry or equivalent is highly recommended. In all cases, you should bring along protein chemistry knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge to analytical challenges
• We need someone with real-life experience in characterizing proteins, peptides, and glycans using mass spectrometry. You should be comfortable using ground breaking ESI-Q-TOF, Orbitrap, or MALDI-TOF MS technologies, and be familiar with data processing software like Xcalibur, Refiner MS, Analyst, and GPMAW. You should also be able to understand and interpret data with ease and have the ability to challenge software results through partial de-novo sequencing. Just clicking a button won’t do!
• Fluency in English (oral and written), knowledge of German is a plus.
Desirable Requirements:
• Proficient scientific/technical writing and presentation skills.
• Broad knowledge in protein/peptide/glycan separation approaches (i.e. chromatographic, various modes).
• Understanding of development activities and processes in Biopharma and knowledge on relevant regulatory guidelines.
• Basic programming skills (e.g. R, Phyton)

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
You’ll receive:

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook.

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is €54,735.38/year (on a full time basis). We also offer a potential market oriented excess payment in line with your experience and qualifications.
We are open for part-time and job-sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive working environment and diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:

If because of a medical condition, physical disability or a neurodiverse condition you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please reach out to E-Mail auf sjobs.brassring.com ansehen and let us know the nature of your request as well as your contact information. The support which we can provide will include advice on suitable positions as well as guidance at all stages of the application process. Austrian law provides candidates the opportunity to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.