MSAT Scientist / Project Manager
About this role
Job Description
Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We serve life science, diagnostic, and applied laboratories worldwide with innovative instruments, services, consumables, and expertise. By enabling our customers to gain accurate insights, we help them improve the world around us.
More information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
Our mission is to support the fight against cancer and other life‑threatening diseases by delivering high‑quality diagnostic solutions that enable early diagnosis, improved treatment, and better patient outcomes.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced, hands‑on Project Manager / Scientist to join our Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT) organization. This role offers a scientifically and technically stimulating environment with broad visibility across the organization. You will play a key role in supporting the manufacturing of cancer diagnostic kits and will hold a position with substantial influence, autonomy, and opportunities for professional development.
The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of project management experience, hands‑on manufacturing expertise from the medical device or diagnostics industry, and a clear flair for using data to drive decisions and improvements. You will be comfortable networking across functions and acting as a bridge between R&D and Manufacturing, while maintaining a proactive, solution‑oriented, and “can‑do” mindset.
Requirements
- Qualifications and Experience
- You hold a Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering or Life Sciences, such as Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, or Pharmaceuticals. You have proven experience in project management within Manufacturing and/or R&D in the medical device, diagnostics, or pharmaceutical industry, and you are familiar with working in regulated GMP environments.
- Experience with statistical process monitoring and CPV is considered a strong advantage, as is knowledge of R&D processes, collaboration with CDMOs, and involvement in manufacturing integration during mergers or technology transfers.
- You bring strong analytical skills and are comfortable using data to support decision‑making, systematic problem solving, and continuous improvement.
- Business acumen is important, including experience developing business cases and working with financial tools such as ROI and NPV.
- Full professional fluency in English is required, while Danish language skills are an advantage.
About Agilent Technologies
You will become part of the Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT) organization within Agilent’s Medical Device & Diagnostics area. MSAT is part of Global Operations and supports more than 20 manufacturing sites worldwide MSAT is responsible for ensuring that manufacturing processes are robust, scalable, compliant, and continuously improved across the full product lifecycle. Role and Responsibilities In this role, you will contribute broadly across Manufacturing Science, Technology, and Project Management. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining commercial manufacturing processes and for leading technology transfer and scale‑up activities across R&D, manufacturing sites, and external contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs). You will define process requirements for equipment, automation, and digital solutions, and you will own Continued Process Verification (CPV) and process monitoring models to drive ongoing optimization. A core part of the role involves leading complex and recurring process investigations, such as deviations, yield shifts, and out‑of‑specification or out‑of‑trend events, as well as technically assessing and validating major lifecycle changes, including stability studies. Depending on your background, you may act as project manager for New Product or technology Introduction (NPI) activities, serving as the primary point of entry for new projects and requests from business units and senior management. You will participate in early product design reviews to identify risks and embed Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles, ensure structured NPI handovers, and capture learnings in DFM playbooks. Close interaction with the shop floor will be required to rapidly evaluate new products, materials, and processes and ensure manufacturing readiness. The position also has a strong focus on operational excellence and digital manufacturing. You will implement robust process controls, centerlining, and proactive performance monitoring to sustain GMP compliance, while working to standardize core processes across sites to enable efficient replication and scale‑up. You will contribute to the development of material sourcing strategies, including material evaluation and qualification planning, and apply data analytics and machine learning approaches to predict failures and risks and enable automated root‑cause analysis. Maintaining digital twins of assets and production lines and leveraging real‑time manufacturing data will be key tools in optimizing performance, parameters, and maintenance strategies. As part of a highly cross‑functional environment, you will drive manufacturing optimization and modernization initiatives aligned with site strategy, corporate objectives, and regulatory expectations. You will support site‑wide transformation initiatives, including the Ignite change program, and provide critical manufacturing support, troubleshooting leadership, and subject‑matter expertise when required. Stakeholder management across Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Commercial functions will be a central element of the role, along with identifying and leading continuous improvement initiatives across the production area.