Digital Business Graduate

Digital Business Graduate: Kick-start your life-changing career! 

Are you a master’s student with an interest in IT and Business? Turn your degree into a global career at one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies! Be a part of Novo Nordisk’s growth journey and accelerate your own. 

Our global Graduate Programme is designed to bring together change makers with a diversity of perspectives and equip them with the tools needed to accelerate their personal and professional development. The two-year programme allows you to explore the world while developing your career. You will be taken on three rotations around the globe where you will work in a fast-paced environment and grow in ways you never could have imagined. You will be exposed to the entire Novo Nordisk value chain while being challenged to explore your boundaries and reach your full potential. 

About the Global Digital Business track 

 
When you join the Global Digital Business track in Novo Nordisk, you’ll be part of the Digital, Data & IT area of our organisation, where we enable and drive digital, data & IT solutions together with the entire Novo Nordisk value chain. That means that you’ll be able to have a direct impact on the strategic direction of Novo Nordisk and the technology that can change lives for our patients and the way we work.  

You'll dive in from day one, bringing your fresh mindset and innovative ideas to a team of passionate and excited colleagues. This graduate programme is your chance to experiment with your skills, passion and motivation and define the next step in your career. You will work with talented colleagues and mentors who will be involved in your personal and professional development. 

During your rotations, you will join different parts of Digital, Data & IT to understand how these support our business and, in the end, help millions of patients worldwide. We are the playground where your innovative ideas will thrive and where opportunities for development are just around the corner. Agile teams, R&D labs, business innovation garage and IT infrastructure - we've got it all! Furthermore, you will work with senior managers and build an international network of world-class colleagues, establishing yourself as one of tomorrow’s key people at Novo Nordisk. 

The position 

During the two-year programme, you will undertake challenging and exciting rotations. You will start your journey with a rotation in Denmark, allowing you to get to know our business and develop your digital mindset even further. The second rotation will be outside of Denmark, where you will get the opportunity to take a deep dive into one of our business areas before returning to Denmark again for your third and final rotation. You will work as a full-fledged member of the team and learn skills relevant to your rotation. You will work independently and drive your own responsibilities as well as collaborate with team members on shared projects. 

About Novo Nordisk 

Novo Nordisk is the 2nd most valuable pharmaceutical company in the world based on market cap. It was founded in 1923 and is headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.  

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.   

We employ more than 60,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries. We’re on a relentless mission to drive change for millions of people living with chronic diseases, and we need people like you to join us on this mission and take Novo Nordisk into the future. ​  

Read more and watch this video to get a feeling about Novo Nordisk as a workplace.  

Qualifications 

To apply for the Global Digital Business track, you must have: 

A relevant master’s degree from 2023 or 2024 within strategy, management, international business, IT, digitalisation, innovation or similar  

International experience either from studies abroad, internships or volunteering 

Relevant work or study experience from internships, student jobs, or extracurricular activities obtained next to your studies 

Courage to experiment and make decisions, a can-do attitude and an appetite for learning 

Willingness to be part of an international and diverse team culture 

Global mobility and professional fluency in English 

If you meet the criteria and are interested in joining the programme, please make sure to submit your application no later than 14 December 2023 GMT+1. 

Contact 

For questions about the Graduate Programme, please contact our current graduates Carla Giovinco at +45 34 48 65 38 or Philip Tissot at +45 34 48 65 40 

Important: Prepare this before you apply  
 
Before clicking the apply button please ensure you have prepared your CV, latest academic record and motivational letter in English. 

In the motivational letter we expect to learn more about your motivation for wanting to join Novo Nordisk and the Graduate Programme, as well as your personal and professional competencies. Hence, make sure you include:  

What are your expectations of the Graduate Programme and how will the programme support your career aspirations? 

Share an example with us, describing a successful accomplishment from a team collaboration (max 180 words). 

What characteristics do you appreciate in others when working in a team and what three characteristics you think others appreciate about you, and why? 

What does digital, data & IT mean to you? 

Where have you been impacted by digital, data or IT in your everyday life? Share an example and include why this made an impression on you. 

You can apply from any device but as you will be asked to answer several questions on the application page, we recommend applying from a PC instead of a mobile phone. 
 

More information about the Graduate Programme 

If you want a general introduction to the Novo Nordisk track including all 15 tracks then click here. For specific information about the Global Digital Business track click here. 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.