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Novo Nordisk

Data Science Graduate

Bagsværd

FULL TIME

November 1, 2024

Data Science Graduate

Category: Education

Location:Bagsværd, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

Data Science Graduate: Kick-start your life-changing career!

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

About the Data Science Graduate Programme

The full-time position as a Data Science Graduate offers three exciting eight-month rotations across our company and value chain, providing you with a broad experience and skills within data science and data engineering. You get to experience first-hand how data science plays a role across the business in ensuring that Novo Nordisk can better develop and deliver life-changing medicines to our patients.

During the programme you will work in different teams in Research & Early Development, Development, areas of Digital Data, Data Science and IT, and Product Supply utilizing different technologies within statistics, modelling, AI, or vision technologies. You will be working in a global organisation with many different stakeholders in an international network of world-class colleagues, where your contributions and perspectives will play a valuable role in shaping the future of Data Science at Novo Nordisk within the
pharmaceutical industry.

As you embark on your life-changing career in Novo Nordisk, we will provide you with:

Accelerated personal and professional development from day one
International professional experience
Vast exposure and networking possibilities

The Position

Over the course of this two-year programme, you will expand your international network, while experiencing how digital transformations in pharma take place alongside our skilled colleagues across the organisation. Together we will shape your journey by choosing the focus during your three rotations, all while being mentored by experienced colleagues who will challenge and guide your development.

You will take part in different use cases, covering front-end, back-end, development, and applications of advanced analytics. As a unique feature, you will have the possibility to investigate different elements in the pharmaceutical value chain, learning to apply your skills in different settings, ranging from development of new medicines, to delivering high quality medicines from complex production units.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed as a Data Science Graduate, we expect you to have:

Recent master’s degree (from 2024 or 2025) in either Data Science, Data Science Engineering, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Pharmacometrics, Mathematics/Statistic/Physics, or similar within Life Science or Manufacturing/Supply Chain combined with strong programming skills
Above average academic achievements
International experience, for example from studying a full semester abroad, working or volunteering
No more than 1 year of full-time work experience between or after completing a master’s degree
Fluency in spoken and written English
Globally mobile (also beyond the Graduate Programme)

If you meet the criteria and are interested in joining the programme with start-up date 1 September 2025, please make sure to submit your application no later than 30 November 2024 GMT+1.

Important: upload this when you apply

Before clicking the apply button, please ensure you have uploaded your CV (please upload under “resume”), cover letter and most recent academic records (upload these two documents as one file under “cover letter”) in English. Applications without these uploads will not be considered.

In the cover 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 from the graduate programme, and how will it support your career aspirations?
What team characteristics do you value, and what three qualities do you believe others appreciate about you?
Define innovation in the context of data science, in your opinion
Share a specific example of solving a challenging data science-related task in previous work or projects. Provide details about the problem and your solution

The cover letter must not exceed one page.

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.

About the Graduate Programme

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.

If you want a general introduction to the Novo Nordisk Graduate Programme including all 18 tracks then click here.

Contact

For questions about the Data Science Graduate Programme please contact one of our current graduates Anna Maria Lewicka oalw@novonordisk.com or Carolina Santos Carvalho Caramelo csoz@novonordisk.com. You can also click on this link for information on our upcoming graduate webinars.

About Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and 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 69,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries. We are 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.

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.

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