R&D - Epidemiology Graduate Programme: Kick-start your career
Novo Nordisk A/S
Gladsaxe, 1 stilling
- Graduate
- Denmark - Søborg
Begin your journey of a lifetime in September 2016.
If you are ready to discover just how far your talent can take you, we invite you to explore our Global Development Graduate Programme.
In Global Development, we lead the clinical activities from entering a clinical testing through the submission and approval phase and when the drug has entered the market. Our responsibility is to provide medical and scientific documentation for the clinical benefit-risk evaluation that is part of submission packages to authorities and which form the basis for guidance on how to use the medicines optimally to the benefit of patients.
We are +1,100 employees covering profiles such as trial managers, medical doctors, data managers, biostatisticians and many others. We conduct clinical trials in more than 50 countries and in 2014 we collaborated with app. 40.000 patients across 135 clinical trials.
Our graduate programme is a solid platform and a unique opportunity to use your degree to make a difference.
Scope of the programme
The two-year programme consists of three rotations in different parts of the Global Development organisation or areas with strong ties to Global Development - but anchored in the Epidemiology skill area. The aim of the Epidemiology Graduate Programme is to develop you through extensive epidemiological work with a strong focus on competencies as analytical skill, communication, team leadership and project management skills.
You will be given a broad range of responsibilities and experience a variety of tasks in a cross-disciplinary and cross-organisational global setting. You will apply your epidemiologic knowledge and skills to provide real world evidence from literature and real world data and studies to collaboration partners across the organisation. Your duties will be varied and diverse within pharmaco- and classical epidemiology, encompassing reviewing study designs and analytical methods, literature research and conducting your own analysis based on real world data. Moreover, you will be responsible for the reporting, communication and potential publication of major findings in a clear and convincing way.
You will get a unique insight into the full global development value chain of Novo Nordisk and will be part of a highly skilled and motivated international working environment. You will have interactions with many collaboration partners across the organisation – either when communicating epidemiological results internally or through contact with research organisations, commercial partners and academic institutions involved in analysis of epidemiological data.
You will enjoy the privilege of being part of both formal and informal graduate networks. This will allow you to broaden your learning even further, while building your opportunities and relationships across the company.
The job
The Epidemiology Graduate Programme is tailored to ensure your full personal and professional development, accelerated by prioritised training and dedicated coaching from experienced colleagues. The programme comprises three 8-month rotations during a two-year period.
The first rotation is planned to take place within Epidemiology in our corporate headquarters in Denmark. The main purpose of this rotation is an introduction to the epidemiological areas of responsibilities and at least one of our key projects, and to gain hands-on experience e.g. perform pharmaco-epidemiological analysis based on external databases or identify epidemiological reference data from the literature.
The second rotation is planned to take place in an affiliate outside of Denmark. In this rotation, the graduate will get insight into epidemiological work from the local and affiliate perspective. Furthermore, this rotation will give the graduate a unique international perspective that is invaluable as new markets continue to evolve for Novo Nordisk.
The third rotation is planned to take place at headquarters in Denmark, either in a department with ties to Epidemiology, within or outside Global Development. Possible areas could for instance be Global Safety, Global Stakeholder Engagement or Global Market Access. This will help to build network and showcase the importance of epidemiology within other areas in drug development and drug commercialisation.
What does an Epidemiologist do
In short, an epidemiologist in Novo Nordisk provides background data within our therapeutic disease areas across the organisation and drives studies of the safety and effectiveness of our marketed drugs based on literature and databases.
Qualifications
To join the Global Development Graduate Programme as an Epidemiology Graduate you must hold a recent master’s degree or PhD from 2015 or 2016 in Epidemiology, Public health, Biostatistics, Medicine, Biology, Human biology or equivalent and have no more than 1-2 years of work experience since finishing your studies. You are change-prepared and ready to relocate to Denmark for the start of the programme in September, 2016.
You are independent, flexible and efficient with a ‘can-do’ attitude. You are a true team player with strong social skills and you manage cross-functional collaboration well. You have a solid background within epidemiology and a high level of understanding of practical epidemiological and pharmaco-epidemiological problems. At the cutting-edge of a highly complex and innovative industry, you must be able to learn and solve tasks fast, excel at cross-functional collaboration and communicate your great ideas well.
You must be prepared to invest significant personal effort to meet the expectations and proactively take ownership of your areas of responsibility. You are a top graduate with an international profile and a passion for learning. The strongest candidates carry some relevant work experience obtained while studying. Finally, the right graduate candidate is driven by a desire to make a difference.
Apply here before 10 January 2016
If you think you have what it takes to change lives, submit your motivational letter, CV (in English) and a 1-minute video response answering the question “Why are you the perfect candidate for the Epidemiology Graduate Programme?”. Upload a copy of your master’s certificate - or latest copy of your grade transcript, if you are still studying.
Want to know more?
For more details about Epidemiology Graduate Programme visit <a href='javascript:openLinkWindow("http://www.novonordisk.com/Global-Development-Graduate")' "="" data-cke-saved-href='javascript:openLinkWindow("http://www.novonordisk.com/Global-Development-Graduate")'>http://www.novonordisk.com/Global-Development-Graduate . For all our other graduate programmes visit novonordisk.com/graduate.
You can also contact Johanne Piltoft at +45 3079 1723 or Claes Enøe at +45 3075 5574; or for general information about the Graduate Programme, please contact Kristina I. Jacobsen at +45 3079 8882 (Kristina is not available from 12-DEC-2015 to 03-JAN-2016).
More ways to join Novo Nordisk
In addition to the Graduate Programme, Novo Nordisk offers more than 5,000 other life-changing careers every year. See all available jobs at novonordisk.com/career and connect with us at novonordisk.com/LinkedIn.
