Want to help bring life-changing products to people all over the world?
The Global Marketing Graduate Programme aims to develop world-class Global Product Managers with a broad understanding and hands-on experience in international and local pharmaceutical marketing activities.
The programme includes two eight-month rotations in the Global Marketing Headquarters (Denmark and/or Zurich), one eight-month rotation in a marketing department of an affiliate, and another eight months as a sales representative abroad.
The programme is individually tailored to ensure your full personal and professional development. Tasks span from pre-launch and launch challenges, all the way through lifecycle management.
What you will be doing
As a Global Marketing Graduate, you will experience a variety of challenging tasks and projects. You will be part of a unique international working environment with room for individuality as well as teamwork.
Rotating in both HQ and an affiliate abroad, you will gain experience with a broad variety of both pre-launch, launch, and lifecycle management tasks and projects. You will get a unique insight into the full global marketing value chain of Novo Nordisk. And you will build your skills within everything from strategic product and marketing planning, to local tactical marketing and sales operations.
Throughout the programme you will gain experience with cross- departmental project work and internal/external stakeholder management. More concretely, your working areas as a Global Marketing Graduate may include:
- Product strategy development and implementation
- Product positioning and branding
- Product development, launch or withdrawal
- Market research and analysis
- Forecasting and pricing strategy
- Conference exhibitions and symposia
- Promotional material and communication
- Web strategy and implementation
Whilst taking on a broad variety of responsibilities, 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.
Scope of the programme
The Global Marketing Graduate programme is individually tailored to ensure the advancement of your personal and professional profile.
The programme is highly international and structured around four eight-month rotations: Two based in the Global Marketing Headquarters, one in a marketing department of an affiliate, and one as a sales representative abroad.
The sequence of the rotations may change from graduate to graduate. Depending on your wishes to travel abroad, you may carry out one of your Headquarter rotations in our Zurich based Global Marketing offices.
The last rotation of the programme is the position as a sales representative within an affiliate. This further advancement of your marketing career profile could lead to a job within Novo Nordisk Headquarters as a Global Product Manager.
Most graduates are hired on a permanent basis upon completion of the programme – previous graduates now hold positions within Novo Nordisk ranging from Global Product Manager to Regional Marketing Director.
Rotation details
Rotation 1 and 2
Global Marketing rotations x 2: The objective is to gain experience with the entire pharma life-cycle of a brand - thus the two rotations will be in launch/life-cycle and pre-launch. Tasks are very strategic and analytical in nature and could include challenging tasks such as product strategy development, positioning/branding, market research, forecasting, conferences, and development of promotional material and communication.
Rotation 3
Affiliate marketing rotation: The objective is to understand what the life of a Local Product Manager is like. This will enable the Graduates to better support affiliates as they accelerate their career in Global Marketing. Tasks are analytical and operational in nature and can include product launch planning/execution, annual business planning, conference organisation, and development of educational materials for physicians and patients.
Rotation 4
Sales rotation: The objective is for the Graduates to experience the final link in the pharma value-chain. This rotation allows Graduates to understand the foundation of the pharma business drivers, our customers´ needs and the selling skills to connect with our customers. Graduates will be given responsibility for their own customers and sales budgets to reach. Opportunities in sales can also include involvement in sales operation tasks such as targeting or performance analysis.
Requirements
The right Global Marketing Graduate candidates are driven by a desire to make a difference!
You are performance-oriented, outgoing and enthusiastic. You have a strategic and analytical mindset. And at the cutting-edge of a highly complex and innovative industry, you’ll need to be able to learn fast and communicate your great ideas well.
You are a top M.Sc. Graduate in business economics, marketing, international business or an equivalent. You have international experience and a passion for learning. Finally, the strongest candidates carry some relevant work experience and a passion for working in pharmaceutical marketing.
If you recognise yourself in the profile above, we are looking for you!
Graduate recruitment for 2009 has now ended. Next recruitment campain will take place primo 2010.
