Analytics & Strategy Internship

Are you passionate about data analytics and insights generation? Are you keen on gaining practical experience and insight into the strategic and data-driven decision-making of a global pharmaceutical company? If so, join us as our new Intern in the Insights & Strategy team within Novo Nordisk’s Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical Reporting (RQ&C) Executive Office and together embrace the opportunity with international colleagues. Apply now!
 

The position
As our new Analytics & Strategy Intern, you will be expected to play an active role in our team’s success and hone your analytical toolkit. We guarantee that you will stay challenged and that you are offered a unique learning experience. 
Your responsibilities are included, but not limited to:

Data Analytics

• Creating data visualisations using PowerBI and/or Tableau 
• Updating and maintaining capacity forecasts across RQ&C
• Driving various internal development projects to improve data quality or optimising processes
• Generating analytics insights in Excel (e.g., by analysing Novo Nordisk’s project pipeline speed to market using industry benchmark data)

Project management/Stakeholder management

• Supporting leadership teams in defining and realising strategic aspirations and organisational development opportunities 
• Creating presentations and presenting outcomes on strategic workforce planning and resource forecasting
• Analysing the business cases for transformational projects (e.g., efficiency gains in the drug approval process)  

Practicalities:

• Internship period: Full-time for 6 months
• Working hours: 18-37 hours per week (with flexibility in the exam period)
• Start date: September – November 2024 (flexible start date)
• Location: Søborg, Denmark
• Internships are remunerated if your educational track allows 
• Full-time Danish work permit is required 

Students must be enrolled at a university through the entire internship period. 
 

Qualifications
You are a Student who is pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree within Business, Engineering, Analytics, or any other related fields and have at least 1 year of work experience.
To succeed in this role, you need:

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Proficiency in the MS Office package (Excel, PowerPoint)

Preference (nice to have):

• Experience with data preparation or visualization tools (e.g. Alteryx, PowerBI, Tableau) 
• Previous internships and/or relevant student jobs 

In addition to the above, you are curious, eager to learn, ambitious, and have a can-do attitude. You are service-minded and perceive failure and feedback as learning opportunities. Lastly, you are a team player and a skilled communicator with the ability to collaborate respectfully with employees at all levels in a multicultural working environment.
 

About the department  
RC&Q is part of the Development (R&D) area in Novo Nordisk pursuing better outcomes for patients through drug development. The Insights & Strategy (I&S) team is responsible for activities ranging from qualitative processes like project management and strategic assessments to quantitative processes like data analysis and business intelligence reporting. We aim to drive informed leadership decision-making and to improve current business processes proactively. 
On the I&S team, you will have 10 colleagues of diverse educational and international backgrounds. The team invests heavily in the development of our students and interns. Our team is known for its collaborative and supportive culture, both in and outside of the office. Our interns and student workers take an active role in organising team activities at our department meetings, and offsites, as well as organising the team’s social calendar (we meet outside of work at least every second month). 
 

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 61,000 employees. 
Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing.
 

Contact
For further information, please contact either Senior Business Partner William Patterson (e: WLPS@novonordisk.com, p: +45 3448 4661) or Abed Kreidly (e: ZAKL@novonordisk.com, p: +45 3448 8193)
 

Deadline 
30 April 2024 
Kindly note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and interviews conducted on a rolling basis. Please submit a cover letter, CV, and transcript as well as refrain from adding a photo to your CV to ensure fair and efficient processing. 

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.