Help shape how Novo brings medicines to the people who need them. Through rotations in headquarters and international affiliates, you’ll learn how customer insights inform marketing strategy, product launches and future commercial approaches.

The Global Commercial Marketing Graduate Programme is a two year opportunity to develop your commercial and marketing expertise while contributing to the future of Novo. Your three rotations take you from global strategy closer to the customers and markets we serve.

You will begin in our headquarters in Denmark, where you will work within Product Portfolio Strategy, experiencing how teams develop commercial strategies, prepare markets for product launches and maximise the potential of products throughout their lifecycle.

During the programme, you will gain insight into global and local pharmaceutical marketing, market development, sales challenges, product management, and potential launch execution. You will engage with customers and other stakeholders to gather market insights and help translate them into effective commercial strategies. You will also learn how Novo works across the product lifecycle management to create value and build sustainable competitiveness.

Your journey could include:

1. Obesity strategic Marketing, Denmark: Build an understanding of commercial strategy and product lifecycle management while contributing to portfolio assessments and strategic recommendations.

2. Affiliate Marketing, Spain: Support local market preparation and marketing activities, gather customer and market insights, and contribute to launch readiness, local marketing initiatives, key opinion leader engagement and the execution of commercial excellence initiatives.

3. Sales or strategic commercial role: Gain first-hand experience of customer engagement, sales and commercial execution while taking responsibility for customer and sales targets or work on a strategic commercial project.

Assignments and locations will vary, but each rotation will give you a new perspective on how global strategy becomes local action.

You will gain experience across global and local marketing, customer engagement and commercial execution. You will develop your understanding of products and markets while building skills in marketing strategy, digital and AI enabled ways of working, and project delivery.

You will take responsibility for meaningful work, collaborate across functions and cultures, and learn from colleagues throughout Novo. Structured development, mentoring and the global graduate community will support your growth.

By the end of the programme, you will have a broad understanding of commercial marketing and a strong foundation for a long-term career in Novo’s marketing functions.

For positions starting in 2027, we are looking for candidates who:

  • Hold a relevant master’s degree completed in 2026 or 2027, with excellent academic results. Relevant fields include marketing, digital marketing, commercial strategy, product management, business, consumer behaviour, analytics or a related discipline
  • Have gained relevant experience through an internship, student job or project in areas such as brand management, digital marketing, FMCG, life sciences, commercial delivery or consulting
  • Have spent at least six months studying, working or living abroad and are willing to relocate internationally during the programme
  • Are professionally fluent in English. Additional languages are an advantage
  • Have no more than one year of full-time work experience between or after completing their master’s degree
  • Are available to start full-time on 1 September 2027
  • Are globally mobile and hold an international driving license

You are curious about healthcare and motivated to understand the people, products and markets we serve. You bring a commercial mindset, confidence with digital tools and an interest in how AI can improve marketing. You take ownership of your work, think critically, enjoy learning and collaborate well with people from different backgrounds.

You are welcome to apply for more than one track. However, we recommend you to carefully consider which tracks you will apply for and your motivation for doing so. You will have to make an individual application for each programme track and we encourage you to only apply for the tracks that you would be truly excited to join.

Be yourself and share why Novo Nordisk is the company you want to work for. What motivates you and why do you think being a graduate could be amazing. We would like to know who YOU are.

No, our corporate language is English, so speaking Danish is definitely not a requirement. There may be local language requirements for some International Operations (IO) tracks.

Yes, as long as you plan to graduate before the start of the Graduate programme. It is also accepted if you have not received your official graduate diploma before starting in the Graduate Programme, as long as you have finished your studies and are just waiting for the official papers.

This position is designed as an entry-level role, and while many graduates join the program directly after their studies, we also consider candidates with up to one year of post-graduate experience.

Previous pharmaceutical work experience is not a requirement to apply for the programme.

For the Global tracks you will be employed by our HQ organisation and most of the positions will start in Denmark, except for Global Tax, where you will commence your rotations in either Denmark, US or in one of our International Operations locations globally.

For the International Operations tracks you will be employed in one of our specified hiring countries for 2026, where you will undertake your first rotation.

Upon successful completion of the programme, you will be offered a position in Novo Nordisk, therefore full mobility and flexibility is required as the location is not pre-determined.