Help shape the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing by bringing smarter technologies, data driven solutions, and continuous improvement into everyday production.
Across three eight month rotations in Denmark and internationally, you will work with experts to improve processes, strengthen manufacturing performance, and contribute to innovation that supports patients worldwide.
We welcome applicants from all over the world to apply for the Manufacturing Technology track.
The Manufacturing Technology Graduate Programme offers three eight-month rotations across our production sites in Denmark and internationally. You will gain a thorough understanding of our pharmaceutical manufacturing, work closely with different technologies, and explore how their capabilities can be used to improve manufacturing.
Manufacturing Technology is about optimising and improving production. From day one, you will be encouraged to ask questions, challenge assumptions, experiment, and turn ideas into impact while learning from experienced colleagues. You will contribute across different stages of a project’s life cycle, from development and testing to implementation and continuous improvement.
The Manufacturing Technology Graduate Programme is designed to accelerate your development by giving you breadth, responsibility, and hands-on experience early in your career.
Across three rotations, including an international rotation, you will build a broad understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing and how different parts of the manufacturing area work together. You will gain experience in production, lean manufacturing, manufacturing innovation, data driven improvement, and implementation of new technology.
You will take on real manufacturing challenges and gradually increase your level of responsibility. Through your rotations, you will build a broad technical and professional skill set by contributing to projects focused on production improvement, ramp up, optimisation, and project execution.
Along the way, experienced specialists, leaders, and mentors will support your professional development. Working with production teams and stakeholders across different sites will help you build a strong international network within manufacturing and Novo.
A Manufacturing Technology Graduate’s typical journey
During the first rotation, you might join a production or shop floor team in Denmark. Here, you could learn about pharmaceutical manufacturing first-hand, apply Lean Manufacturing principles, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, or process stability.
For the second rotation, you might move to an international production site. Working in a new environment will give you insight into local operations and the interaction between global standards and site specific needs.
In the final rotation, you could work with Manufacturing Science and Technology, manufacturing development, or a project execution team. You might contribute to an innovation, optimisation, or ramp up project, using the knowledge from your earlier rotations to help develop and implement a solution.
If this sounds like the kind of impact you want to make, we are looking for candidates who bring the following background and mindset for positions starting 1 September 2027:
- Educational background: A recent Master’s degree from 2026 or 2027 in Manufacturing Technology, Engineering, Automation, Autonomous Systems, Digitalisation, Robotics, Mechatronics, Machine Technology, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
- Experience: Relevant work experience from internships, student jobs, or extra curricular activities obtained alongside your studies
- Work experience limit: No more than one year of full-time work experience between or after completing a Master’s degree
- International exposure: International experience from studies abroad or internships
- AI mindset: Curiosity about how AI can transform pharma production and eagerness to turn that curiosity into practical use cases and production impact
- International mindset: Willingness to work across countries, cultures, and perspectives
- Stakeholder and patient focus: Curiosity about people and motivation to turn insights into solutions that improve production, ways of working, and ultimately the value we create for patients
- Comfort working in ambiguity: Courage to experiment, make bold decisions, and learn from outcomes
- Enterprise and collaborative mindset: Ability to connect the dots across Novo, work well across functions, communicate clearly, take initiative, and stay eager to learn
- Language: Professional fluency in English
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.
