US People and Organization Graduate

Imagine being a part of a team committed to helping people defeat diabetes and other serious chronic conditions. Here at Novo Nordisk, we seek out opportunities to contribute to healthier communities and better lives for all people. And, that’s what you’ll gain by joining Novo Nordisk’s People & Organization (P&O) team. Our P&O team is passionate about their purpose – enabling business success the Novo Nordisk Way by turning the Company’s business strategy into an actionable workforce strategy.

A strategy which captures the entire employee life-cycle. At Novo Nordisk, you will join an inclusive team of diverse talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. Are you ready?

The US Human Resources Graduate Programs objective is to strengthen the talent pipeline by attracting, recruiting and developing recent post-graduate talents who have the potential to grow into managing leaders throughout the organization in the future. This specific role will be a Human Resource Leadership Rotation, rotating through various areas of the HR (DEIB, Learning and Leadership Development, Talent Management, HR Operations, etc).

Graduates will be included in and drive national and global projects and gain the necessary professional and personal skills to be successfully equipped for full-time employment at Novo Nordisk.

Reports formally into the program manager/director within Talent Management, US Operations (USO) Employee Experience. The graduate will have a host manager appointed by the department where the graduate is positioned. This daily contact will provide the foundation to train the graduate in the processes and responsibilities of the department according to the overall objective of the graduate program. All graduates will meet on a monthly/bi-monthly basis with the Program Manager within the USO Talent Management Team Graduates will interact across the HR/People organization.

The graduate will have opportunity to work on projects and different areas, get involved in the company's initiatives and activities, learn from different environments and work cross-functionally. This role does not have any direct or indirect reports.

• Graduates will complete three rotations in 2 years, including one global rotation. Each rotation has a length of 6-8 months. Rotations projects will come from functions within the HR/People Organization. Assignments will be based on demands of the business and background of the graduate. Each rotation will have customized goals/objectives and support the program’s overall objective:
• To attract, develop and retain outstanding talents by offering the opportunity to gain in-depth understanding of how to solve complex problems in an international pharmaceutical company such as Novo Nordisk
• These responsibilities concern all graduates:
• To take part in projects of the daily department and to ideally become responsible for certain elements of these projects
• To contribute to the development of well-thought-out solutions
• To be critical and constructive in relation to the projects in which the graduates participate
• To plan and take part in graduate activities such as site visits, ‘meet the customers’ events and other skill training activities
• To contribute to the development and improvement of the USO Graduate Program
• To facilitate knowledge-sharing among current graduates, also from other graduate program tracks within Novo Nordisk
• To facilitate and contribute to the development of a network amongst and beyond graduates
• To live by the Novo Way values and incorporate this in all actions

Incumbents will spend 1/3 of the graduate program in an international assignment.