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2 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 3 Launch your career with us Are you already advanced in the theory of your field of study and are you eager to enhance your career chances with hands-on experience? Would you like to broaden your horizon and are you ready for new challenges? Would you like to prove your sense for innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship? We offer attractive possibilities to talented and engaged undergraduate and graduate students, Ph.D. candidates and postdocs, to show their potential in a global and demanding environment. Launch your career with us. At Novartis, we are committed to giving ambitious young talent the chance to build a career in the pharmaceutical industry, to grow professionally and personally. This will enable them to make their specific contribution to drive innovation. André Wyss, Country President Novartis Switzerland
4 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 5 Clinical Science Research Drug Discovery Research Fields of Study Biochemistry Modeling & Simulation Biology Biomedical Sciences Technical Research & Development Bioinformatics Biotechnology Where do you fit in? Clinical Development Chemical Engineering Chemistry Engineering Informatics As one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies worldwide Novartis offers a broad range of career opportunities. We mainly seek graduates in science, medicine and engineering to strengthen our core business, but we also look for young professionals with profound knowledge in business administration, law, psychology or social sciences, who want to launch their career in one of the various fields of work within Novartis. More than 30 percent of our associates are university graduates. For careers in research and development, a Ph.D. degree is often a prerequisite or at least a plus. The graphic on the right provides you with a rough overview of the various entry possibilities open to people with your academic background. For further details, please refer to our website and additional brochures. Manufacturing & Supply Chain Sales & Marketing Drug Regulatory Affairs Life Sciences Mathematics / Statistics Medicine Nanosciences Pharmacy / Pharmaceutical Sciences Physics Veterinary Medicine Business Administration / Economics Law Psychology Social Sciences Patents Business Development & Licensing Finance Communication Human Resources Legal
6 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 7 Launching your career with an internship or research project at Novartis An internship or research project at Novartis is the ideal way to find out more about our industry. The experience you gain will help you broaden the scope of your personal and professional skills. Novartis offers internships on all levels of your academic education. If you are a self-motivated, target-oriented person eager to learn and like to work in diverse teams, you will find an inspiring environment where you can enrich your knowledge by first-hand practical experience. Before-Study Internships Have you finished high school or commercial school and would like to get an insight into the industry and practical aspects of your field of study you are focusing on? To support your choice of degree Novartis offers you internships before you are going to university. Undergraduate Students After having finished at least a few semesters at university level, you might be eager to apply your knowledge in practice. At Novartis, you can either do an internship that is mandatory for your BSc/ BA curriculum or do a piece of research as your bachelor s thesis. During my internship I learned to manage my projects independently and to schedule my experiments efficiently. I regularly came into contact with people from all parts of the world whose advice was always very helpful. Thomas Dannequin, Scientific Associate NIBR
8 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 9 Graduate Students If an internship is an integrated part of your master s degree or if you plan to carry out a research project in an industrial environment as your master s thesis, you might find the performance-oriented culture at Novartis the right place to challenge and prove your theoretical knowledge and get hands-on experience in a company driven by innovation. Postgraduates After graduation from university, you have acquired a broad knowledge in your field of study and are ready to apply it in practice. This is the right moment to start a postgraduate traineeship where you will get insight into work life, apply your knowledge and show your team spirit. Beside traineeships, structured postgraduate programs are offered in selected fields, which will give you a profound insight into a special subject area. If you are interested in research in drug discovery and development, a Ph.D. position at Novartis in cooperation with a university would enable you to contribute to innovative research at one of the leading healthcare companies while accomplishing your academic education. For students with a completed degree who are currently studying for an MBA, Novartis is offering a selection of job options, from summer internships to permanent entry positions in all relevant fields, e.g. Marketing, Finance, HR, Business Development, etc. The Finance Rotation Program gave me the opportunity to boost my finance know-how and develop leadership skills. By rotating across different departments I was able to build a unique network of colleagues with different backgrounds. Matteo Forzan, Finance Rotation Program
10 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 11 Postdoctoral Fellows Novartis provides talented scientists with a unique opportunity to perform high-quality research in an environment with the resources of a large pharmaceutical company. Postdoctoral positions are mainly available within research and development. Our Postdoctoral Program at NIBR (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research) provides postdoctoral scholars with a unique opportunity to perform innovative, fundamental research in a pharmaceutical setting. Postdocs design and conduct their research with guidance from a principal investigator at Novartis, and an academic advisor where appropriate. Our postdocs present their work at major research conferences and aim to publish their results in leading peer-reviewed journals. We encourage applications from candidates who wish to pursue a career in academia or industry. After their postdoctoral term, fellows continue their careers in academic or pharmaceutical research and a variety of other areas. For further information, please visit our website nibr.com/ careers. I started with an internship in project management while finalizing my Ph.D. The postdoc position I was offered subsequently provided a perfect bridge between academic work and industry and opens doors for my future career. Marta Dias Postdoc Candidate Technical Research & Development
12 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 13 Personal development and career opportunities at Novartis A straight career leads e.g. from Lab Head to Senior Research Investigator to Unit Head within the same scientific area. We know that our success depends on our ability not only to attract, but also to develop and retain talented people. Thus, the performance management process of Novartis associates is adapted for temporary employments such as internships or research projects. This enables you to focus on clear and ambitious goals, to set directions and priorities and to share our values. It is important for us that you receive constructive feedback about your performance and strengths as well as your potential for development. We believe that this approach ensures that your stay at Novartis becomes a valuable learning opportunity, supporting you on your career path. Through this commitment, challenging and rewarding career opportunities open up. Various career paths are possible within Novartis leading to a broad variety of different careers. In a specialist career, you are gaining broad experience in different roles at similar levels, e.g. in Human Resources in roles such as staffing, HR operations, compensation and benefits, etc. In a multi-track career, you might, e.g. after an advanced leadership training, be able to get a job in a new area and at a higher level.
14 REIMAGINING MEDICINE REIMAGINING MEDICINE 15 How to apply? All open positions, temporary and permanent, are published throughout the year on our website novartis.com/careers where you are also requested to submit your application. Only online applications will be considered as this makes it possible for you to update your CV any time if appropriate. For further details concerning internships, research projects and postgraduate programs in Switzerland please refer to our website on novartis.ch/studierende. Look for job postings regarding your field of study and education level. When you are applying for a position, we expect that you make your ambition and career goals explicit and state why you are especially interested in an internship at Novartis. During their stay at Novartis, interns get the opportunity to interact with world-class scientists. This exchange helps them to advance in their academic career and to gain practical work experience. In turn, Novartis benefits from the interns fresh input and links to the latest trends at academic institutions. Goonaseelan Colin Pillai Global Head of Scientific Capability Development and D&I, Pharma Development
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