Analyst - Digital Innovation Hub

About the Department

The Business Innovation Garage (BIG) is a high-growth unit in Novo Nordisk (NN), exploring four primary areas:

Establishing a network of Digital Innovation Hubs US (DIH US) ‎situated in the most advanced and dynamic Healthtech ecosystems across the world with the objective to accelerate NN’s digital partnering & investment efforts, as well as create an environment where corporate and startups come together to experiment, build, and co-create in support of initiatives that challenge the status quo and leverage innovative technologies.

Support the organization in the execution of the digital strategy and its implementation across the organization.

Explore the limits of technology and its impact in cardiometabolic patients to untap the next big digital disruptor in healthcare

Accelerate the digital transformation of NN by supporting the organization in boosting partnerships with start-ups in digital healthcare.

 

DIH US has a strong anchoring in the North American organization and ecosystem, and is a joint effort ‎of Global Digital, Data & IT (DDIT) and North America Operations (NAO).  ‎

The Position

The purpose of this position is to contribute to the overall success of the Digital Innovation Hub unit, by delivering Digital Innovation services. The primary focus of the position is structuring the scouting and analysis of partnering programs and facilitating interaction with external partners.

 

Digital Innovation Analyst support cross functional initiatives that leverage emerging technology, supporting ideation processes both internally and externally, convincingly, and clearly communicate to stakeholders across the business and act as an advisor on key trends identified in analysis of external companies' offerings.

 

Focus on mapping internal challenge to the external market, scouting for start-ups, engaging with universities, and communicating the value internally.

 

Relationships

This role directly reports to the Head of DIH US, with a dotted line to the IT Innovation & Architecture team. The role will be part of the larger BIG team, which includes the above-mentioned HQ department based in Denmark, as well as 7 DIHs located around the world. 

 

Internal key stakeholders: 

• Business Innovation Garage (BIG)  

• North American Operations (NAO), Digital Data & IT (DDIT)  

• Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI) Business Units 

• Clayton, Seattle, and Boston teams 

• Novo Nordisk Rare Disease (RareD)  

• Product Supply (PS) 

• Commercial Strategy & Corporate Affairs (CSCA) & Brand Teams 

• Broader Novo Nordisk (NN) Innovation community 

 

External key stakeholders:  

• Start-ups & scale-ups 

• Universities 

• Technology providers 

• External consultancies 

 

Essential Functions

As a Digital Innovation Hub Analyst, your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with ‎business units to identify their business priorities and needs

• Support the innovation ‎programs following the Novo Nordisk Fast Track Innovation framework: Create and launch ‎call for applications, scout and evaluate relevant startups and partners, and coordinate the ‎selection of solutions

• Scout external partners (startups, tech companies, universities) and ‎digital health trends, and assess and communicate, through reports, solutions based on NN ‎business needs

• Participate in DIH US ecosystem engagement and network of the Digital ‎Innovation Hubs (accelerators, incubators, academia, VCs, communities)

• Attend and ‎represent the DIH US in tech and Healthtech events and conferences

• Organize meetups and ‎events to attract startups and ecosystem players

• Support organizational innovation ‎capability building and adoption

 

Physical Requirements

‎20-30% overnight travel, including limited international travel ‎

 

‎Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred. Business, Innovation, Product development studies preferred.

• 2+ years of experience in a broad digital product development track/business model transformation, being specification, design, development, management, and implementation of digital solutions.  Relevant Masters degree with little to no working experience may also be considered. Experience working with digital healthcare topics will be a plus.

• Specific personal or technical job skills include:

  • Experience in identifying and assessing market trends and evaluating solut