Looking to gain some meaningful work experience with an innovative medicines business? Collaborate with bright minds on real-life Novartis projects and you could have an impact on how we deliver life-changing medicines to people in the future.
Find an area that fascinates you and start building connections and expertise at the cutting edge of medicines.
Interested in a dynamic sales career? The Sales Rotational Summer Internship at Novartis includes two internship experiences designed to prepare high-potential students for entry-level Territory Account Specialist roles. Over 10 weeks, you’ll gain practical knowledge, build key skills, and engage in real-world sales projects, setting the stage for a successful future in pharmaceutical sales.
Interested in launching an exciting career that intersects science, medicine, R&D, and strategy? Join the US commercial division, where we have the unique accountability to translate the science and medicines that come out of our R&D engine into meaningful patient outcomes, both equitably and at scale. As an intern, over 10 weeks, you'll be part of a general management team, tackling specific hands-on projects that aim to improve patients' lives by bringing new therapies to market.
Join Novartis’ Insights & Decision Science (IDS) team and make impact fast. Partner as a trusted advisor to convert integrated data into connected, actionable insights—shaping strategy and decision making across brands, functions, and leadership
JLaunch your career in Novartis Patient Support (NPS)—where patients are our purpose. Help remove access barriers by supporting coverage and affordability work while partnering on process and technology improvements that elevate the patient experience.
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Interested in launching a career as a medical representative? Join our Sailing Medical Representative Intern Program in China, where you'll gain hands-on experience in academic promotion and the commercial side of the pharmaceutical business. Over 3 to 12 months, you’ll receive training, mentoring, and on-the-job learning, with potential opportunities for a permanent role after graduation. Ideal for students studying medicine, chemistry, pharmacy, or biology. Ready to start your career journey?
Successfully completed our summer internship? Then you could join our Leadership Development Program (LDP). This program offers dynamic rotations in areas like Marketing Operations, Data, Insights & Analytics, Customer Experience Planning, Marketing Technology, and Marketing Strategy. Over the next two to three years, you'll deep dive into impactful projects and gain invaluable customer-facing experience. It's a fantastic way to broaden your skills, explore different facets of the business, and kick-start your career journey.
Interested in learning more about a career in Medical Affairs? Come and learn from our Global Team. This program at Novartis offers the opportunity to work in one of the following areas such as Operation Excellence, Governance, Portfolio & Program Management, Patient Oriented Grants and Medical Policy.
This program offers dynamic rotations in areas like Marketing Operations, Data, Insights & Analytics, Customer Experience Planning, Marketing Technology, and Marketing Strategy. Over the next two to three years, you'll deep dive into impactful projects and gain invaluable customer-facing experience. It's a fantastic way to broaden your skills, explore different facets of the business, and kick-start your career journey.
The Finance Development Program (FDP) is designed to transform MBA graduates into Senior Finance Leaders at Novartis within six years. Through 2-3 years of rotational assignments in areas like Business Planning and Analysis, Financial Reporting, Treasury, and Digital Finance, you’ll gain deep insights into the US pharma market. This program offers hands-on experience across key finance functions, setting you up for leadership roles in the future.
The Patient Advocacy intern will support the US Patient Advocacy team in addressing the needs of patient communities and advancing the reputation of Novartis as a focused medicines company that reimagines medicine This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in patient advocacy and work with patient groups in different disease areas.
The TA Communications intern will support the US communications team in developing and executing impactful communications across all key disease areas, including oncology, immunology, cardiovascular disease and neuroscience.
The Corporate Communications intern will play a key role in the US Communications and Patient Advocacy teams, providing support across various departmental duties including creating press releases, mass emails and web content.
The US Public Affairs Summer Intern will be based in our Washington, D.C. office and support the US Public Affairs team in their efforts to further public policies that support and value biopharmaceutical innovation, provide patients access to novel therapeutics, and position Novartis as a trusted resource to policymakers
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Have you ever imagined playing a pivotal role in the production of groundbreaking medical treatments? As an Engineering Intern at the Novartis Radioligand Therapy Manufacturing Site, you'll gain hands-on experience in producing and optimizing innovative radioligand therapies. This internship offers critical insights into manufacturing processes and technical challenges in high-quality pharmaceutical production. Join us and be a part of shaping the future of healthcare!
Launch your career in Novartis Manufacturing—help make and deliver high‑quality medicines when patients need them. Work across planning, manufacturing, and logistics, using digital technologies to improve efficiency while upholding quality, safety, compliance, and sustainability.
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Our Next Generation Scientist Program in cooperation with the University of Basel offers internships to talented and motivated scientists from low- and middle-income countries. The three-month program, which takes place at the Novartis research site in Basel, aims to promote both the scientific and professional development of the researchers.
Under the guidance of Novartis mentors, participants work on a mutually agreed scientific or clinical research project and participate in a leadership development program to strengthen their communication and decision-making skills. As part of research projects, participants use the latest methods and work with leading experts in the respective fields with the aim of later applying what they have learned in their countries. An important element of the programs is that both sides learn from each other: scientists and physicians from Novartis and the University of Basel benefit from the program by developing a deeper understanding of the world of science and healthcare in other countries.
Launch your career in Pharmacokinetic Sciences (PKS), where cutting‑edge PK and translational science guide better decisions. Partner across NIBR and GDD to integrate ADME, bioanalytics, and advanced modeling to optimize dosing and maximize the likelihood of clinical success.
Students will join the Regulatory Affairs CMC (Chemistry Manufacturing Controls department and provide support to global regulatory teams, under guidance. Main responsibilities will involve assisting with technical regulatory submissions for both developmental and commercial programs of Novartis brands. Along with learning about current health authority trends.
Fellows will conduct drug development clinical analysis and will be matched with analytics mentors to gain first-hand exposure to analytic problems in drug development.
This program provides drug discovery, the science of therapeutics and clinical research training opportunities for early graduate (master’s or doctoral) students and/or medical students who have a strong interest in the biomedical field. Fellows are carefully matched with BR scientific mentors to gain first-hand exposure to BR's innovative approaches to research, science & technology.
TInterns will work on quantitative projects (statistics, data science/machine learning, or pharmacometrics) under the guidance of experienced quantitative scientists. Various real-world problems will give interns hands-on exposure to the early and late phases of drug development across different therapeutic areas. Interns will also attend seminars and other enrichment and learning activities to enhance their understanding of the drug development process.
The Clinical Development (CD) Intern will support the global CD team with their clinical development portfolio, specifically supporting the Clinical Development Directors (CDD) and Clinical Development Medical Directors (CDMD) in their work on the cross-functional clinical trial team (CTT) as assigned. The CD Intern will build skills and experience in CD by participating in a number of specific trainings and by successfully contributing to CD activities in one or more projects in diverse teams.
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