Trainee Programs in Pharma

For those members of the target groups, who are looking for a career transition from academia to pharma, we have compiled a list of trainee programs offered by variety of known pharma companies.

Company Duration of Training Program Further Remarks
AbbVie 24 months, starting Oct. 1st  
Bayer 24 months International future leadership program for engineers, pharmacists and natural scientists.
Information on application deadlines can be found on the website.
Boehringer Ingelheim 24 - 36 months

Biopharmaceuticals Management Trainee Program (Biberach & Vienna)
Bristol-Myers Squibb 18 - 24 mon Training program for both medical or marketing & sales trainees
GSK 24 - 36 months

Applications start in March every year, with diverse Future Leaders Programs:

  • Trainee Marketing / Sales Pharma
  • Trainee Market Access Pharma
  • Trainee Marketing / Sales Consumer
  • Trainee Manufacturing (Operations / Quality Vaccines Dresden)
  • Trainee Manufacturing (Operations / Quality Vaccines Marburg)
 
Johnson & Johnson 24 months  
  • Trainee Market Access Future Leaders
  • Trainee Commercial Future Leaders
  • Trainee Government Affairs & Policy Future Leaders
 
Lilly Pharma 24 months Diverse Traineeprogramms:
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Corporate Affairs/ Market Access
 
Merck 24 months

Join the GoGlobal or Functional Graduate Program

 
Novartis 18 - 36 months, depending on training program

Available Early Talent training programs:

  • Marketing
  • Commercial
  • Market Access
  • Medical
  • Digital
  • Communications
  • Finance
  • People & Organisation (HR)
 
Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH 12 - 18 months, starting in Sept./Oct. each year  
Roche approx. 24 months

Diverse training programs:

  • Pharma Development Regulatory (PDR)-Trainee Programme
  • Start IT. Make a difference.
  • Start PT ORDP. Push boundaries.
  • Start Supply Chain.
  • StarTrack. Data Science to Personalised Healthcare
  • Start Patient Safety. Where passion meets purpose.
  • Start Portfolio Strategy
 
Sandoz 19 months

The Sandoz Talent Excellence Program is an accelerated, 19 month leadership development program where trainees work through three six-month rotations in Quality Assurance, Production, Development, Engineering and Operational Excellence, at different Sandoz sites globally.

Two tracks available: Natural Science & Engineering
Sanofi-Aventis 24 months

Diverse trainee programs with different starting dates:

  • Business Operations & Support
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Industrial Affairs
  • Medical-Marketing-Sales
  • Market Access & Public Affairs
 
Wacker 18 months

The 18-month trainee program is designed to identify and develop talent. It takes into account your qualifications and strengths as well as the skills required for future tasks.

Your individual training is rounded out with specific expert and interdisciplinary advanced training courses from the WACKER training program comprising a variety of seminars on professional, management, personality and social skills.

The trainee program is oriented toward graduates with excellent grades in engineering or natural sciences, ideally complemented with an MBA or doctorate. We are looking for candidates in the following (or related) fields:

  • Chemistry
  • Electrical engineering
  • Process engineering / chemical engineering / bioengineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Biotechnology