E11 #CareerJourney From Academia to Philanthropy at Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) with Jeremy A. Daniel, a Senior Scientific Manager at NNF.

In this exciting episode Jeremy Daniel gives us an insight into his journey from Academia to Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF). We discussed leaving academia and how surprised he was by the strong “Scientist” identity he carried with him for some time afterwards Jeremy describes his career path and his current role at NNF About NNF and its strategy for 2030 - the vision is to not only improve health and sustainability of society and the planet but also to build a robust Life Science Ecosystem to allow scientific breakthroughs and development of new technology. Supporting different types of Mission driven projects, partnerships and health equity.  Jeremy enjoys leading projects and believes diversity and multi stakeholder partnerships are key to solving challenges of our time We discussed career transitions, challenges and learnings from a life scientific and the underestimated value of transferable skills  He leaves us to ponder on a great take home message -be honest with yourself and if you are not enjoying your work be brave and daring - your transferable skills are in high demand!   𝗕𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: We want to build a community to inspire life science professionals and leaders through talent talks and organized events. Share knowledge across the life science community through personal stories of their journey. We encourage you to take part in shaping this community by sharing your feedback, questions or ideas. This you can do through our LinkedIn ⁠community page⁠⁠: 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: Feel free to share your ideas and your feedback using our voicemail that you can access⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠: (no voicemails will be published without your explicit approval). 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀: ⁠⁠Nehar Mortuza⁠⁠ and ⁠Søren Spanner Bach⁠⁠ Also, thanks to our podcast editor ⁠Shahnam Jilan⁠⁠ The episode was recorded on 16th January 2023