Student assistant - ideation and early innovation in R&D at Coloplast

Student assistant – ideation and early innovation in R&D at Coloplast

Curious about how problems, user needs, and ideas turn into real solutions? Interested in hands-on experience with innovation in a global MedTech company – and helping shape what we work on next? Then this is your chance to join our R&D Scoping team as a student assistant.
We are strengthening our innovation funnel to ensure a focused, high-quality, and strategically aligned pipeline. As part of this, you will support idea management – helping capture, structure, and move forward the right ideas at the right time.

About the R&D Scoping team
We are an early-stage R&D team dedicated to exploring, shaping, and testing the future of Coloplast.
We work with ideas, concepts, and new solution spaces – turning them into structured opportunities for product development. Our team brings together backgrounds in design, strategy, business, and engineering – a mix of thinkers, doers, and prototype builders.

As our student assistant, you will:
•    Gain hands-on insight into how early-stage innovation works in practice
•    Help turn ideas into tangible concepts
•    Co-manage our ideation platform
•    Support rapid testing and learning

Your daily responsibilities:
You will help ensure that ideas flow smoothly through the innovation process and support the day-to-day work in the Scoping team. This includes:

•    Maintaining our ideation platform (NOSCO) – setting up and managing idea channels, campaigns, and scoping flows
•    Supporting colleagues in using the platform – onboarding, guidance, and troubleshooting
•    Helping plan and run idea campaigns end-to-end – from mobilization and ideation to screening, development, and pitching
•    Contributing to continuous improvement – refining processes, templates, and ways of working
•    Supporting the team broadly with research, analysis, coordination, and ad hoc tasks across projects

Expected qualifications
•    Currently studying within a relevant field (e.g. business, innovation, engineering, or similar)
•    Well-structured with the ability to handle multiple tasks and collaborate with different stakeholders
•    Comfortable working with digital tools and platforms; experience with ideation management or innovation collaboration tools is a plus
•    Interest in innovation, idea development processes, and early-stage product work
•    Strong communication skills and a helpful, service-oriented mindset

Language skills:
•    Fluent written and spoken English
•    Danish is not required

Practical information:
The position is based on-site at Coloplast HQ in Humlebæk, North Zealand, Denmark.
Expected workload is approximately 15–20 hours per week, with flexibility around exams.

Interested?
We are looking to welcome our new colleague as soon as possible and will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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