Vertex Summer 2025 Intern @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Job Description

The Vertex Internship Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the pharmaceutical industry from a hands-on perspective. You will be working closely with and learning from some of the brightest people in the industry. When you join our internship program you should not be surprised to see that our environment is one that is innovative and team oriented, where collaboration is not just a word, and "we are relentless" is in everything we do. Students can expect to be challenged by their project plan, connect with other interns, and feel valued by the Vertex community. Not only will interns learn about their day-to-day tasks through their specific work assignments, but they will interact and have exposure to our organizational leaders and their teams.

Becoming a Clinical Data Management & Metrics Intern at Vertex will give you a panoramic view of how the industry works, how decisions are made, how pipelines are built and progressed and how important your professional networks, connections and collaborations will be in defining your longer-term career experience. Our mission is to tackle serious diseases and to change lives, for the better, for the future. Our aim is to give you the skills, insights and career guidance to be an important part of that future. To turn your potential into progression. To turn possibilities into reality. To turn your ambition into a clear, defined career path.

Join us and help kick start the path to your career!

We will have various positions within our functional areas, including but not limited to:

Clinical Data Strategy and Management: responsible for the clinical data strategy for all studies, programs, phases and therapeutic areas. The team consists of various disciplines including Data Management project management, GCO resourcing, medical coding, IWRS, CTMS, Risk Based Study Management, eCOA, decentralized trials strategy, clinical and operational data systems and quality.

Clinical Sciences: focused on bringing scientific rigor to the clinical development process for innovative therapies. The role spans many areas of the development process, from oversight of trial committees and key opinion leader (KOL) interactions in the clinical space, to analysis of trial data, creation and review of trial documents and day-to-day trial conduct. The CS intern will focus on learning the nuances of data analysis in a clinical trial setting.

Patient and Site Engagement: help to revise the structure of the team Sharepoint site, consolidating information and making it more accessible for the newly expanded team.There will be additional tasks including updating country intelligence repository, QCing documents for IRB/EC submissions and filing said documents in the Trial Master File.

Patient Strategy: The intern supporting PS team will partner a clinical program lead to refine processes across functions between clinical, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. The intern will help in the coordination of mobilization data from our ongoing trials and help support new mobilization efforts for new cell and gene therapy trials. The intern will also support on-going department standardization and document development initiatives.

Risk Based Study Management : The Intern will be part of the Risk-based Study Management (RBSM)team at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, primarily supporting the RBSM applications validation activities as well as the growth and continuous improvement of the risk-based study management process. As an individual contributor, the intern will work closely with members of the Risk-based Study Management Team, Clinical Trial Study Teams and other teams involved in Risk-based Study Management processes.

Qualifications:

Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
Majors in the following backgrounds: Biotechnology, Data Analytics, Engineering or Life Sciences related field, or a related field of study.
Permanent legal authorization to work in the United States
Candidate must be enrolled in an advanced degree program if graduating before May 2025
Candidate must be available to work full-time, 40 hours per week from May - August 2025

Program Dates: May- August 2025, Full Time

DEADLINE TO APPLY: January 31st, 2025

Pay Range 20.00 – 50.00 USD/hour

This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner that provides services to Vertex. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of that third-party agency; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency upon offer. The range provided is a reasonable estimate for the pay range for this job at the time of posting. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com

Vertex Summer 2025 Intern

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