Job title: 2024 University Recruiting – West Coast Business Development & Licensing Search & Evaluation Intern (PHD and MD Students)
Company: MSD
Job description: Job Description
The Future Talent Program features internships that last up to 12 weeks and will include one or more projects and the opportunity to shadow and learn from our BD&L professionals. These opportunities in our Research Labs provide a summer experience that allows a successful candidate to learn about business development & licensing as a career opportunity as well as deepen their understanding of the R&D process at our Company.
Our Company is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, and teamwork of talented and motivated individuals. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement, and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.
The Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) organization at our Company’s South San Francisco site is responsible for the search, evaluation, and negotiation of all early-stage therapeutic candidate transactions (pre-Proof of Concept in humans) emanating from the West Coast of North America and the Asia Pacific region (including greater China, Japan, Korea, Australia/New Zealand, Singapore, and India). The team supports the Business Development objectives for our Research Labs across all therapeutic and functional areas.
We are seeking candidates with a passion for scientific research, excellent academic performance, communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to work in a multi-functional environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven individual looking for broad-based experience in a dynamic area within a company working on the cutting edge of science. Intern experiences will include:
The BD&L intern will develop an understanding of how our Company originates deals, the elements of search & evaluation, due diligence, and transactions to establish partnerships that enable our Company to have the best global pipeline in the industry.
The BD&L intern will collaborate with Search & Evaluation leads to help identify, evaluate, and execute business development opportunities with a focus on cutting-edge science across different modalities to enhance and expand our Company’s pipeline.
The intern will be responsible for conducting assessments on industry trends and competitive landscape reviews in select therapeutic areas.
This is a full-time paid internship position and the United States Hybrid work model will apply. A housing subsidy is not available as part of this program and must be funded 100% by the student.
Education:
Required: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate program pursuing a Ph.D. and/or M.D. with an undergraduate or graduate degree in a scientific discipline.
Required Experience and Skills:
Candidates must be available to work full-time for up to (12) consecutive weeks beginning in May or June of 2024.
Candidates must have some level of scientific or business training/experience beyond undergraduate coursework.
Candidates must have proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Preference for candidates with Ph.D. in scientific discipline or M.D. but not required.
Strong critical thinking capability and creative problem solver.
Strong communication skills, organizational skills, and scientific acumen.
Must be flexible, adaptable and able to work on a task-by-task basis.
We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” great medicines can make a significant impact on our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.
Under New York City, Colorado State, Washington State, and California State law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.
Expected salary range:
$39,600.00-$105,500.00
FTP2024
MRL2024
Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.
Current Employees apply
Current Contingent Workers apply
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status: Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
Relocation: No relocation
VISA Sponsorship: No
Travel Requirements: No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid, On-Site
Shift: 1st – Day
Valid Driving License: No
Hazardous Material(s): n/a
Expected salary: $39600 – 105500 per year
Location: San Francisco, CA
Job date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 23:43:55 GMT
