Eradigm Consulting – PhD student intern – 28 June 2024

 

Name Eradigm Consulting
Placement base location

241 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 6FP.

Successful applicants will be expected to travel to Eradigm’s London office for the first week to facilitate training and to meet the team, with subsequent weekly on-site touchpoints.

Website www.eradigm.com
Contact for enquiries Oliver Odell
Contact details internships@eradigm.com
Placement job title PhD student intern
Potential start date September 16 2024
Potential working pattern 9am-5pm (but flexible), Full-time
Details of application method Submit 1-page CV to internships@eradigm.com
Application closing date 28 June 2024
Overview of PIPS organisation
Eradigm is a global strategic consultancy for the life sciences, working in Competitive Intelligence, Market Access, Commercial and Medical Strategy. We work with teams across all therapeutic areas with clients ranging from top 10 big Pharma to biotechs, to inform, understand, and advise our clients on challenges in the space. We have particular expertise in future technologies, including cell and gene therapy, innovative market access and digital transformation.
Placement offered

Eradigm is seeking a number of ambitious and versatile PhD students to join our 3-month PhD Internship Program (PIP). In this unique role, you will be provided with the opportunity to apply and combine your life science expertise with a commercial mindset to contribute to multiple projects, working with clients from leading pharmaceutical companies, to medtech companies or biotechs. As a PhD PIP, you will play a pivotal role in our team, analyzing scientific and industry data that are both quantitative and qualitative and formulating strategic insights. Eradigm’s PIP provides high quality consulting skills training and a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between academia & industry, allowing you to apply your skills and knowledge to real world challenges, supporting future career opportunities in life sciences or beyond.

Key Responsibilities

Conducting primary and secondary research across a wide variety of sources – including clinical trial data, conference presentations and industry events – to provide updates to stakeholders and support them in understanding complex dynamics in drug development and commercialization.

  • Analyse research findings to develop actionable insights and recommendations to support the project objectives, through deliverables such as presentation decks or data summaries
  • Help develop data into succinct summaries and conclusions to drive high impact recommendations to support the project context and objectives
  • Participate in client meetings, debriefs and presentations, presenting key elements as needed. Support creation of project proposals and other business development initiatives as required

Behavioral & Technical Competencies

  • Teamwork: Actively and collaboratively participate with other team members to achieve a common goal and complete tasks in the most effective and efficient way
  • Communication Skills: Understand communication within a team is crucial, including explaining scientific concepts, giving regular updates and presenting insights and data
  • Self Confidence & Resilience: Confidence to take on demanding work or put forward views when they may be challenged. Able to handle competing demands, manage workload based on allocated time, manage stakeholder requests and learn from feedback given
  • Commercial Acumen: Have a strong interest in the pharma industry, with a clear idea of dynamics in the industry, pharma stakeholders and functions and how they interlink, as well as the product development lifecycle. Ensure credibility and professionalism is always upheld to the highest standards and to be seen by clients as a trusted, credible and expert thought-partners for project-specific matters as well as other requests
  • Research: Able to creatively identify and assemble highly relevant secondary information in a time effective manner using a wide range of sources. Conduct research in a smart manner, knowing when to stop and gauge if enough has been found
  • Analysis: Create high quality, intuitive summaries using a wide variety of data types, both qualitative and quantitative, and have a good understanding of the commercial themes associated with projects
Financial contribution/benefit(s)
Financial support will be provided for accommodation/travel costs up to £1,000.