Job Description

Medical Affairs: 2026 Intern Placement Programme

Working in a professional and friendly environment will provide you with the opportunity to gain practical experience within the Medical Affairs Department in our Red Oak Campus in Dublin. This department is part of our company’s Medical Research Laboratories division, providing clinical, scientific, and technical expertise to the rest of the company and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will work in our Medical Affairs team across all of our therapy areas.

This role presents an exciting opportunity to actively contribute to the implementation of our medical affairs plans. In this role, you will take on end-to-end management of projects and gain exposure to other areas of the business by working cross functionally on initiatives aimed at supporting health care professional education and projects that support access for patients. This role will work on key business activities, while maintaining compliance with all statutory requirements, internal processes, and procedures.

During your 9 month placement with us, you will gain a full insight into the Medical Affairs Department within a global company. You will have the opportunity to work with medical advisors, therapy area medical heads, the country medical director,  marketing, and commercial colleagues across some of our key therapeutic areas, which include vaccines, general & speciality medicine and oncology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing an understanding of our organisation’s products and disease areas.
• Working on assigned projects with medical affairs team e.g. medical education initiatives.
• Where appropriate and with support from the medical affairs team, play a role in identifying, developing and maintaining credible relationships with project stakeholders externally.
• Collaboration across internal functions to help develop medical affairs teams strategic plans
• Providing administrative support for Patient Access Programs
• Developing partnerships with market access, regulatory and development colleagues to appropriately and rapidly support gaining access for patients to our medicines
• Supporting operational aspects for local data generation projects, working alongside Medical Advisors, and other internal and external personnel. Providing operational and study management support in the planning, conduct and reporting activities
• Lead the metrics dashboards for the medical team
• Identify systems or process improvements to enable the department to run efficiently, leading in the digital space.

Technical Specifications:

• Potential Candidates will have a science degree or other biomedical related or healthcare degree.
• Evidence of interest in healthcare sciences.
• Any other relevant healthcare experience particularly in clinical trials or research.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in medical affairs.

Qualities we look for:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to build relationships and trust at all levels and with diverse stakeholders.
• Operates with a high level of integrity, transparency and accountability
• Demonstrates initiative, proactivity and academic curiosity
• Demonstrates ability to work autonomously whilst also thriving from working productively within a cross-functional team
• Excellent problem-solving and innovation skills.
• Team player, learning from and helping others overcome obstacles.
• Aligns with and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion; being part of an inclusive environment where everyone is able to contribute their best ideas
• Confident with a willingness to get involved.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience with and an ability to comprehend complex scientific literature.
• Demonstrates a desire to learn and improve their performance through feedback

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you are passionate about inventing solutions to meet unmet healthcare needs, eager to impact the future of global health, and excited to push the boundaries of science and technology, we want to hear from you.

Apply today to start your journey with one of the world’s leading healthcare companies.

PQ20

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Employee Status:

Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Data Analytics, Database Management, Data Entry, Document Management, Office Applications, Process Improvements, Project Management, Reporting and Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Technical Support, Workload Prioritization

 Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

09/17/2025

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