Job Description

Intern – Market Research

The Internship Program at our company features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects.  These opportunities in our Human Health division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.

The program allows students to work on one or more market research projects within our Company's Human Health Commercial division.  These opportunities are designed to facilitate the transition from academia to industry for soon-to-be graduates and will involve participation and contribution in real projects being carried out by our company’s market research team. This is also a way for you to identify if our company may be the right company for your long-term career goals. 

These positions are typically 3-6 months long and have various start dates throughout the year. Most of the projects will involve analyses in support of our company's commercial objectives.

In collaboration with the Team Leader, the Intern will manage all aspects of primary market research including:

• Framing business questions to support team strategy
• Developing research/analysis plans
• Drafting requests for proposals and articulation of the hypotheses to be tested
• Selecting appropriate agency partners
• Managing the research process to deliver an objective understanding of customers, competitors, products and market developments
• Adhering to compliance requirements
• Managing budgets and modifies plans/budgets as changing business needs warrant

Required Education and Skills:  

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in bachelor’s / master’s / PhD degree program in a Quantitative discipline such as: Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Computational Biology, Engineering, Management or other relevant discipline
• Candidates must be expected to graduate in the next 1-2 years
• Candidates must have demonstrated ability to problem solve independently on complex marketing and analytics projects
• Candidates must have an interest in supporting pharmaceutical data, research and analytics initiatives like segmentation & targeting, positioning, brand launch strategy
• Able to strike a balance between methodological rigor and project timelines

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Candidates must have familiarity with one or more of: business research methods, statistics, sampling, confidence interval, hypothesis testing, ethnography, qualitative research, applied behavioural insights
• Good understanding of brand life cycle, basic marketing strategy
• Candidates should be effective oral and written communicators

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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:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Business Analysis, Marketing, Researching, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Supplier Management, User Research, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/3/2025

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