IMS Health Asia Pte Ltd – Intern, Real World Evidence

Intern – Real World Evidence

(HEOR/Public Health/Epidemiology/Oncology)

(Location: Singapore)

Established in Singapore in the early 1980s, IMS Health Singapore has one of the most comprehensive offering portfolios in the region. We provide pharmaceutical data, strategy consulting services, advanced analytics and technology. We are dedicated to advance global healthcare as we cover the life sciences sector, focusing on prescription pharmaceuticals, and are broadening our offerings to consumer health, provider and public policy.

Real-World Evidence and HEOR

IMS Health offers the most advanced capabilities in Real-World Evidence (RWE) management and analysis, leveraging relevant IMS Health proprietary and other key external, third-party data assets in real-world clinical practice. We are supported by a multi-disciplinary team of Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) experts, based in 18 countries worldwide, with our APAC team based in Singapore.

• Real-World Evidence Solutions 

  IMS Health provides patient-level data generated outside a controlled clinical study about a patient or treatment consisting of electronic medical records, claims, patient surveys and observational studies.

• Health Economics and Outcomes Outreach (HEOR) 

  IMS Health quantifies the economic and clinical outcomes of medical technology to fully understand product value and potential. This includes the combination of scientific methodologies, deep therapy area knowledge and a pragmatic understanding of the market, to generate evidence to demonstrate real-world value of treatments.

The Internship Programme

The internship programme is the best opportunity to explore management consulting within the life-science space. The typical duration and timing is 8 to 12 weeks, though in some cases, there may be opportunities to intern for fewer weeks this is dependent on the office and the availability of the intern). In most cases, interns are assigned to one real-world consulting project for the duration of the internship, where they have little or no previous experience.

The interns receive support from a Project Manager and/ or a coach who will outline the interns’ responsibilities and provide mentorship and guidance along the way. At the end of the internship, interns who have met performance expectations will be considered to return fulltime once they have graduated from university. As important, the interns can make a more informed decision in regards to pursuing management consulting in the long term.

Capabilities & Skill Sets expected:

• A ‘will do what it takes to get the job done’ orientation.

• A high degree of individual responsibility and a high degree of interdependence.

• Ability to develop and deliver high-quality written and verbal communication skills 

• Strong proficiency in MS Office e.g. Excel and Powerpoint; prior experience structuring, developing and delivering high-quality presentations is a must; similarly, excellent command over written and spoken English is a must

• Knowledge of key issues and current developments within the life sciences space, or ability to learn new knowledge quickly

• Prior experience in all aspects of project management in a consulting / organizational setting, including managing multiple internal and external stakeholders is advantageous

• Ability to think creatively, and develop innovative solutions to uncommon problems – Intellectual stimulation makes consulting fun, and we hire people who bring a different point-of-view to the table

• Lastly, a pleasant personality and a sense of humour; while this is subjective, we are committed to building a team of ‘nice yet driven people’ who enjoy working with each other, and are likely to hire people who relate to most of us when we interact with them
  
  

Qualifications and Other Requirements:

• Relevant academic education and experience serving healthcare / life sciences clients (buy-side/sell-side/equity research) an advantage

• Avid interest and strong passion in the healthcare and life science industries

• Excellent conversational and business English (written and oral); additional languages an advantage.

• a right to live and work in Singapore