Intern, RWE & Biostatistics

Internship Programme - Biostatistics and Real-World Evidence  

Position Overview 

Putnam is looking to hire an intern to join our Evidence team.  

Are you passionate about data analysis and eager to apply your statistical skills to real-world healthcare challenges? Join our international team of biostatisticians at Putnam and start your biostatistics journey under the guidance of an experienced supervisor. Gain hands-on experience working with clinical trial data to assess treatment effects and compare therapeutic options.  

Since different treatments are often studied in separate clinical trials, analyses require careful investigation, appropriate statistical adjustments, and rigorous analytical methods to ensure robust comparisons. Every analysis is unique, requiring dedicated planning, execution, and reporting, making our work both intellectually stimulating and rewarding—you won’t get bored! 

The program will run full-time Monday through Friday for 3 months (starting in July of 2025) over the summer. There will be opportunities to continue working with the team part-time during the school year. The end date to the internship will be agreed upon between the students and their manager.  

Your Role and Responsibilities: 

As an intern, you will be actively involved in all stages of our analyses, including: 

• Feasibility assessment – Evaluating available data (similarity and completeness) and determining the potential for analysis 

• Analysis plan development – Designing statistical approaches relevant to the objectives and available data  

• Input data management and harmonization – Preparing and aligning data from different trials 

• Programming and code development – writing scripts for statistical modeling and analysis 

• Analysis execution – Applying statistical methods to the predefined scope 

• Quality check – Ensuring accuracy and reliability of results 

• Reporting – Summarizing findings in a clear and structured manner 

Desired Skills and Experience  

• The ideal candidate will be entering their last year of university following the summer program (rising senior, current 3rd year) and pursuring a degree with a large statistical component (MMath/MSc/Engineer school) 

• Experience with statistical programming packages, particularly R. Other as SAS or Python will be an asset 

• Interest in statistics and its applications in life science  

• Tenacity and patience, to see research projects through from proposal to completion 

• Good time management and organizational skills 

Please note this is not a summer program for PhDs and MBAs at this time. 

What we offer you! 

• Participation in challenging international projects for countries around the globe, 

• Great working atmosphere with balanced support and demand, 

• Individualized career path in a well-established and international company, 

• Diverse training and personal development opportunities. 

• This is a paid internship program  

Company Description 

Putnam, an Inizio Advisory Company, is a premier strategic consulting partner for pharmaceutical and life science companies serving a range of biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, medtech, and private equity/venture capital clients. For more than 30 years, we have provided high-impact strategic advice and analytical services, helping our clients solve their most complex challenges across the patient journey and franchise lifecycle to bring preventions and treatments to those that need them. We offer an unparalleled depth and breadth of advisory service expertise combined with scientific and technical capabilities across strategic and therapeutic areas. We listen to client needs, help shape hypotheses, analyze data, and advise on the strategy of life-changing therapies, empowering better decisions to create long-term value for patients.  

Our Putnam PHMR team is part of our Value, Pricing and Access (VPA) practice area function, where our team members bring a breadth of knowledge across scientific and technical capabilities. We are a team of highly qualified HTA experts, health economists, and research scientists, helping clients to demonstrate and communicate value essential for pricing and market access success. 

We pride ourselves on a team-based approach that is client focused and impact oriented. We serve many of the industry leaders, including the top 20 global biopharmaceutical companies. Most of our studies combine sophisticated quantitative analytics with significant qualitative fact-finding and synthesis to inform strategic decision-making. Our diverse casework spans portfolio prioritization, development pathway and resource optimization, market assessment, product pricing and launch strategies, market segment growth strategies, sales and marketing strategies, franchise development and patent expiration strategies. Our team members are our greatest asset and significantly contribute to the growth and success of our firm. Consistently ranked as one of the Top Consulting Firms by Vault, Putnam offers a unique opportunity to play a central role in supporting leading life science companies. 

We have a true global presence with 550+ talented team members sitting across 3 continents. Our primary office locations are Boston, New York, San Francisco, London, Newcastle, Japan, Tunisia, Delhi, Krakow, and Paris. But for the right role and candidate, remote work is an option.  

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are tenets of our core values. We strive to create a culture and environment that fosters belonging and authenticity across all levels and values individuals for their skills, experience, diverse backgrounds, and unique perspectives. Collectively, DEI serves as a foundational element of who we are and how we work with our clients and with each other. Our core values: 

• Collaboration 

• Excellence 

• Ingenuity  

• Grit 

• Diversity 

We are proudly part of Inizio Advisory, a trusted advisor for pharmaceutical and life science companies that turns science into strategy, supporting execution at every stage of the product and patient journey from early commercialization to launch and beyond. Offering market research and insights; strategy, people and transformation consulting; and commercial benchmarking delivered through sector specific connected solutions and intelligence, Inizio Advisory helps create long-term value for clients and their patients.  

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.