Data Management Intern

Join Our Summer Internship Program and Make a Real Impact

Are you ready to do meaningful work in a cutting-edge, research-driven organization? At Alexion (an AstraZeneca company for Rare Diseases), our summer internship program offers you the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, and connections that will set you up for future success. This program will begin on June 2nd and potentially run through August 8th,  2025.

As an intern, you’ll be part of a dynamic, global team of curious, passionate, and open-minded individuals who are eager to learn, innovate, and grow. You’ll collaborate with industry-leading professionals, contribute to impactful projects, and gain hands-on experience in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

If you’re enthusiastic about science, innovation, and making a difference, our internship program is your chance to follow your passion and kickstart your career!

This is what you will do: 

This role will primarily focus on analyzing data to support and develop data products and the data catalog, and promote data governance. This role will have the opportunity to work with various cross-functional teams across the organization and expand their knowledge by participating first-hand on capturing business requirements on data initiatives.  

 

You will be responsible for: 

• Understanding data product operating model and data governance policies  

• Learning various data assets across the Alexion and AstraZeneca environment being used by Alexion for making key business decisions 

• Proactively assisting on creating a solution to improve and preserve data quality for data product, to build upon the data catalog, and to support data governance initiatives 

• Partnering with various Business & IT stakeholders to understand and document requirements on key data initiatives  

• Participate in regular meetings with IT and Business teams  

• Presentating project status updates to business and IT stakeholders.  

 

You will need to have: 

• Keen desire to understand more about Pharmaceutical processes, life sciences industry 

• Curious problem solver who enjoys learning new things, working with others, and continuously growing their interpersonal and technical skills 

• Committed to furthering Alexion’s mission of serving the patient 

• Excellent leadership and communication skills 

• Ability to quickly adapt to new projects and work on a diverse team 

• Academic proficiency or prior experience with SQL, R or Python 

• Academic proficiency or prior experience working on data visualization tools  

• Academic experience with project management practices 

• Strong analytical skills along with sharp business acumen 

• Ability to work independently, with limited supervision 

• Education: Undergrad/Grad with a major in computer science, data science, business/data analytics, business administration, mathematics, information systems/technology, or a related field 

 

• Curious problem solver who enjoys learning new things, working with others, and continuously growing their interpersonal and technical skills  

• Committed to furthering Alexion’s mission of serving the patient 

• Solid technical and analytical skills, along with sharp business acumen 

• Excellent leadership and communication skills, along with a passion and aptitude for technology 

• Ability to quickly adapt to new projects and work on a diverse team 

• Effectively work in an extremely fast-paced, dynamic environment 

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Alexion will not sponsor employment visas for this role. 

• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment.  As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours. 

 

We would prefer for you to have: 

• Understanding of Data Products, Data Mesh, and Data Catalogs 

• Understanding of various data models 

• Academic knowledge or experience working with BI tools (Power BI, QlikSense, or Tableau) 

• Experience with Agile methodology  

• Academic knowledge or experience with data engineering  

Date Posted

10-Jan-2025

Closing Date

16-Jan-2025Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify.