AdresSome opportunities happen only once in a lifetime – like a job where you have the extraordinary opportunity to change lives. At Alexion, such opportunities arise through our unwavering mission to serve patients and families affected by rare diseases. These patients are our guiding star, and we act with integrity, urgency, and discipline because we know their lives are at stake.
Alexion is a multinational biopharmaceutical company with approximately 2,500 dedicated employees serving patients in more than 50 countries through the innovation, development, and commercialization of life-changing therapies. As the global leader in complement biology, Alexion developed and commercializes the first and only approved complement inhibitor to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), and anti-acetylcholine receptor (AchR) antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). In addition, Alexion has two highly innovative enzyme replacement therapies for patients with life-threatening and ultra-rare metabolic disorders, hypophosphatasia (HPP) and lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D). Our research efforts focus on novel molecules and targets in the complement cascade, and our development efforts focus on our core therapeutic areas of haematology, nephrology, neurology, and metabolic disorders.
Alexion’s aspiration is to be the most rewarding place to work, where people are empowered to make a difference and where diversity of backgrounds and ideas is encouraged. We are looking for talented individuals who share our passion and commitment to change the lives of patients with rare diseases. We hope you will consider joining our team.
Position Summary
The Intern, Country Operations Management (ICOM) is a working student that joins the COM team to be trained and learn about the Clinical Research and pharmaceutical industry fields while providing support to the COM team, as needed.
As part of our Alexion Internship Program, you’ll be involved in projects and learning opportunities that have real impact from day one.
Being part of our journey and helping us to provide life changing medicine to patients all over the world and transform lives for the better.
Making important contributions and embracing our values to deliver on our purpose. Because regardless of role or level, we all have an important part to play in making a positive difference.
Principal Responsibilities
The Intern, Country Operations Management (ICOM) assists in the coordination and administration of the study activities from the start up to execution and close out, and within the Local Study Team (LST) to ensure quality and consistency of interventional study deliverables to time, cost and quality objectives.
- Assists PMCO, SSU, CSAs and CRAs for coordination and administration of clinical studies from the start-up to execution and close-out.
- Collects, assists in preparation, reviews and tracks documents for the local regulatory application process. Assists in timely submission of proper application/documents to Ethics Committee (EC) and, where appropriate to Ministry of Health (MoH) for the duration of the study.
- Assists CSAs and CRAs during the document collection process to support effective delivery of a study and its documents.
- Assist CSA and CRAs for maintenance of the eTMF & ISF.
- Contributes to electronic applications/submissions by handling clinical-regulatory documents according to the requested technical standards i.e., Submission Ready Standards (SRS), supporting effective publishing and delivery to regulatory authorities.
- Contributes to the production and maintenance of study documents, ensuring template and version compliance.
- Assist to CSAs for Preparation/support/perform Health Care Organizations (HCO)/Health Care Professionals (HCP) payments in accordance with local regulations and signed contracts.
- Assist CSAs and CRAs to coordination and tracking of study materials and equipment.
- Assist CSA for the management of vendors including PO creation, MSA preparation and tracking of signatures and invoices.
Additional country-specific tasks might be added depending on local needs.
Qualifications
- Being a 2nd to 4th year undergraduate student or a 1st year post graduate student in an accredited university.
- Able to work minimum 2 days availability per week.
- Competent in MS Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Being able to accommodate in Istanbul during the internship period.
- High degree of analytical thinking skills and the ability to analyse.
- Having excellent communication skills.
- Customer and result oriented.
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
As a leading employer in our industry, Alexion is proud to offer a highly competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance and much more. To learn more about Alexion, please visit www.alexionpharma.com or download our App.
AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
