Pioneering Medicines: Portfolio Strategy & Analytics Co-Op

Location: Cambridge, MA USA Department: Co-Ops & Internships

This position is open exclusively to current Northeastern University Co-Op students.

Work Period: January 2027 to June 2027. This is a full - time, 40 hours per week position with 5 days in office.

About Pioneering Medicines

Pioneering Medicines (PM), Flagship Pioneering’s in-house drug development unit, conceives and advances medicines built from Flagship’s scientific platforms. Our PM Strategy &Operations team brings together scientific, market, and financial analysis to help PM leaders make decisions across a portfolio of programs and potential partnerships.

About Flagship Pioneering

Pioneering Medicines was founded by Flagship Pioneering's venture creation engine that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the company’s Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Flagship Pioneering Co-Op Program

Welcome to Flagship Pioneering Co-Op Program for the cohort dreaming big and taking courageous leaps. You'll join fellow peers across our ecosystem of companies and learning firsthand how we build first-in-category companies. You’ll have access to enrichment sessions, a dedicated professional development track, and a mentor that help guide you toward your next step. By the end, you will carry on a meaningful project outcome, a genuine network, and a front-row view of how Flagship pioneer new ventures that change the world.

About the Role

As a co-op on the PM Strategy & Operations team, you will work with portfolio analytics and strategy colleagues to assess where medicines could make a difference and how programs should advance. You will turn research and data into clear analyses, models, and materials for team discussions. The role offers exposure to drug development, program strategic planning, and business development, with guidance from experienced team members.

What Yo Will Do

Research disease areas, treatment pathways, clinical programs, competitors, and relevant partnerships using public and licensed sources

Build and maintain analyses of patient populations, market opportunities, development scenarios, program value, and comparable transactions

Summarize findings in concise slides, tables, and written briefs for portfolio reviews and program decisions

Help track portfolio milestones, funding needs, and decision points; check source data and assumptions for consistency

Work with scientific, clinical, and business colleagues to frame questions and communicate what the evidence supports

What We're Looking For

Current Northeastern undergraduate or graduate student in a life science, engineering, economics, finance, business, or related field

Interest in biotechnology and the business decisions behind developing medicines; prior biotech experience is welcome but not required

Comfort working with numbers in Excel and presenting findings in PowerPoint; ability to learn new research and analytical tools

Clear writing, sound judgment about sources and assumptions, attention to detail, and willingness to ask questions and work with others

Ability to work on-site in Cambridge and authorization to work in the United States during the co-op period

What We Offer

Build alongside founders. You’ll work inside the same hypothesis-driven process Flagship uses to conceive and launch first-in-category companies.

This can be the start of a longer story. Strong co-ops are considered for future opportunities across Flagship and its portfolio companies, not just for this one role.

Work alongside people who left the safe path. Your colleagues are scientists, engineers, and operators who chose to build something new rather than join something already established.

Take on real ownership. You're contributing to ventures that are still being defined. Your work can shape real decisions, not just support them.

Be paid like the contributor you are. Compensation reflects the real work you take on.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Flagship Pioneering is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Compensation: The pay range for this role is $25 - $35 per hour. This role is a short-term engagement that is not eligible for health and welfare benefits. Retirement benefits may be available after completing a set number of hours. Compensation and benefits information is based on Pioneering Medicines’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

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