# Praktikant/in, Life Sciences Strategieberatung/Life Sciences Intern (2027 Start) - m/f/d

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Munich
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Charles River Associates (CRA) is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments worldwide.

The Life Sciences Practice at CRA helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, and digital health companies achieve optimum performance across key aspects of their business, including commercial strategy, pricing and access, innovation, organisation structure, policy analysis, medical affairs, stakeholder management, and reputation.

As an intern in the Life Sciences Practice at CRA, you will be part of an integrated team that executes and delivers across a wide variety of consulting projects. Your typical responsibilities will include:

- Working closely with senior colleagues to deliver strategy and/or policy and economic consulting projects that address specific client needs;

- Supporting independent research to identify, collect, manage, and analyse qualitative insights and quantitative data;

- Contributing to internal discussions that build insights from the analytical process and integrate findings into broader project deliverables;

- Participating in telephone or face-to-face interviews with clients or external stakeholders;

- Generating sections of client reports, presentations, and other client deliverables (e.g., Excel workbooks) under the supervision of senior team members;

- Proactively developing knowledge of the life sciences industry as well as consulting methodologies;

- Participating in practice-building activities (training, expertise sharing, etc.).

To be considered for this position, you should:

- Be a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree candidate with strong academic performance from a top-tier institution with focused study in biological sciences, economics (or related subjects including business, health economics and policy, public policy), physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or another quantitative discipline;

- Have proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel), plus an understanding of how to conduct internet research;

- Have experience with, or a keen interest in, the Life Sciences industry and healthcare;

- Understand economic concepts and business processes, as well as be familiar with essential consulting methods, tools, and techniques;

- Possess effective written and oral communication skills in English;

- Demonstrate strong self-management skills (detail orientation, effective time management, ability to prioritise);

- Show a high level of initiative and leadership;

- Exhibit excellent teamwork and collaboration skills;

- Display a clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or participation in CRA recruitment events.

The internship is paid, and we welcome applicants who can start in May 2027. The duration of the internship is typically four to six months, with flexible start dates throughout the year.

CRA offers robust development programs and wellness initiatives that enable you to grow both as an individual and as a team member. We provide interns with a variety of technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and performance coaching.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office Suite
- internet research
- economic concepts
- business processes
- consulting methodologies
- written and oral communication skills
- self-management skills
- initiative and leadership
- teamwork and collaboration

### Nice to have
- Life Sciences industry experience
- healthcare experience
- quantitative disciplines

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