Consulting Intern - Life Sciences (Summer 2025)

Pointe Advisory (Pointe) is looking for summer interns who are excited to join our team in delivering value to our clients while learning and developing new skills. As a Consulting Intern in Life Sciences, you will spend 10 weeks gaining real world life sciences and pharmaceutical consulting experience and networking with great people. You will directly support Pointe Health, an innovative and entrepreneurial subsidiary of Pointe Advisory.

At Pointe, expectations for our interns are high but empowering. Your ideas will be heard, and your thoughts valued. You will have direct access to Pointe’s partners and key client decision-makers. You’ll get the training, learning experience, and mentorship to help you prepare for a career in consulting. Quite simply, you will get the developmental benefits of a big firm internship program with the high touch of a boutique culture.

ABOUT US 

Pointe Advisory (Pointe) is a leader in evidence-based strategic advisory, powering our clients’ decision-making with an unparalleled understanding of rapidly shifting landscapes. 

Pointe Advisory’s Mission is to harness the power of original research to challenge our client’s thinking and inform winning strategies and investments. Living up to this ambitious purpose has established us as the leader in evidence-based strategic research and competitive intelligence, serving an exclusive group of Global 1,000 clients across every major industry. Pointe Health advises senior executives at some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, devices, managed care, and health IT companies and serves as their thought partner. 

Since our founding in 2000, we have taken great pride in playing a part in facilitating the success of our clients, and measure our own success based upon their satisfaction. Not surprisingly, we consistently maintain some of the highest customer advocacy scores in the industry. 

WHAT MAKES POINTE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Over the last 20 years, Pointe has unapologetically anchored its strategy on a simple but ambitious mantra: Great People, Great Clients, Great Work. By evaluating decisions in the context of this framework, we have thoughtfully built a firm culture characterized by achievement and humility. We hire great people that are zealous in their commitment to their team members’ success. This creates a unique and inspired team environment where you can be pushed professionally and personally to be the best version of yourself. Our great clients view us as thought partners and provide opportunities to elevate our and their thinking. This combination of factors ensures we consistently deliver great work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Consulting Intern in Life Sciences, you represent the engine of our Great People, Great Clients, and Great Work Mantra! You will provide evidence-based research and analysis that will enable the delivery of Great Work to some of the world’s top pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical device organizations. More specifically, you will: 

• Conduct original primary research by participating in executive-level interviews with industry experts
• Engage in secondary research and analysis of news, publications, and industry events to provide clients with original insight into market dynamics and the shifting pharmaceutical landscape
• Identify emerging trends, competitive forces, and innovative developments through strategic analyses
• Synthesize insights and recommendations for client deliverables (with an emphasis on visualizations)
• Positively contribute to the dynamic, high-achieving atmosphere of the firm
• Participate in company-sponsored networking events

ABOUT YOU

Over the last two decades, Pointe has assembled an intellectually curious, eclectic, and motivated team of peers, resulting in a vibrant office environment that is fast-paced, collaborative, and entertaining. Our team is fanatical about client service and personal accountability. We value individual contribution, creativity, teamwork, and humor. Additional qualifications include:

• Junior standing in a full-time academic program (BS or BA in progress) with a clear track record of academic excellence (minimum 3.5 GPA) in the life sciences field (i.e., biology, chemistry, neuroscience, etc.) OR
• Senior standing in a full-time academic program (BS or BA in progress) with a clear track record of academic excellence (minimum 3.5 GPA) planning to pursue a master’s degree in biomedical sciences or biomedical engineering
• An aptitude for on-the-job learning and networking
• Well-honed business acumen and analytical skills
• Strong communication, technical writing, and critical thinking skills
• An aptitude for networking, primary research, and secondary research
• Work ethic, dedicated, organized, detail-oriented, and accountable
• Time management and multitasking abilities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint
• Foreign language capabilities are a plus

Candidates will be expected to work a minimum of 40 hours a week for 10 weeks. A cover letter and resume are required to apply.

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