Biostatistics Intern

Job Description Summary

Are you passionate about Statistics and interested in finding out more about the pharmaceutical industry? We are offering several internship positions as part of our Novartis Basel Biostatistics internship program for motivated Master and PhD students.

Job Description

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Focus on the development or application of statistical methods in clinical research and development. Mathematical, statistical, graphical or programming techniques will be used for data analysis, simulation and display 

• Participate in a variety of educational opportunities within the Biostatistics function of the Advanced Quantitative Sciences (AQS) department 

• This internship will provide motivated students with exposure to the pharmaceutical industry, and with the opportunity to work in an exciting, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment with senior-level biostatisticians 

Start date: Flexible, starting from March 

Duration: The internship is expected to last approximately 3 months (exceptionally 6 months) 

Location:   Basel (hybrid - 60% in office) 
 

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• Current students enrolled in a Master’s or PhD degree with a substantial statistical component (e.g. Statistics, Biostatistics or Mathematics etc.).  

• Good written and oral communication skills in English are required 

• Good understanding of common statistical methodology and be interested in its application in drug development 

• Programming skills in a statistical programming language such as  R are expected 

Interested?  

Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the position and from when you will be available. Thank you.

Accessibility and accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com, and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired

Summary

• Location: Basel (City)
• Type: Full time