Leaps Health Summer AssociateIntern

At Bayer we are visionaries driven to solve the worlds toughest challenges and striving for a world where Health for all Hunger for none is no longer a dream but a real possibility. We do this with energy curiosity and dedicationlearning from unique perspectives expanding our thinking growing our capabilities and redefining what is possible. Leaps by Bayer is Bayers strategic investment unit focused on accelerating transformative life science breakthroughs that advance Bayers mission of Health for All Hunger for None. The team invests in companies pursuing fundamental breakthroughs across major challenges in healthcare including genetic disease cardiometabolic disorders cancer womens health and other areas of high unmet medical need. Through minority equity investments and collaboration with leading entrepreneurs scientists clinicians and innovators Leaps aims to help shift key paradigms in healthcare and bring breakthrough technologies closer to patient impact. If you are hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds making a real difference there is only one choice.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Join the Leaps Healthcare investment team as part of a focused internship program designed for MBA PhD MD PharmD or other advanced-degree candidates.

• Work with a high-performing team of investors scientists physicians operators and technologists focused on identifying and evaluating breakthrough healthcare and pharma investment opportunities;
• Combine scientific clinical commercial and financial analysis to assess opportunities across therapeutics platform technologies precision medicine digital health and adjacent healthcare innovation areas;
• Report to the Head of Leaps by Bayer and work closely with the Director of Venture Investments;
• Complete two discrete high-visibility projects focused on emerging healthcare and pharma investment themes including market mapping company screening diligence competitive analysis and investment thesis development;
• Identify new investment opportunities and present findings recommendations and key risks to a panel of senior leadership at the end of the summer.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks candidates who possess the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in an MBA PhD MD PharmD MPH or other relevant graduate degree program with emphasis in life sciences medicine biotechnology healthcare finance strategy or business;
• Strong interest in healthcare pharma biotechnology and venture investing with the ability to evaluate early-stage companies and emerging technology platforms;
• Foundational understanding of drug discovery and development translational medicine clinical development regulatory pathways reimbursement dynamics or healthcare commercialization;
• Ability to conduct scientific clinical commercial and financial diligence including market sizing competitive landscape assessment KOL/expert interview synthesis and identification of key development risks and value inflection points;
• Ability to build financial models valuation analyses pro forma capitalization tables ownership scenarios and venture-related analyses.