­­­Pfizer UK Undergraduate Programme 2025/2026

Optimization, Analytics & Recruitment Solutions Undergraduate – Recruitment Solutions

Clinical Development and Operations, Optimization, Analytics & Recruitment Solutions

Who can apply?

Applicants must be completing a placement as part of a degree course at a UK University, either through Year in Industry/Industrial Placement or Gap Year.

Please note that we will only consider candidates who have applied by completing the Pfizer Placement Application Form. Candidates who do not complete and attach the application form will NOT be considered. You can download the Word version of the Application Form here: Undergraduate Vacancies | Pfizer UK and find instructions as to how to complete your application and more about eligibility criteria.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please see below!!

Department Overview

The Optimization, Analytics & Recruitment Solutions Team (OARS) aims to transform clinical trials at Pfizer, establish a new standard for clinical trial experience and deliver analytics and insights for optimized R&D performance.

Across OARS, we have a talented global team delivering core capabilities spanning clinical trial country & site feasibility; protocol insights & optimization; recruitment & retention strategies; clinical trial investigative site partnerships & site experience; clinical trial participant experience & patient engagement and decision-making analytics & benchmarking.

The Recruitment Solutions teams include the Recruitment Strategy and Participant Experience & Ecosystem Teams. This involves developing a deep understanding of the patient and site needs for each trial, and implementing strategic and innovative enrollment planning to ensure achievement of study recruitment and timeline goals, while delivering a world-class participant and site experience that increases access and awareness to Pfizer clinical trials.

What can I achieve and what will I be responsible for whilst completing a placement at Pfizer?

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop an in-depth comprehension of the key elements of the planning and implementation stages of clinical studies. Through working in OARS you will get hands-on experience in many critical aspects of using data to support early decisions and inform country, site selection and recruitment strategies as well as recruitment execution.

All successful applicants will have their assignment in OARS - working closely with experienced members of the team. The successful applicant will become part of the OARS team and will be expected to develop a sound understanding of patient recruitment and the clinical trial experience for sites and participants. This may include assisting in the development of recruitment strategies and the design of creative engagement content for clinical trial sites and participants

What other opportunities and benefits do Pfizer offer?

OARS partners closely with other functions within Pfizer and as such the successful candidate has the opportunity to gain insights to other core clinical development functions including:

• Clinical Development
• Project Management
• Sourcing Compliance Management

We aim to facilitate an awareness of other areas of the business across the course of the placement, to provide a rounded awareness of the pharmaceutical business.

Successful applicants will also have the opportunity to have access to an extensive library of training tools and participate in regular educational sessions.

Candidates will be offered participation in voluntary events such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) supported activities, and are actively encouraged to get involved in delivering science demonstrations to school pupils as part of the Pfizer STEM outreach programme, at events like Science Fairs.

When can I start?

Placements will start on 1st  September 2025 and will run for 12 months.

Who can apply?

Applicants must be completing a placement as part of a degree course at a UK University, either through Year in Industry/Industrial Placement or Gap Year.

Please note that we will only consider candidates who have applied by completing the Pfizer Placement Application Form. Candidates who do not complete and attach the application form will NOT be considered. You can download the Word version of the Application Form here: Undergraduate Vacancies | Pfizer UK and find instructions as to how to complete your application and more about eligibility criteria.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please see below!!

Department Overview

The Pfizer Digital, Global Information Security (GIS) organization delivers various global security functions that secure Pfizer’s most important information assets through world-class controls and protections. GIS enables Pfizer’s business results by making security an enabler and not a roadblock. The GIS organization strives to broaden the cybersecurity ownership culture across the company through targeted awareness campaigns and empowering colleagues to be risk aware.

What can I achieve and what will I be accountable for whilst completing a placement at Pfizer?

This is an exciting student placement opportunity within the Pfizer Digital Forensics & Insider Threat (DFIT) team.  The analyst will be accountable for responding to information security alerts and supporting investigation requests globally. This position requires an individual to comprehend forensic best practices of handling, collection and analysis of electronic evidence from a variety of data sources. The role will require analysts to conduct event correlation, perform attack lifecycle analysis, and develop proactive mitigations that enable a defense-in-depth posture for the Pfizer environment. The ability to protect confidential information and operate within all policies, procedures and work instructions is a must.

This is an opportunity to work within our EMEA CORE (Cybersecurity Operations & Response Environment) facility which includes other teams that fall within the larger Global Information Security (GIS) organization.

ROLE RESPONSIBILTIES:

• Conduct and manage collections of evidence to industry standards. This includes various data sources such as laptops, mobile devices and cloud sources.
• Participate in the Forensic Investigation Triage process triaging and prioritizing new requests and alert tickets.
• Responding to customers, alerts, assignment of cases, conducting investigations and attending daily meetings.
• Ability to clearly and thoroughly document the repeatable actions taken during your analysis and have a strong attention to detail.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of DFIT capabilities, detections and processes.
• Gain experience and use of industry standard digital forensic tools (such as EnCase, FTK, NUIX, Axiom, Cellebrite, X-Ways, SIFT Workstation, XRY) including validation of these tools.
• Suggest and develop proactive mitigations that enable a defense-in-depth posture for the Pfizer environment.
• Participate, support and manage projects. Including research, testing and validating findings.
• Ability to work both freely and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Manage, maintain and update the DFIT dashboards and metrics.
• Manage data storage archiving historical data in line with local policy.
• Ability to work both freely and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• As part of a global team on occasion will require working outside normal business hours to attend meetings, case activities and complete projects.

What other opportunities and benefits do Pfizer offer?

• Market benchmarked salary and benefits
• There may be opportunities to attend cyber/forensic related events
• Participate in a variety of volunteering activities.   Pfizer offer 5 volunteering days per annum.
• Attend various skills building sessions include Networking, Presentation Skills, Interview Training, CV writing
• Pastoral assistance throughout the programme from programme manager

When can I start?

Placements will start on 1st September 2025 and will run for 12 months.

When you take on one of our undergraduate placements, you become part of a team that’s working to make the breakthroughs that change patients’ lives, all over the world. You join a workforce in which everyone – no matter what their job title is – comes together to explore, discover and grow. And you help to foster an inclusive culture in which everyone is valued for the unique contribution they make. Current Vacancies Please note that positions for September 2024 will be open for application from August 2023. Business Operations Business Insights Analytics Health and Value Marketing Medical Affairs Regulatory Research and Development

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

Working as part of the Quality team based in Harwell, UK, you will be responsible for:

• System Administrator/Vault Owner in Veeva Vault (Quality & Clinical) supporting UK and US sites.

• Train, support and advise Veeva end users on system requirements and workflows.

• Responsible for day-to-day troubleshooting and supporting end user queries within Veeva Vault.

• Manage the mandatory Veeva Releases, performing impact assessments and the appropriate level of validation via Change Control in order to maintain the system’s validated state within strict deadlines.

• Perform continuous improvement activities by designing and implementing configurations within Veeva Vault for new business requirements or proposed changes using Design / Build / Test / Production lifecycle processes.

• Participate where required, in the authoring and execution, or review and approval of computer software validation testing in accordance with GAMP 5 guideline and current Good Manufacturing (cGMP) regulations to maintain validation state and compliance.

• Create and run reports, to support Veeva performance reporting.

• Be involved with other computer software validation projects as quality lead.

• Author, review or approve a variety of quality documentation (SOPs, Validation protocols, Deviations, CAPAs, Change Controls).

Additional Responsibilities of the Role:

• Provide support during regulatory inspections and internal audits.

• Supporting the internal and external (supplier) audit schedule and conducting of audits where appropriate.

• Support Vendor Assurance activities (assessments of new and existing suppliers) including review of quality questionnaires as required.

• Maintain and promote a state of inspection readiness at all times.

Job Description

Site Name: Wavre, GSK HQ, Ireland - Dublin  

Posted Date: Oct 17, 2024  

Position: Complaint and Incident Senior Director  

Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2024

The Complaint and Incident Director is a new and critical role within Market Supply & Distribution Quality (MSDQ). This role will be accountable for the GSK network quality incident management, including complaints, Local Incident Committee (LIC), Product Incident Review Committee (PIRC), and recalls.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Management:

•   - Inspire and motivate teams and colleagues.

•   - Plan priorities with risk-balanced decision-making skills.

•   - Motivate, focus, and develop your team.

•   - Be an inclusive and ambitious leader that facilitates a thriving team with clear succession plans for key roles.

• Quality Management:

•   - Bring to life the One Quality voice to simplify and standardize our ways of working internally and externally.

•   - Coordinate a diverse team and review complaints and incidents for the GSK network.

•   - Ensure robust investigation and clear Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).

• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:

•   - Work closely with legal teams, LOC teams, and GRA to optimize responses to complainants and authorities.

•   - Engage with key stakeholders across operational business units and MSDQ to prioritize support.

• Incident Management:

•   - Provide leadership and management of the centralized team and key site/EQ/LOC incident managers to ensure capability and timely Right First Time (RFT) investigations.

•   - Ensure PIRC chair/secretary support to the business units.

• Strategic Planning:

•   - Balance short-term and long-term objectives with a strategic mindset.

•   - Translate vision into breakthrough objectives.

• System and Process Ownership:

•   - Influence direct and extended GSC Quality team to support the adoption and usage of new ways of working.

•   - Develop a culture of continuous improvement.

•   - Act as the functional business owner for the product recall system (PRS) and complaints module in VQMS.

•   - Support operational business units and feed information as required to the MSDQ Process team and QA Systems team.

This role is essential for ensuring the quality and safety of GSK products and maintaining the company's reputation for excellence in the market. If you are a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for quality management, we encourage you to apply by the deadline of October 31, 2024.

Job Description

Site Name: 

• UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage

• - UK – London – New Oxford Street

Posted Date: 

• Nov 11, 2024

Role Requirements:

• Must be based in a UK GSK site for a minimum of 2 days per week.

Position: 

• Clinical Development Director - Nephrology

Role Overview:

The Clinical Development Director - Nephrology will provide clinical and scientific insights to the Nephrology franchise, including emerging indications and adjacencies. The role involves working within project teams to plan and assure the delivery of clinical research and development activities. Collaboration with research members to define the best clinical indication for a target and integrating inputs from various disciplines (scientific, clinical, commercial, regulatory) is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Development:

•   - Design and lead clinical development protocols/studies/programs in Nephrology across all phases of development.

•   - Develop clinical development strategies, including study Ph1-2/3 design.

•   - Provide clinical expert input into regulatory documentation and lead regulatory interactions from a clinical perspective.

•   - Work with Research Unit members to define prioritized clinical indications for early targets.

•   - Integrate inputs from across disciplines to contribute to the Medicine Profile, Target Validation, Translational Plans, Candidate Selection, clinical development plan, and integrated evidence plan.

•   - Design and deliver early clinical development plans demonstrating proof of mechanism, potential efficacy, and safety profiles.

•   - Lead the integrated evidence planning to address the needs of regulators, payors, and patients.

• Regulatory and Safety:

•   - Provide clinical input into presentations and supporting documentation for governance bodies.

•   - Escalate clinical safety incidents to the Immunology Clinical Research and Early Programs Head and GSK Pharmacovigilance.

•   - Address clinical questions at meetings with regulatory authorities/ethics committees.

•   - Ensure regulatory reporting requirements, including Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs) and IB updates.

•   - Incorporate patient perspectives in the design and conduct of clinical studies.

•   - Ensure medical governance across the project to maintain scientific integrity and overall safety of study subjects.

• Leadership and Collaboration:

•   - Lead the clinical team (CT) and Integrated Evidence Team (IET).

•   - Engage external academic and clinical experts to enhance the quality and delivery of clinical programs/studies.

•   - Mentor and coach other members of Clinical Research and Early Programs Immunology.

•   - Provide input into disease area strategy and execute this strategy based on expertise.

•   - Play a leadership role in medical governance initiatives in R&D, discovery/development policy, processes, or guidelines.

•   - Network externally with academia/pharma and bring expertise back to GSK.

•   - Anticipate, communicate, and suggest solutions on trends/events outside GSK that affect business direction.

Experience and Skills:

• Experience in drug development and/or translational medicine, preferably with industry experience.

• - Ability to work across multiple projects and be independently accountable for own projects.

• - Leadership experience in medical governance initiatives and professional networks.

• - Command of the drug discovery and development process to influence a culture of continuous improvement.

This role offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to the Nephrology franchise at GSK, working with a diverse team to advance clinical research and development.

Job Description

Site Name: 

• USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence

• - Mississauga Milverton Drive

• - UK – London – New Oxford Street

Posted Date: 

• Nov 13, 2024

Would you like to be part of GSK’s Epidemiology Department, with an opportunity to drive Epidemiology strategy and studies across the spectrum of drug development? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to explore.

Job Purpose

As an Associate Director in Epidemiology, you will provide scientific leadership in the application of epidemiological expertise and methods to answer key challenges identified across all phases of drug development for an asset or disease area. This role aims to deliver new drugs more efficiently and effectively to patients. The position functions within the Epidemiology Department, which contributes to the successful development of new therapies. Our staff in Epidemiology provide leadership and expertise to develop and execute the Epidemiology strategy across the entire spectrum of drug development, from early discovery to registration and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Develop a network to ensure alignment of an epidemiology program with the broader asset/disease strategy.

• - Play a role in developing a key understanding across stakeholders of the impact of epidemiology on the asset/disease strategy.

• - Identify new vendors, tools, and data sources to deliver epidemiology solutions for the asset/disease area.

• - Contribute to strategic initiatives on the role of Epidemiology at the departmental level.

• - Be accountable for the program of epidemiology for an asset or disease area.

• - Bring Real-World Evidence (RWE) insights to inform asset/disease area strategy and development activities for one asset or disease area.

• - Propose and negotiate the content of the epidemiologic program and budget with the matrix leader.

• - Provide expert epidemiological consultation to asset matrix teams (Clinical Development Team, Safety Review Team, Integrated Evidence Team, Medicine Development Team).

• - May contribute to advancing the science through membership of external initiatives (e.g., ICPE, IMI).

• - May contribute to departmental initiatives driving innovative solutions through the evaluation of tools, methodologies, or processes.

Sole Counsel - maternity cover (part-time - 3 days per week) - fixed term contract up to 12 months

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

Working as part of the Legal team based in Harwell, UK, you will be responsible for:

• Managing Company's legal budget and workflow including in relation to the provision of external legal advice;

• Assisting  Company's risk management through provision of day to day and ad hoc legal advice as further set out below;

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts;

• Providing practical legal training/updates to the business;

• Identifying acute legal issues and advises and consults with employees in the organization to assess potential impact of those issues on corporate and business strategies and operations, and recommends and helps implement appropriate legal risk mitigation strategies, as necessary;

• Provision of data protection support;

• Maintaining appropriate legal templates;

• Working collaboratively and creatively with and supports internal clients and other business functions in an individual capacity or as part of matrixed teams to execute agreed upon tactics for delivery of strategic objectives;

• Advising on the interpretation of legal documents and applicable laws and regulations in a manner that provides practical and timely advice on complex issues/concepts while properly managing the risk to the organisation;

• Providing support to finance team in relation to SEC/SOX compliance;

• Providing company secretarial support to the board and its committees; and

• Providing ad hoc support to the Company's Compliance function (including monitoring/reporting whistleblowing).

• Leading special projects as assigned and participates in cross-functional teams and committees while demonstrating leadership ability to colleagues and business partners;

• Staying current on developments of laws and regulations as well as with industry trends affecting the company, and assists with development of new policies and training as needed;

• Providing support to major transactions, including M&A and other business development transactions, as required; and

• Willingly assisting colleagues with relevant projects and activities in areas outside of these primary areas of responsibility as needed to achieve individual and corporate objectives, contributes to a collegiate atmosphere and balance workloads.