2027 GD (U.S.) Summer Intern

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Hopewell Township, NJ

13d • $24 - $53 • Hybrid

About The Position

At the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, our Corporate, MedTech, and pharmaceutical teams leverage data, real-world insights, and creative minds to make life-changing healthcare products and medicines. We are disrupting outdated healthcare ecosystems and infusing them with transformative ideas to help people thrive throughout every stage of their lives. With a reach of more than a billion people every day, there is no limit to the impact you can make here. Are you ready to reimagine healthcare?

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting for several Summer Intern positions within the Global Development Organization. The positions will be considered hybrid on-site in one of our Pennsylvania or New Jersey locations.
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat, and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. J&J’s mission is to advance our portfolio by implementing team strategies, optimizing resourcing, creating robust plans, and cultivating partnerships to deliver better and faster medicines to patients. We are J&J. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it.

Global Development Summer Intern Positions:
The U.S. 2027 Summer Intern Program will encompass several functions that focus on the delivery of patient-centric solutions across clinical drug-development processes such as:
Early and Late-Stage Drug Development & Delivery
Clinical Trial Management and Patient Site Engagement
Quantitative & Statistical Sciences
Medical Writing
Planning, Forecasting & Financial Processes
End-to-End Business Operations, including Culture Initiatives
Project and Risk Management
Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting

All candidates will support projects aligned with Our Credo values and strategic priorities.

The Intern Program will provide undergraduate students with practical experience focusing on working with cross-functional teams, understanding global regulations, and gaining exposure to processes, roles, and functions supporting how J&J Innovative Medicine delivers medicines to patients. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to gain insights across project planning, operational processes, clinical trials, and regulatory submissions, support integrated end-to-end drug development at the asset level, and gain further knowledge into data science, data analytics, and AI.

Global Development offers a fast-paced, cross-functional, technologically advanced environment with a passion for developing individual projects and partnership management skills through early talent engagement. Interns will have the opportunity to learn about compound development, therapeutic areas, disease states, and portfolio management.

Life as a Global Development Summer Intern

The Summer Intern Program provides real-life, hands-on experience, education, coaching, mentoring, and networking opportunities with other professionals from various cross-functional areas. Each intern will be assigned to a single function within Global Development with a specific project(s) for a 12-week duration. It is mandatory for all interns to adhere to applicable SOPs, work instructions, policies, codes of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), local regulatory requirements, etc., and they will be required to comply with relevant training. The Intern Program and each intern will adhere to the following framework:

Start date of May 24, 2027, through approximately August 13, 2027
Hybrid work model (three days at one of our local sites in NJ or PA; two days remote)
Required 40-hour work week
Responsible for own transportation to local site(s)
Assignment area and work-site location to match business needs
Pay rate determined on the grade level at time of offer
Career mentorship with networking opportunities within assigned team and beyond
Summer internship end date subject to change depending on individual college/university semester start timing

Requirements

• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and must not require sponsorship for employment visa status now, or in the future (ex. H1-B).
• Students currently in the country on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT require future sponsorship for long-term employment.
• Candidate must be enrolled in an undergraduate university program at the time of the internship, and not graduating during the internship duration.
• Before internship program starting date of May 24, 2027, candidate must have completed at least four (4) college semesters.
• Minimum GPA of 3.5.
• Availability to work full time (40 hours/week) during the internship.
• Ability to provide own transportation to/from the work location (no full-time remote option).
• Ability to self-manage housing needs.
• Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future.
• Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and initiatives while executing results.
• Self-starter who works independently while contributing to team goals.
• Proven leadership/participation with campus programs and/or community service activities.

Responsibilities

• Support projects aligned with Our Credo values and strategic priorities.
• Gain practical experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Understand global regulations.
• Gain exposure to processes, roles, and functions supporting how J&J Innovative Medicine delivers medicines to patients.
• Gain insights across project planning, operational processes, clinical trials, and regulatory submissions.
• Support integrated end-to-end drug development at the asset level.
• Gain further knowledge into data science, data analytics, and AI.
• Develop individual projects and partnership management skills.
• Learn about compound development, therapeutic areas, disease states, and portfolio management.
• Adhere to applicable SOPs, work instructions, policies, codes of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), local regulatory requirements, etc.
• Comply with relevant training.

Benefits

• Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan.
• Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year.
• Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern