Intern, Program and Portfolio Strategy

Moderna • Cambridge, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Moderna’s Program and Portfolio Strategy team works across the Moderna portfolio in two areas. On the program strategy side, the team develops strategies for individual drug programs – defining what diseases a drug should target, how it should be positioned against competitors, and what the development path should look like. On the portfolio strategy side, the team enables decision-making across the full set of programs - helping leadership evaluate where to invest based on scientific risk, commercial value, and strategic fit. This internship spans both areas. On the program side, you’ll support the development of strategies for early-stage drug programs – conducting research, mapping competitive landscapes, and helping shape how we think about which diseases to pursue and how our drugs should be differentiated. On the portfolio side, you’ll help build and extend internal tools that connect program data across the organization, enabling us to make better choices about where to invest within our portfolio – which new drugs to advance and how to allocate resources. You’ll work directly with members of the Program and Portfolio Strategy team across both areas, with day-to-day guidance from different team members to give you exposure to different types of work.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree
• Interest in the intersection of science, strategy, and technology
• Strong analytical thinking and clear communication – written and verbal
• Willingness to learn coding tools and work with AI-assisted development environments — prior coding experience is not required
• Comfort with ambiguity and working across different types of problems (strategic analysis one day, building software the next)
• Curiosity about drug development and how organizations decide which medicines to pursue

Nice To Haves

• Prior exposure to research, data analysis, or structured problem-solving (academic, internship, or volunteer experience)
• Demonstrated interest in healthcare, life sciences, psychology, or related fields
• Experience synthesizing information from multiple sources (e.g., research papers, interviews, surveys) into clear insights
• Familiarity with basic data handling or analysis (e.g., Excel, survey coding, or similar tools)

Responsibilities

• Support the development of strategies for early-stage drug programs, including literature reviews, competitive assessments, and analysis of diseases with significant unmet patient need
• Gather and synthesize information from scientific literature, physician feedback, and competitive intelligence (what competitors are developing and how our programs compare) to inform strategic decisions
• Contribute to target product profiles (documents that define what a successful drug looks like – efficacy, safety, differentiation) and disease area assessments that guide research and development priorities
• Help prepare materials and analyses for program team discussions and leadership reviews
• Build and extend internal portfolio management tools working with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., VS Code with agentic coding agents)
• Translate team requirements into functional software – prototyping, iterating, and shipping features that replace manual workflows
• Work with data from different teams (drug development, manufacturing, finance) to improve how information flows across the organization
• Help connect program activities, milestones, and dependencies into integrated systems that support decisions about the portfolio as a whole

Benefits

• Free premium access to meditation and mindfulness classes
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, volunteer days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Location-specific perks and extras

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed