R & D Project Coordinator Intern
About The Position
The R&D Project Coordinator Intern will support development of Vero’s next-generation nitric oxide delivery device, including its drug product cassette and console. The role offers hands-on experience in project planning, execution, reporting, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and PMO processes. The intern will work with the Director, Program Management, Project Managers, and cross-functional teams to help keep projects organized, on schedule, and aligned with expected outcomes. The intern will support project planning and execution by maintaining plans, timelines, milestones, and action-item trackers; coordinating meetings and follow-up; tracking deliverables and dependencies; and helping prepare project documentation and presentations. The role also supports project reporting and PMO activities, including consolidating status updates, preparing weekly and monthly reports, maintaining dashboards and metrics, preparing leadership updates, and keeping documentation accurate and appropriately stored. Additional work includes maintaining risk, issue, action, and dependency logs; following up on open items; coordinating information across workstreams; documenting meeting decisions and action items; and identifying opportunities to improve project processes, reporting, templates, dashboards, and procedures. The intern will also support documentation in accordance with ISO 13485 design control processes and gain exposure to risk management and regulated product development. This seasonal internship is based in a standard office and laboratory environment and requires working in person in the Midtown Atlanta office.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Information Systems, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Comfort working with cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and with Monday.com and Teams.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze information and communicate key findings.
Nice To Haves
- Coursework or prior experience in project management, business operations, or program management.
- Strong interest in hands-on experience in project planning, execution, reporting, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and PMO processes.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.
- Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Asana, or similar platforms.
- Previous internship, leadership, volunteer, or team-project experience.
Responsibilities
- Support Project Managers with project planning, scheduling, and execution activities.
- Maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and action-item trackers.
- Coordinate project meetings, agendas, and follow-up activities.
- Track project deliverables and dependencies to help ensure timely completion.
- Support development of project documentation and presentations.
- Collect and consolidate project status updates from team members and workstream leads.
- Prepare weekly and monthly project status reports.
- Maintain project dashboards and performance metrics.
- Support preparation of leadership presentations and executive-level project updates.
- Ensure project documentation is accurate, current, and stored appropriately.
- Help maintain project risk, issue, action, and dependency logs.
- Track open items and follow up with owners on required actions.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to gather project information.
- Participate in project meetings and document decisions and action items.
- Help facilitate communication across project workstreams.
- Identify opportunities to improve project management processes and reporting.
- Help develop templates, dashboards, and standard operating procedures.
- Support documentation efforts in accordance with ISO 13485 design control processes.
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Career Level
Intern
