Recruiting Insight of The Week

Template I used to ask for referrals: 

Dear [Insert Name],

Hope this email finds you well. I am [Insert Name], a current undergraduate/master’s student at [Insert University] majoring in [Insert Major]. I am writing to express my keen interest in the [Insert role] role at [Insert Company]. Company X’s commitment to driving impactful strategies and solutions aligns with my professional goals and aspirations. I am eager to contribute my skills, experiences, and enthusiasm to help achieve the company's mission, [Insert Company’s Mission].

I'm passionate about starting a career in the healthcare industry given the wide array of medical advancements in recent years and thus have applied for the [Insert role] at [Insert Company]. Would you be able to help me with a referral? If you would like to, I have attached my resume below. I am more than happy to share any of my work with you if you are interested! Please let me know if this is at all possible. 

Thank you so much again for all your time.

[Insert resume] 

Kind regards,

Career opportunities in the healthcare / life sciences industry:

• Analytical Development Intern, Arcellx

Description:

Arcellx is a public, clinical-stage biotechnology company reimagining cell therapy by engineering innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases. We believe that cell therapies are one of the forward pillars of medicine and our mission is to destroy cancer and advance humanity by developing cell therapies that are safer, more effective, and more broadly accessible.

What You’ll Do

• Routinely thaw, freeze, and maintain various cell cultures including immortalized cell lines and primary cells.

• Assist in studies to characterize and understand the development of T cells from selection, and the important changes that occur affecting cell surface marker expression, cytokine release, and target cell killing capabilities.

• Routinely maintain laboratory instruments and equipment.

• Keep excellent laboratory record.

Skills and Experience We Look For  

The ideal candidate must have genuine interest in immune cell function and experimental design. When applying, please include specific examples to demonstrate enthusiasm, relevant skills, and how this internship may be beneficial to your future goals.

• Manatt Health Analyst, Manatt Health

Manatt Health integrates consulting and legal expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the health care system. Combining legal excellence, firsthand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 160 consultants and attorneys from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead health care into the future

Responsibilities:

• Project management support, including logistics, scheduling, tracking team progress and outstanding issues, budget tracking, note-taking, agendas and follow-up items, monthly summaries, and managing project team documents.

• Support secondary qualitative research on health care business and policy issues. Perform literature searches and review, abstract, and synthesize information from program or regulatory documents, reports, and articles.

• Assist with tracking and monitoring federal and state health policy developments, health care provider markets, and other emerging health care trends. Compile and track information in spreadsheets, SharePoint sites, OneDrive cloud storage, and databases.

• Support quantitative and/or qualitative analyses, including cleaning, organizing, and analyzing data. Summarize information using descriptive statistics, tables, and figures.

• Contribute to client presentation development and design.

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree with a focus on public health, business administration, public administration, public policy, health administration, or health care management or other related areas, with an anticipated graduation date in spring 2024.

• Internship experience, volunteer experience, relevant lived experience, and/or one year of work experience in health care, health equity, or other health care–related fields.

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and detail-oriented written and verbal communication skills in a variety of settings and media.

• Ability to work independently and on teams on meaningful projects that can bring about real change.

• Active involvement in a health-related organization on campus is a plus.

• Strong computer skills, including professional proficiency with OneDrive, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (proficiency with pivot tables, data validation, and complex and nested formulas is preferred).

• Healthcare Strategic Advisory Associate, MSQ Ventures

Description:

MSQ Ventures is seeking outstanding candidates to join our cross-border healthcare practice as an Associate. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team operating at the center of the global life sciences industry with the goal of making innovative therapies available and accessible to patients in another region. The position will support all aspects of our cross-border advisory process, including identification of high potential biopharmaceutical companies and assets, sourcing of investment or partnering opportunities, due diligence, financial modeling and valuation, deal structuring, and negotiations.

Responsibilities:

• Identify biotech companies with cut-edge technology addressing unmet clinical needs

• Financial modeling, valuation, market research and other transaction-centric analyses

• Reviewing primary clinical trial data, conducting diligence calls with physicians and other key players in the pharmaceutical ecosystem, and synthesizing diligence into strategic recommendations and models

• Preparation of presentations for key internal constituents (management team) and external constituents (clients and partners)

• Maintaining internal databases and create and publish periodic research or analytical content related to biotech sector and cross-border partnering

• Participate in transaction management

Qualifications:

• Graduate Ph.D. and/or Masters in Biology, Bioengineering, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering or other relevant majors 

• Strong communication skills with clients/partners; previous engagement with C-levels is preferred

• Track record of independent scientific research and defense of analysis and thesis, to be translated to analysis in biotech business consulting and investment

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience in investment or consulting, work experience is preferred, but significant internship experience can also qualify

• Direct healthcare therapeutics experience or demonstrated interest in healthcare therapeutics

• Proficiency in English; Mandarin language skill is preferred

• Job Type: Full-time

AI in Healthcare News:

• HD raised $5.6M to build a Sierra AI for healthcare in Southeast Asia

• Epic plans to launch AI validation software for healthcare organizations to test, monitor models 

• Study shows increased patient risks at private equity-owned hospitals