Intern , Market Research

The Internship Program at our company features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Human Health division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals. The program allows students to work on one or more market research projects within our Company's Human Health Commercial division. These opportunities are designed to facilitate the transition from academia to industry for soon-to-be graduates and will involve participation and contribution in real projects being carried out by our company's market research team. This is also a way for you to identify if our company may be the right company for your long-term career goals. These positions are typically 3-6 months long and have various start dates throughout the year. Most of the projects will involve analyses in support of our company's commercial objectives. In collaboration with the Team Leader, the Intern will manage all aspects of primary market research including: Framing business questions to support team strategy Developing research/analysis plans Drafting requests for proposals and articulation of the hypotheses to be tested Selecting appropriate agency partners Managing the research process to deliver an objective understanding of customers, competitors, products and market developments Adhering to compliance requirements Managing budgets and modifies plans/budgets as changing business needs warrant

We are one company, but we operate under two different corporate brand names. We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as MSD everywhere else