Vertex Fall 2025 Co-Op External Manufacturing Automation Engineering Portfolio Program Management Boston MA

Job Description

The Vertex Coop Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the pharmaceutical industry from a handson perspective. You will be working closely with and learning from some of the brightest people in the industry. When you join our coop program you should not be surprised to see that our environment is one that is innovative and team oriented where collaboration is not just a word and we are relentless is in everything we do. Students can expect to be challenged by their project plan connect with other coopsand feel valued by the Vertex community. Not only will coops learn about their daytoday tasks through their specific work assignments but they will interact and have exposure to our organizational leaders and their teams.

Job Summary:

The Portfolio & Program Management CoOp role is within the Manufacturing Process Intelligence & Digitalization team in Commercial Manufacturing and Supply Chain (CMSC) organization. The team is responsible for delivering crossfunctional project management business analysis value analysis to build automate business processes in the purview of commercial manufacturing Subject Matter Experts. This individual is expected to support management best practices and contribute to the of integrated project plans and deliverables for crossfunctional systems portfolio operations initiatives. The individual will have exposure to applications of Lean Six Sigma principles agile and design thinking methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and maintain high quality integrated project plans manage interdependencies and identify scheduling constraints
• With support plan team meetings by drafting agendas and partnering with stakeholders to collate meeting materials
• Provide active meeting management by capturing minutes and tracking action items
• Engage team members to understand stakeholder needs and incorporate feedback into deliverables
• Organize completion of project team deliverables and contribute to content development as appropriate
• Upon request communicate project information including timelines status risks and issues
• Use tools to support agile software management practices Jira Confluence PowerBI Microsoft Office Tools SmartSheet etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in an Engineering discipline
• Pharmaceutical drug discovery and development acumen across one or more disciplines
• Knowledge of project management principles best practices tools technology and methods
• Organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong collaboration skills to effectively interact with teams and stakeholder
• Legal authorizationto work in the United States now and in the future. Please note that Vertex does not provide sponsorship for internships or entry level roles within this part of the organization.
• Candidate must be enrolled in an advanced degree program if graduating before July 2025
• Candidate must be available to work fulltime 40 hours per week from July December 2025.

Program Dates: July December 2025 Full Time

Pay Range 20.00 32.00 USD/hour

This job posting is for a temporary role with a thirdparty agency partner that provides services to Vertex. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of that thirdparty agency; compensation medical benefits fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the thirdparty agency upon offer. The range provided is a reasonable estimate for the pay range for this job at the time of posting. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state requirements. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors including skills competencies experience and other jobrelated factors permitted by law.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

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