Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Commercial Analytics Co-op - Market Access

USA internshipsAI/ML/DataPosted 10 days ago

Location: Boston, MA
Type: USA internships

About this role

From Vertex Pharmaceuticals’s careers page.

Job Description

Kickstart Your Career at Vertex!

Are you ready to make a real impact? At Vertex, our mission is to tackle serious diseases and to change lives, for the better, for the future. Our aim is to give you the skills, insights, and career guidance to be an important part of that future; to turn your potential into progression. As a Vertex intern or co-op, you’ll work on meaningful projects, collaborate with talented teams, and learn from industry leaders. We’re passionate about innovation, inclusion, and supporting your growth—inside and outside the lab.

Why Vertex?

Real Projects: You’ll work on assignments that make a real impact, not just busy work.
Mentorship & Networking: Connect with leaders and peers who want to see you succeed through professional networks, connections, and collaborations that will shape your longer-term career.
Flexible & Supportive: We offer flexible work options with Flex @ Vertex and prioritize your wellbeing.
Inclusive Culture: Collaboration and inclusion are embedded in everything we do.
Career Launchpad: Build skills, explore career paths, and get guidance for your future career.

Your Impact

The Vertex Commercial Analytics, Market Access Co-Op is a 6-month experiential training program for students currently working towards an undergraduate or advanced degree in Engineering, Statistics, Analytics, STEM, or other related fields. If you are passionate, collaborative, and growth-minded, a co-op at Vertex will help you gain meaningful experience in our US Market Access functional areas and serve as a launchpad for your career.

The application deadline for this co-op is November 15th. Please note that Vertex reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close this job posting prior to the listed deadline. Applicants can expect to receive an update about their application before or shortly after the application deadline.

Ready to apply? Submit your application and let’s turn possibilities into reality!

What you will be doing:

US Market Access analytics team functions as an analytics center of excellence for the market access strategy, trade & distribution, revenue forecasting and pricing teams. The analytics team supports use cases that help the different commercial business units ensure that patients with a script for Vertex products have access to the products through their health plans, pharmacies and sites-of-care.

The co-op commercial analytics will work with the US market access analytics team to work on forecasting and regression use cases that can help identify key drivers and barriers towards patient access for our pain and cystic fibrosis portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

The co-op commercial analytics will work on several small initiatives each with a timeline of 3-4 weeks, the initial few weeks will be spent in training around US pharma and market access dynamics. The project profiles will be the following –
Demand forecasting for pharmacies and hospitals
Assessing the performance of contracts with payers and delivery networks
Creating performance scorecards for payers
Performing key driver analysis for identifying drivers of sales and access performance
The co-op will report to the market access data analytics lead and work with them to learn about the data assets, business dynamics and create analytics scripts and reports and manage their tasks in collaboration with the data governance lead.

Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline like engineering, statistics, analytics, computer science
Currently pursuing a master’s degree in quantitative discipline or a STEM focused MBA
Tools & technologies: SQL, Python (Pandas, sklearn)/R, Excel
Quantitative Skills: Regression & hypothesis testing, key driver analysis, machine learning (classification), time series analysis, forecasting algorithms, SQL analytical window functions.
Legal authorization to work in the United States, now and in the future. Please note that Vertex does not provide sponsorship for internships/co-ops or entry level roles within this part of the organization.
You must be enrolled in an advanced degree program if graduating before May 2027
You must be available to work full-time, 40 hours per week from January – July 2027

Program Details:

Full-time, paid co-op $25.00 – 35.00 USD/hour
Program Dates: January – July 2027
Application Deadline: November 15th, 2026

At Vertex, we believe that when you feel your best, you can perform at your best. That’s why our US benefits and global well-being resources are designed to support you.

Free 24/7 onsite gym access and free access to group exercise classes
Subsidized commuter benefits- transit and parking
Provided meals—free breakfast daily!
Career development opportunities and events, including C Suite engagement
Social events—both intern-only and company-wide
Location-specific perks and extras!
Recognition of National Intern Day

Our Ways of Working

Flex Designation: Hybrid- Boston

Flex Eligibility Status: Hybrid: work three days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner that provides services to Vertex. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of that third-party agency; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency upon offer.

At Vertex, we embrace continuous learning and encourage employees to stay informed on advances in AI, technology, automation, and industry trends. We seek talent who bring an external perspective, demonstrate curiosity and sound judgment, and thoughtfully adopt new capabilities that improve decision-making, drive innovation, increase efficiency, and help deliver better outcomes for patients.

Pay Range:

$0 - $0

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.