Alliance Management Intern

Date: Mar 21, 2025

Department: Strategy, Sustainability & Growth

Job Type: Intern

Team: Business Development & Strategic planning

Contract Type: Temporary

Location:

Parma, IT

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here

We are proud to to have been awarded with B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.

We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

Chiesi Corporate Functions

These are the functions supporting the business at a Corporate Level:

Global HR
Global Finance, Procurement & IT
Group Legal & Corporate Affairs
Global Communication & External Relations
Transformation
Global Strategy, SV&S and Business Development

Who we are looking for

Purpose

To strengthen our Global Alliance capabilities Chiesi are searching for an high potential candidate for a stage of 6-8 months in the Alliance Team.
The Alliance Management Team is an integral part of the Global Business and Corporate Development and plays a critical role in supporting Company growth contributing to the build-up of the Portfolio and Pipeline through Partnership.
The Alliance team is responsible for monitoring and managing contractual obligations and relationship with partners across a variety of indications and stage of development (from discovery to commercial) if the geographic scope is Regional or Global.

Main Activities

The Candidate will support the Alliance team in organizing and orchestrating a number of cross-functional activities liaising in particular with Legal, Business Development, Project Management, and Finance.

You will be involved in the following activities:
• AMP (Alliance Management Platform):
Usability requirements collections and confirmation
Compliance of all Managers to same protocols and process to collect the approval of the JxC Minutes
Liaise and support the IT department during the migration

• MCPM (Management of Contractual Obligations):
Review product specifications and functionality
Liaise with IT to review pain points on integration with other systems and user interface requirements
Provide tests on functionality
Issue a RFP (request for proposal) to selected external providers and assess their platforms characteristics and gaps

• Health Check:
Liaise with Alliance mangers to agree a calendar of surveys which shall encompass all strategic partnership
Submit and monitor responses of the questionnaire to partners
Review questionnaire structure and automatize functionality to simplify read out to support Alliance Managers’ analysis and recommendations for partnership restructuring

• Alliance Risks Migration plan into Archer Platform
Support the Alliance managers in the update of Alliance Risks database
Liaise with Archer provider to ensure data formatting allows bulk upload in the system
Quality control on migrated data, at the end of bulk upload

Education

Degree in life sciences and/or pharmaceutical sciences or an equivalent degree in informatics, engineering or health economics.

Languages

Fluency in English is mandatory.

Technical Skills

Fluent in information technology language and concepts

Basic Knowledge of Program and Projec Management

Soft Skills

Analytical skills
Continuous learning
Creative/innovative mindset
Digital mindset
Team working

Contract and benefit

6 months internship
Monthly Reimbursement of 1000 Euros

Free access to internal canteen for lunch and Meal vouchers for each day of remote activities

Free shuttle for Chiesi employees from railway station to HQ or free pass for urban public transport

What we offer

You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.