Vendor Project Management intern, Third Party Vendor Oversight

At ICON, it's our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients' lives.

Our 'Own It' culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organisation: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organisation that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.

That's our vision. We're driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
If you're as driven as we are, join us. You'll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, with some of the brightest and the friendliest people in the sector, and you'll be helping shape an industry.


What will you be doing?

The Vendor Project Management intern, Third Party Vendor Oversight will observe and support the Vendor Project Managers in their day to day including some of the following tasks:

• Develop and finalize vendor management plan(s) and support regular reporting on project metrics, finance, status of deliverables and risks/issues with the associated management plan(s)
• Work with a dynamic team of Vendor project managers assisting with duties that include consolidating vendor information, creating vendor management reports, and running analytics on vendor metrics and KPIs
• Create and maintain departmental templates for management and governance plans, meetings, issue/risk logs, transitions, etc.
• Assist departmental leadership in efforts to implement vendor management-led governance by setting up governance and performance review meetings
• Aid the in the development of Vendor KPIs and Vendor metrics
• Help to develop departmental training content and improve on-boarding processes
• Attends, participates, and takes minutes at Kick-Off meetings or other key meetings with select vendors
• Attends, participates and takes minutes at Vendor Project Management monthly meetings monthly
• Update and maintain Vendor Project Management Teams area with improvements and further enhancements
• Create Wikis on Vendor Project Management Teams are with key information for Vendor Project Manager
• Update and maintain Vendor Project Manager Website with information for Teams area

What do you need to have?

• This internship is for junior or senior undergraduate university/college students or masters-level students majoring in Finance, Business Administration, or Life Sciences ONLY
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite of applications; SharePoint experience, strongly preferred
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with good attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Read, write and speak English fluently
• Availability to work full time
• 0 - 2 Years of related experience
• Must be 18 years or older
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals - both ours and yours. We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees