Intern, Search & Evaluation

The role

The intern will support strategic assessments of external business development opportunities. This includes conducting landscape analyses, evaluating preclinical and clinical data, and supporting scientific and commercial diligence efforts.

What you will do

• Conduct landscape analyses of emerging therapeutic areas, targets, and modalities.
• Develop strategic opportunity assessments and business development theses.
• Evaluate preclinical and clinical data to assess scientific rationale and competitive positioning.
• Monitor biotech and pharmaceutical industry news, partnering activity, and transactions.
• Support scientific and commercial diligence efforts for potential opportunities.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions with various strategy teams.
• Present findings recommendations to members of the Business Development team.
• Provide operational support to BD/S&E team.

Required qualifications

• Current 4th or 5th year MD and/or PhD student in Immunology, Translational Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry / chemical biology, or a related life
• Experience in translational research, therapeutic development, or drug discovery.
• Strong scientific foundation with ability to critically evaluate preclinical and clinical data, disease biology, and therapeutic mechanisms.
• Demonstrated interest in scientific due diligence, biotechnology investing, and business development.
• Following industry trends within the biopharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent analytical, literature review, and scientific communication skills.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with conducting scientific due diligence or landscaping is a plus.

Benefits

• Exposure to real-world biotech and pharmaceutical business development decision-making.
• Experience evaluating early-stage through clinical-stage therapeutic opportunities.
• Opportunities to interact with scientific, clinical, commercial, and corporate strategy leaders.
• Development of skills in scientific diligence, competitive intelligence, valuation thinking, and portfolio strategy.

About the company

Lakefront Biotherapeutics is a global biotech focused on building a differentiated immunology and inflammation pipeline. The company operates with small, empowered teams to move programs forward efficiently.