Business Strategy Intern, Perceptive eClinical

We’re on a mission to change the future of clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the biopharmaceutical industry bring medical treatments to the market, faster. Our mission is to change the world but to do this, we need people like you.

What can we offer you? Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more)
• Health Cash Plan
• Optional private health, dental insurance, and health screens
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
• Life assurance
• Season ticket loan

About the role: As Business Strategy Intern, you'll support the team in translating high level strategic priorities into concrete, actionable initiatives. Forming part of a small team at the heart of our international eClinical business, you'll gain first-hand exposure to operating in a fast growing, technology driven, B2B life sciences environment. Working on a hybrid basis in our central London offices, your work will combine structured analysis with hands on execution. Engaged on a 6 month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC), you'll contribute to growth strategy development, partnership support and sales enablement, gaining first hand exposure to how strategy is built, tested and operationalised in a global clinical trial technology business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Growth Strategy Support
  • Conduct market, segment and competitor research across clinical trial technologies and adjacent digital health markets
  • Support the definition and refinement of value propositions, use cases and differentiation narratives
  • Contribute to Voice‑of‑Customer and win/loss analyses, synthesising insights from sales feedback, customer interactions and market signals
  • Assist in preparing strategy decks, briefing documents and executive summaries for leadership discussions
  • Help track progress of priority strategic initiatives using structured trackers or dashboards
• Strategic Partnerships – Research and Development
  • Research potential technology, service or ecosystem partners and assess strategic fit
  • Assist in drafting joint value propositions, partner narratives and case studies
  • Support documentation and tracking of partner activity, pipeline contribution and performance metrics
  • Prepare background materials for internal reviews and partner discussions
• Sales & Enablement Support
  • Assist with preparation of deal briefs, account snapshots and opportunity analyses
  • Develop and maintain competitive intelligence and positioning reference materials
  • Support creation and updating of sales enablement materials (presentations, one‑pagers, battle cards)
  • Capture actions, decisions and follow‑ups from cross‑functional meetings involving Strategy, Sales, Marketing and Product

Functional Competencies (Technical knowledge/Skills):

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and openness to new learning.
• High attention to detail, organisation and ownership of tasks.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑growing, dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Strong analytical and structured thinking, with the ability to synthesise complex information into clear insights.
• Solid consulting-style toolkit including market and competitor analysis, hypothesis-driven problem solving and clear, executive-level storytelling.
• Solid proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Comfortable working with data, dashboards and performance trackers.
• Affinity for technology and understanding of how technology products are developed.
• Desirable: Any exposure to CRM systems, analytics tools or project management software.

Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Evidence of structured thinking, problem solving and analytical coursework.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (ongoing or recently completed) in relevant discipline (Business, Strategy, Economics, Management, Engineering, Data Science, Technology, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Healthcare or related fields).
• English: Fluent.
• Desirable: exposure to consulting-style projects, internships, case work, relevant research, etc., either professionally or as part of extracurricular initiatives.

In order to be considered, please provide your CV and ensure you complete your application fully - unfortunately, we are unable to consider incomplete applications. We anticipate strong interest and may close this role early so please don't delay applying.

Come as you are. We're proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.