2025 Summer Internship - Quality Assurance

Kyowa Kirin is a fast growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four areas of unmet need: oncology, nephrology, immunology and CNS/movement disorders. The North America organization includes two offices (in New Jersey and California) that focus on drug discovery, product development, and commercialization. Together, we work as a close-knit team to understand clinical needs and advance innovations that can have a profound impact on patient lives.

We are currently seeking a student Intern to join our team. As a Quality Assurance intern, you will work closely with the Quality Assurance team as well as the additional areas of the business impacted by the project: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Product and Project Management, and Technical Operations Management. You will also gain a broad understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs), and the importance of the Quality Assurance department in relation to product quality and our patients.  This position is a paid, temporary internship eligible to undergraduate students within a commutable distance of Princeton, NJ. This role is a hybrid role with some in-office time required.

Responsibilities:
•    Working closely with the Quality Assurance team on assigned tasks. 
•    Project work involves Kyowa Kirin preparation and documentation readiness for pre-approval inspection (PAI).  This will include but not limited to the following day to day activities: 

• Compile documents to ensure they are readily available for inspection.
• Assist with migration of documents from SharePoint sites, (internal and external) to the Electronic Document Management System.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team of QA Operations, QA Document Management system, Quality Management Systems, Supply Chain, Logistics and Technical Operations for the creation and development of document binders.
• Ensure document metadata is accurate for both newly migrated document as well as existing.
• Follow up with cross functional team and obtain necessary documents for project as required.
• Support revision, drafts and collaboration of related procedural documents.
• Generate and present reports as requested.

Requirements:

• This position requires candidates to have completed at least the first year of a full-time undergraduate program in a health or science related area (e.g., Public Health, Health Policy, Biology etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interns are required to be able to work from May 27th, 2025 to August 15h, 2025
• The ability to work a hybrid schedule is required
• Candidates are required to live within a commutable distance of Princeton, NJ.
• This position requires that candidates be able to work in the United States on a permanent and on-going basis.

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