The programme offers summer employment opportunities at various Pfizer sites in the UK, and is designed to help Pfizer businesses and teams accomplish real, impactful projects, while giving students engaging and meaningful work experience.
Departments across Pfizer can accept summer student workers, and Pfizer works to match students with the department or team that most closely reflects their future career interests. During the summer, students can receive challenging work assignments, having the opportunity to collaborate with Pfizer colleagues, at all levels of the organisation, and experience Pfizer’s culture first-hand.
Summer workers are evaluated on the basis of their ability to match their current skills to the job post and students will receive valuable feedback that can help them develop their skills. In most cases, student workers will be included in their team’s regular activities, including team meetings, working sessions, and meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Many student workers form long-term relationships with mentors, advisors, and peers.
The Summer Student Programme provides short-term student work to support Pfizer's business needs during the summer months. The programme seeks to add value to the business to accomplish departmental goals while offering practical and valuable business experience to the student participant. Successful candidates will be employed through Guidant Global as contractors.
Applications for our 2024 Summer Programme are now closed.
When applications open for our Summer Placements 2025 (mid-March 2025) candidates MUST complete the Summer Student Application Form. Candidates who do not submit a completed Application Form when applying through our Workday portal will not be considered. Please do not submit a CV or Cover Letter as this is not required. The Application Form can be uploaded in Workday instead of a CV.
In order to be eligible, you must:
Assignments may begin in July and last through September, depending on business needs and your availability. These can last between 2 and 12 weeks.
Application forms MUST be submitted as part of the application process and you will be asked to select your areas of interest. The job categories provided on the application form only represent the types of positions; they are not the actual positions that may be available for the placement. You may select more than one job category, however we ask that you select only the job categories that best represent your interests and qualifications. Eligible applicants will be considered for opportunities within the programme based on suitability to role, interests and experience, as well as demonstrating a keen interest for a placement at Pfizer. Cover letters are encouraged but not required.
Areas of interest
Student Worker - Digital and IT
Students may support the design, development, deployment and/or support of cutting-edge systems and tools that are critical to our business. Examples of projects(s) may include: Application data clean-up, application testing, web application development, reports development, database development and project management. May include one or more of these experiences.
Student Worker - Finance
An intern within the Finance function may provide support for business unit financial initiatives. Project work could include areas such as budgeting, forecasting, and evaluation work. Students may have exposure/provide support in other areas such as pricing issues and risk management.
Student Worker - General Business
General Business interns may be involved in providing project management support for Pfizer businesses. Project work could include building capabilities of colleagues through the creation of training materials and supporting resources; conducting online research & competitive analysis, creating and organising relevant materials for business meetings; developing project management processes and approaches.
Student Worker - Marketing
A marketing intern may provide project support in the local planning/execution for health fairs, local partnership events and regional conventions. Project work could also include the design of newsletter communications/content and research of digital/on-line innovative strategies to reach business goals for priority brands
Student Worker - Regulatory Affairs
A Regulatory Submissions intern may have the opportunity to work on regulatory submission milestones and maintaining compliance with applicable regulatory obligations. Position can also include exposure to industry regulations/quality standards and the technological aspects of submission management.
Given the highly competitive nature of the programme, we cannot guarantee that all applicants will be placed. We will conduct interviews on a rolling basis; students are contacted if they are selected by managers for an interview. Interviews typically occur between April and mid-June. Applicants who are not selected for a position will be notified via email by mid-June. Communications are delivered to the email address you provide when you register. An Applicant Tracking System is utilised to issue these emails so, please be sure to check your inbox or spam folder frequently.
Our summer student programme operates across all four of our UK sites: Sandwich in Kent, Walton Oaks in Surrey, Marlow in Buckinghamshire and Cambridge.
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