2025 Summer Intern - Corporate Security 1
Wilmington, MA, US, 01887
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
Including operations and commercial teams to produce a wide variety of deliverables focusing on the 5-year strategy of our business. Your insightful contribution and fresh perspective will help develop and expand our initiatives and assist you with acquiring presentation/communication skills and the knowledge of various industry/operational strategies. An Internship/Co-op at Charles River Labs provides real world, hands-on experience for college students looking to gain knowledge and skills required for your career field of choice, while giving you an unparalleled internship experience. We are dedicated to ensuring our Co-op/Intern population can experience the ability to Grow, Perform, and Succeed during their time on board. Responsible for support with basic procedures, facility and/or other administrative/IT functions, as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working with our senior leadership teams to provide insights and deliverables to business leaders articulating our 5-year strategy.
- Hands-on interaction with all stakeholders including, executives, senior leaders, SMEs, and certain external partners.
- Culminate in a strategic planning presentation to the Executive Committee that you will listen in to and be tasked with follow-up actions.
- The creation of PowerPoint decks and assisting with summarizing and/or researching relevant data.
- Opportunity to also work on the initial implementation of projects
Job Qualifications
Education:
Student currently enrolled in an accredited college/ university, BA or MBA program
Experience:
Prior security team experience
Certification/Licensure: None expected, but certificates obtained during coursework are a plus.
Other:
Proven trustworthiness and history of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.
Solid written and verbal communication skills.
Capable of working with diverse teams.
Organized and punctual.
Confident, but humble and willing to learn and take initiative.
Physical Demands:
Must regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $21-23/hr. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Competencies
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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