*[2025 Bachelor's/Master's grads] Strategy/Management Consulting Analyst/Associate Intern (Energy, Life Sciences) (Summer 2024)

If your background is in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Economics, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Business, Finance, Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or Environmental), Sustainability, Health Care Policy/Management, or any other major focused on quantitative or qualitative research with an emphasis in Life Sciences, learn more about internships at Charles River Associates!

About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.

Practices seeking to hire interns with this profile include (hiring locations listed):

• Energy (Boston)
  • Our Energy practice provides expert economic and business consulting services to a range of energy and industrial clients, including electric utilities, investors, generators, regulators, renewable energy developers, oil and gas companies, and chemicals clients.
• Life Sciences (Boston, New York, San Francisco)
  • Our Life Sciences practice provides expert economic and business consulting services to life sciences clients, including international pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology companies and medical device firms.

Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.

Job Overview

Our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship program mirrors the analyst experience to give you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 8-10 week program, Analyst/Associate Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area. Along the way, you’ll benefit from professional development and wellness support programs, social events to connect you with peers and a collegial work environment. Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following graduation.

During the Strategy/Management Consulting Analyst/Associate Internship program, you may work on many aspects of a project:

• Conduct independent research to identify, collect, manage and analyze data using spreadsheets and statistical programs;
• Contribute to internal discussions that build insights and integrate findings;
• Participate in telephone or face-to-face interviews with clients or external stakeholders;
• Assist with industry, market structure, and competitor-positioning studies using secondary research and/or primary research surveys or interviews;
• Investigate and analyze market rules, regulations, industry trends, or other documents;
• Generate sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. Excel workbooks and PowerPoint presentations) under supervision;
• Proactively develop your knowledge of the life sciences or energy industry as well as consulting methodologies.

Check out our blog for a typical day at CRA and how you can make an impact!

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s (non-MBA) degree candidates graduating December 2024/Summer 2025 with a related academic focus (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Economics, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Business, Finance, Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or Environmental), Sustainability, Health Care Policy/Management, or any other major focused on quantitative or qualitative research with an emphasis in Life Sciences;
• Familiarity with how to conduct secondary research, critically interpret data, and summarize key takeaways;
• Curiosity and analytic thinking to bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
• Effective written and oral communication skills;
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills;
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consultin