Commercial
Summer Intern, Commercial & Market Access
Office Location: Pasadena, CA
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARWR) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, Arrowhead therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep, and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference, or RNAi, is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. Arrowhead’s RNAi-based therapeutics leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing.
Arrowhead is focused on developing innovative drugs for diseases with a genetic basis, typically characterized by the overproduction of one or more proteins that are involved with disease. The depth and versatility of our RNAi technologies enables us to potentially address conditions in virtually any therapeutic area and pursue disease targets that are not otherwise addressable by small molecules and biologics. Arrowhead is leading the field in bringing the promise of RNAi to address diseases outside of the liver, and our clinical pipeline includes disease targets in the liver and lung with a promising pipeline of preclinical candidates.
Arrowhead’s corporate headquarters is in Pasadena, CA with research and development teams in Madison, WI & San Diego, CA, and a state of the art manufacturing facility in Verona, WI. Our employees are nimble, science-driven innovators who are collaborating to bring new therapies to patients in need.
The Position
The Commercial & Market Access Intern will support Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ Commercial and Market Access team by evaluating how payer management strategies influence real-world patient access to therapy. This internship offers hands-on experience analyzing payer coverage dynamics and understanding how tools such as prior authorization, step therapy, formulary placement, and cost sharing affect treatment initiation, persistence, and utilization. The intern’s work will help inform payer strategy, value storytelling, and patient-support approaches for cardiometabolic therapies.
This is an 11-week Summer Internship Program paying $24.00 per hour and requires full-time, onsite work five days per week in Pasadena, CA.
Responsibilities
- Support the Market Access team with quantitative and qualitative analyses related to payer coverage, utilization management, and patient access.
- Evaluate how payer management tools (e.g., prior authorization, step therapy, formulary tiering, cost share) impact real-world treatment initiation, abandonment, and persistence.
- Develop analyses and, where appropriate, quantitative models to project patient access, utilization, and per-member-per-month (PMPM) budget impact under different payer scenarios.
- Gather, organize, and summarize data and literature related to payer policies, benefit design, and medication treatment patterns.
- Contribute to maintaining and updating internal reference materials comparing coverage criteria across payers and lines of business.
- Participate in cross-functional discussions to learn how pricing, HEOR, and market access work together to support product strategy.
- Collaborate with internal partners to validate assumptions and incorporate stakeholder insights.
- Prepare and present project findings and recommendations to the Commercial and Market Access team.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled student at an accredited university or college, with at least one year completed toward a degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Strong interest in pharmaceutical market access, healthcare, insurance, or payer systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Willingness and ability to spend 75% of the workday working with data, analysis, and collaboration and 25% in meetings or documentation activities.
Preferred
- Familiarity with healthcare claims data, payer benefit design, or utilization management concepts.
- Coursework or project experience related to pharmaceutical economics, HEOR, or market access.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, basic data analysis, and charting.
- Interest in cardiometabolic disease areas or population health analytics.
Arrowhead provides competitive salaries and an excellent benefit package.
All applicants must have authorization to work in the US for a company.