Intern, Project Management

We are looking for an organised and detail-oriented Project Management Intern to support the smooth running of client projects through accurate project tracking, coordination with internal teams, and hands-on exposure to project planning and financials. Working closely with the Project Management Lead, this role is central to ensuring our project management systems remain accurate, current, and reliable as a single source of truth. This is a learning-focused role designed to build foundational project management skills.

Internship duration: 6 Months

Please Note: We are a remote-first organization so you can work from anywhere in India. You may be required to travel to our Mumbai office based on business requirements or for company/team events.

• Own the day-to-day upkeep of the project management tool (Microsoft Business Central), ensuring project records, timelines, milestones, and status fields are accurate and up to date at all times.
• Run regular data quality checks to identify gaps, overdue tasks, or incomplete entries, and follow up with project owners to close them.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders for project updates and ensure information flows into the system promptly.
• Support the Project Management Lead in project setup activities, including creating project records, assigning codes, and maintaining accurate documentation and archives.
• Assist with scoping activities by helping compile effort estimates, deliverable lists, and timelines under guidance from senior team members.
• Prepare and circulate routine project status reports, trackers, and MIS extracts for review by the Project Management Lead.
• Support meeting coordination by preparing agendas, capturing minutes, and tracking action items to closure.
• Escalate risks, delays, or data discrepancies to the Project Management Lead in a timely and structured manner.
• Adapt to a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

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• Bachelor's degree in any discipline; business, science, or management background preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; familiarity with project management or ERP tools is an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.
• High attention to detail and comfort working with numbers and structured data.
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset and willingness to learn.
• Candidates based in Mumbai are preferred.

Before applying, please ensure you meet the role requirements listed above and have legal authorization to work in the country where this role is advertised. Our selection process involves an initial screening by a recruiter and one round of interview with the Hiring Manager and peers that will be conducted virtually via MS Teams.

AI at Cactus Life Sciences
The life sciences industry is undergoing a fundamental shift in how scientific knowledge is created, communicated, and delivered. We are building our work around it.
AI is embedded meaningfully across everything we do, through proprietary platforms purpose-built for life sciences and generative tools that deliver measurable value to our clients. It is core to how we operate, and an expected way of working for everyone who joins us.
We believe in Human-Anchored AI™: whatever your discipline - science, communications, strategy, or operations, you will work in an environment where AI augments your expertise rather than replaces it.
You will build skills that are in genuine demand and still taking shape across the industry. If you are curious and focused on building capabilities for the world where human intelligence meets artificial intelligence, this is where you belong.

Equal Opportunity

Our hiring practices reflect our commitment to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed. We celebrate the uniqueness of our team members and prohibit discrimination of any kind, based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At Cactus Life Sciences (cactuslifesciences.com), we believe the future of medical communications lies at the intersection of science, technology, and human connection. Headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, India, and Japan, we help biopharmaceutical organizations redefine scientific exchange—leveraging AI, automation, and innovation while keeping patients at the heart of everything we do.

Our expertise spans medical strategy, scientific content development, and medical education across therapeutic areas and the product lifecycle. By blending scientific rigor, agile operational models, and future-ready technologies, we partner with medical affairs teams to catalyze their transformation, adapt to a changing landscape, and drive meaningful outcomes for healthcare communities worldwide.