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Graduate Intern, IT

Employer
Kite Pharma
Location
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Start date
Nov 22, 2020

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Discipline
Information Technology, Software Development, General
Required Education
Masters Degree/MBA
Position Type
Full time
Kite is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate individuals to join our Summer Internship Program! As an intern at Kite, you'll have the unique opportunity to learn about cell therapy from some of the brightest minds in biotech while making a meaningful impact. We're committed to developing early talent, and we welcome motivated individuals with a passion for transforming the way cancer is treated. The program also offers the opportunity for networking within Kite and Gilead, social events with fellow interns and Kite leadership as well as career development trainings while providing competitive compensation and relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

The Role

The Intern willbe responsible for implementing improvements to Kite Laboratory Information Management System's (LIMS) software development tracking tool, Jira. This project will require meeting with key partners within the development and project team to identify functionality that is missing or in need of improvement. The requests will need to be formalized into typical project deliverables as part of system development in a regulated environment. The requests and improvements will then be developed in Kite's Jira system to meet the project partners needs as documented in the deliverables.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Draft technical documents such as architecture design specification, business process and data process flows, validation plan, user requirement and functional requirement specification, installation, operation and performance qualification
  • Develop Atlassian Jira, a Java based software development tool
  • Develop Microsoft SharePoint


Basic Requirements:
  • Must be at least 18 years or older
  • Must be currently enrolledin a full time Master's Degree program at an accredited university/college
  • Must have completed at least one year of study at an accredited university/college prior to internship commencing
  • Must be enrolled in the Fall Semester at an accredited university/college after the completion of the internship
  • Must be able to complete a 10-12 consecutive week internship between June and September
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without Kite sponsorship
  • Must not be employed at the time the internship starts


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Degree concentration(s) in Computer Science
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge (advanced formulas, pivot charts, Macro development)
  • Ability to identify issues and seek solutions
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
  • Efficient, organized, and able to handle short timelines in a fast-paced environment
  • Technical aptitude with a desire to learn
  • Programming experience in Java


Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.

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