Company Profile

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Company Overview

At Vertex, we bring together the brightest minds in the relentless pursuit of creating transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are one of only a handful of biotechnology companies founded since 1976 that has discovered and developed four or more approved medicines in our own labs. In addition to the four medicines we’ve developed to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, we have ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.

Our U.S. headquarters are in Boston’s Innovation District, our International headquarters are located in London, UK, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America. With more than two-thirds of our employees dedicated to research and development (R&D), we are consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work, including nine consecutive years on Science magazine’s Top Employers list. For company updates and to learn more about us visit www.vrtx.com. You can also get to know us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Positions Available
  • 13 days ago

    T1D Patient Finding Innovation Associate Director

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:Vertex is seeking a talented leader to join our US Diabetes Business Unit to support our aspirations of bringing multiple potentially transformative cell therapies to people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The Associate Director/Director, T1D Patient Finding Innovation will lead the strategy development and execution of key initiatives to determine how to best identify the right set of patients who may be eligible for cell therapies. They will need to employ ...

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  • 13 days ago

    External Innovation Executive Director

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The External Innovation (EI) Executive Director leads end-to-end identification, evaluation, and advancement of external opportunities that materially strengthen Vertex's R&D pipeline across modalities (e.g., small molecules, biologics, CGT, RNA, delivery platforms) and enabling technologies (e.g., discovery, translational, and manufacturing tools). The role orchestrates integrated, cross-functional analyses and converts opportunity signals into clear, decision-ready ...

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  • 13 days ago

    Senior Operations Manager, External Innovation

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Senior Manager, External Innovation Portfolio Management and Operations reports into the SD, Portfolio Management & Strategic Operations of External Innovation and is responsible for enabling the team by planning of inbounds evaluations, project management of analysis, monitoring surveillance, tracking internal company/technology evaluation + external opportunities & strategic disease area opportunities that are aligned with the corporate strategy. You will ...

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  • 13 days ago

    MBA Summer Associate Intern, Medical Information, Technology and Innovation (MITI)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionMBA Summer Associate Intern, Medical Information, Technology and Innovation (MITI) The Medical Information, Technology and Innovation (MITI) group is responsible for leading the technological advancement and innovation for Vertex's Medical Affairs teams. MITI enables and advances internal capabilities and efficiency, and external excellence in how we interact with our HCPs in support of our medicines. Job DescriptionWe are seeking a strategic and innovative leader to drive the ...

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