Offer summary

Qualifications:

Pursuing a degree in business, finance, or a related field., Familiarity with medical devices and transfusion medicine is a plus., Strong analytical skills and proficiency in using AI research tools., Excellent communication skills for developing investor relations messaging..

Key responsibilities:

Conduct market assessments for INTERCEPT RBC and identify product opportunities.

Utilize AI tools for research and catalog utility for future use.

Assist in developing business plans and value propositions for new products.

Organize and maintain historical investor relations files and documents.

Job description

About Cerus:

Cerus aims to be the global leader and trusted partner of blood centers and hospitals whose technology, services, and commitment are the lifeblood of safe and accessible blood for patients around the world.

Overarching Objective: Develop an understanding of how to assess product opportunities and develop go to market global strategies for novel medical device products in the field of transfusion medicine. In parallel, work with Investor Relations on a variety of topics to develop an understanding of NASDAQ public company IR efforts.

Goals for 6 week summer program:

Use various AI Deep Research Tools (Gemini, Claude, Perplexity etc.) for below projects and catalogue utility for future use by Cerus team
Develop value proposition rationale for INTERCEPT RBC go-to-market strategy
Business development efforts – identify opportunities for PRPCR outlet to monetize -- use in cell culture media preparations or other uses
Lyophilized plasma business plan
AI Agents for Product Management

Develop Investor Relations Messaging

Assessing INTERCEPT RBC U.S. red blood cell transfusion market opportunity

How many deferred donors (based on May 2023 U.S. FDA recommendations for evaluating donor eligibility) could be recaptured with INTERCEPT RBC
What percent of the RBC are irradiated?

Economics or irradiated red cells

What percent of RBC are washed?

Economics of washed RBC

CMV seronegative RBC – how large a segment is that?

Economics of CMV seronegative RBC

Babesia and Lyme Disease Testing – how large a segment is that?

Economics of Babesia and Lyme Disease Testing

Expanding Wall Street Coverage

Identifying investment banks that have capabilities and the bandwidth to potentially add Cerus to their coverage

What banks have MedTech/diagnostic/life science analysts with capacity to add more companies?
Identify analyst with non-focused coverage (not focused on a single sub-sector – i.e. cardio or ophthalmology only. Someone that just covers Ortho won’t add CERS to his/her names)

Valuation Assessment

Develop regression model - plotting the valuation of CERS and its peers

EV/Sales vs. Sales growth

Can we add a third parameter? How to include “cash runway” on impact on valuation? Positive cash flow = infinite runway.

Organizational / record keeping

Help catalogue historical IR files (presentations, press releases, presentations) in Box

Hourly rate: $18/hr

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