At Axmed, we foster a collaborative environment that empowers individuals to excel and make a meaningful impact. Our Axmates are dedicated to pioneering breakthroughs that transform lives, and increase access to pharmaceutical products across Low and Middle Income Countries. We are recruiting passionate and fearless team members, so join us in our mission ...
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- Open Jobs
- Data Engineering - Summer Associate
- Regulatory Legal - Summer Associate
- Commercial Legal - Summer Associate
- Commercial Chief of Staff
- Method of Application
- Job TypeRemote
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI 
As a Data Engineering Summer Associate, you’ll support the development and optimization of Axmed’s internal data infrastructure and business intelligence tools. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with teams across the organization to turn raw data into actionable insights. From building dashboards to automating data workflows, you’ll gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup improving access to essential medicines globally.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Dashboard Development: Assist in building, maintaining, and improving business intelligence dashboards to support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Data Collection & Cleaning: Support the collection, cleaning, and validation of data from various sources to ensure quality and consistency.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with commercial and operations teams to understand data needs and deliver tailored insights.
- Automation & Workflow Optimization: Help automate data flows and enhance existing data pipelines and reporting processes.
- Data Infrastructure Support: Assist in maintaining data storage systems and supporting tools to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Ad Hoc Analysis: Contribute to one-off data analysis projects that inform business growth and impact tracking.
What You Will Get from Working Here:
- Skill Development: Gain experience in data engineering, analytics, and dashboard visualization in a practical setting.
- Mentorship: Receive hands-on guidance from experienced engineers and business leaders.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Contribute to a mission focused on improving access to medicines in underserved communities.
- Growth Environment: Join a curious, collaborative, and fearless team where innovation is encouraged and learning is continuous.
- Job TypeRemote
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldLaw / Legal 
- As a Regulatory Legal Summer Associate at Axmed, you will work closely with our legal, compliance, and regulatory teams to support the frameworks that enable us to operate safely and effectively in global markets. This internship offers exposure to healthcare regulations, pharmaceutical compliance, due diligence, and international trade laws. You’ll contribute to research, internal policy development, and cross-border regulatory projects that are essential to ensuring we meet the highest standards as we expand access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Regulatory Research: Support the legal and regulatory team with research into pharmaceutical, medical, and health-related regulations across multiple jurisdictions (e.g. medicine trade regulations, import/export laws, healthcare compliance) and be a pivotal member in the mapping and execution of the Geographic Expansion of Axmed.
- Due Diligence Support: Assist with conducting due diligence checks on suppliers, distributors, and partners — including gathering and analyzing regulatory documentation.
- Policy Development & Tracking: Help draft internal policy documents and regulatory guidance memos and maintain trackers across countries and compliance topics.
- Legal Landscape Monitoring: Stay current on relevant regulatory changes and help flag developments that may impact our global operations.
- Internal Resource Management: Organize and maintain regulatory databases, templates, and knowledge-sharing tools to support internal efficiency and compliance.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Work closely with compliance, operations, and supply chain to ensure that internal processes align with local and international regulatory frameworks.
What You Will Get from Working Here:
- Exposure to Global Regulatory Systems: Work across healthcare regulations from multiple regions, gaining real insight into what it takes to operate compliantly in LMICs and other jurisdictions.
- Practical Legal Skill-Building: Build your skills in legal research, risk analysis, and healthcare regulatory interpretation.
- Mentorship and Learning: Work directly with legal and compliance professionals who are designing frameworks that support access to medicines.
- Purpose-Driven Work: See the tangible impact of your work — helping ensure that medicines reach patients through safe, lawful, and scalable pathways.
- Fast-Paced Learning Environment: Join a supportive and mission-led team where you'll grow quickly and be trusted to take ownership.
- Career Development: Gain experience that will serve you in health law, regulatory affairs, compliance, or legal operations — and build a network within a growing global health company.
- Job TypeRemote
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldLaw / Legal 
As a Commercial Legal Summer Associate, you’ll support the legal team with contract drafting, review, and process improvement across multiple jurisdictions. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll gain hands-on experience in commercial law within a fast-paced, mission-driven start-up focused on expanding access to medicines globally.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Contract Review & Drafting: Assist with reviewing, drafting, and organizing commercial contracts, NDAs, vendor agreements, and partnership documentation across multiple jurisdictions.
- Template Development: Help improve and maintain internal contract templates and legal workflows that can scale as we grow internationally.
- Cross-Functional Legal Support: Partner with commercial, operations, supply chain, and business development teams to ensure contracts reflect both legal and business priorities.
- Contract Management: Support the structuring and upkeep of internal databases, version control, and filing systems for all commercial legal documentation.
- Risk Awareness: Assist in identifying and flagging key legal risks within commercial agreements and recommending mitigation steps.
- Stakeholder Communication: Help prepare contract summaries or guidance notes to make legal terms accessible to non-legal stakeholders.
What You Will Get from Working Here:
- Real Commercial Legal Experience: Work on contracts and negotiations that are central to our operations — across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and beyond.
- Exposure to Legal Work That Enables Scale: Gain insight into how robust, practical contracts enable startups to grow responsibly and sustainably in regulated sectors.
- Mentorship: Learn directly from experienced legal advisors and commercial leaders in a fast-moving startup environment.
- Ownership: Take real ownership of projects — you’ll see how your work contributes to partnership execution and business continuity.
- Start-up Speed: Join a collaborative, ambitious, and fast-paced team where your work is meaningful from day one.
- Purposeful Work: Know that your contributions are helping us expand access to life-saving medicines around the world.
- Job TypeRemote
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience2 - 5 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldProject Management 
The Commercial Chief of Staff is a strategic and execution-focused role that serves as a critical thought partner to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). This role sits at the heart of the commercial function, helping shape and implement strategic initiatives, improve internal operations, and ensure alignment across key commercial workstreams. You’ll act as an extension of the CCO, driving business growth, enabling customer excellence, and ensuring seamless execution across teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning & Alignment: Partner with the CCO to drive strategic planning, commercial priorities, and organizational alignment across the commercial team.
- Initiative Execution & Coordination: Lead the execution and tracking of key commercial initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and cross-functional coordination.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as a liaison between the CCO and key internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and effective decision-making.
- Account Management Support: Oversee strategic account planning and support high-value account management with insight-driven recommendations.
- Executive Materials & Reporting: Support the creation of strategic presentations, board materials, and performance reports that guide decision-making and investor/stakeholder communication.
- Operational Efficiency: Identify and solve operational bottlenecks that slow down growth, proposing scalable systems and process improvements.
- Commercial Excellence: Drive commercial excellence by enhancing reporting, performance tracking, and customer engagement initiatives.
- Market & Competitor Intelligence: Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and trend monitoring to proactively inform commercial strategy
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, Economics, Life Sciences, or a related field; a Master's degree is advantageous.
- 2-5 years of experience in commercial strategy, business operations, consulting, or a Chief of Staff-type role, ideally within pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or global health.
- Demonstrated success in driving strategic initiatives and supporting senior leadership in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
- Excellent organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills, able to juggle multiple priorities and keep things moving.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to guide strategy and operations.
- A team player who thrives in cross-functional settings and is passionate about driving impact and customer success.
Method of Application
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