Summer 2027 Science & Innovation Intern
Company Overview
Force Factor is on a mission to disrupt the global health and wellness industry by creating innovative health products that help consumers Unleash their Potential. Our vitamins, supplements, and better-for-you foods are scientifically formulated to help create healthier and happier lives for people of all kinds.
Our award-winning products are sold in thousands of retail and eCommerce stores nationwide, including Walmart, Amazon, Walgreens, Target, CVS, The Vitamin Shoppe, Sam’s Club and iHerb. More than 50,000 people buy our products daily and that number is growing every month. You have the potential to make a real impact on people’s lives by working at Force Factor to create products that Unleash Potential!
Culturally, think of us as an intense, meritocratic, and exciting high-growth startup that has survived and thrived through its first decade of rapid evolution and is now focused on scaling up to conquer the next decade’s challenges and opportunities. We’ve accomplished a lot in our first 17+ years, but fundamentally know that we’re just at the beginning of our journey, and that’s where you come in! We need the smartest, highest energy people with real integrity who are looking to join an ambitious, hard-working team.
Force Factor is based in Boston’s innovative Seaport District. Our team is filled with passionate, dedicated, and inspiring people operating with an ownership mindset (which is easy because we are entirely privately held and plan to stay that way). If you love a challenge, enjoy acting with urgency, and prefer to opt into a high-performance culture, when you join us, you’ll feel like you’ve finally come home. Our private ownership structure is designed for the long term to enable huge opportunities for key team members to learn a ton, work with other A players and generate significant wealth, and we hope you’ll choose to help us build an enduring and successful business for decades to come. There are two main reasons we’re included on Bain’s Insurgent Brands list of high-achieving CPG brands outperforming market growth: our people and our culture.
The Internship
We are currently accepting applications for a Science & Innovation Intern position working under our Innovation team for the summer of 2027. The primary responsibility of this intern is to support our ongoing product development projects by conducting competitor and market research, coordinating with external partners, conducting product sampling, and assisting with documentation control and organization. You will thrive in this role if you are curious, adaptable, strategic, organized, and have a strong attention to detail.
Individuals selected for our Internship Program will actively contribute to our company’s growth while benefiting from hands-on experience, mentorship, and professional development. Our internship program is based in the Seaport District of Boston. Throughout the summer, interns will work on impactful projects that directly influence our brand’s progress.
Key Responsibilities:
- New Product Development: Engage in in-depth research and innovative thinking to identify market trends and help create new products that address consumer needs and preferences.
- Market Research: Analyze the competitive landscape using various data sources to conduct thorough competitive analyses and inform strategic product development.
- Documentation Control: Collect, organize, and review documentation related to product development and compliance.
- Product Sampling and Feedback: Assist with in-office sampling of new products, collect and analyze feedback, and communicate findings to external partners to refine and enhance product offerings.
- Manage Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with manufacturing partners, ingredient suppliers, and internal Supply Chain, Creative, and Marketing teams to facilitate smooth project execution and accelerate the launch of new products to the market.
- Substantiation: Source, read, and interpret clinical research, and share thoughts around research strengths and results. Work with supplier partners to obtain scientific dossiers, ensuring files are organized and up to date. Assist with brainstorming compliant product claims.
- International Expansion & Regulatory Support: Assist with building product registration dossiers for various international partners, conduct research into product, competitor, and consumer trends for key international markets and retailers.
- AI Utilization: Leverage Claude to support team and individual priorities, including building new tools and workflows, implementing automations, and synthesizing and visualizing data.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate, Masters, or MBA program at an accredited institution. This opportunity is open to all students, from first-year students to seniors, MS students, or MBA students.
- Demonstrated ability to balance academic and extracurricular commitments (i.e., work experience, clubs, volunteer activities, teams, etc.).
- Ability to conduct thorough market research, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and identify trends.
- Experience reading and interpreting scientific research and clinical studies is recommended, but not required.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, shift priorities, and maintain clear organization of responsibilities.
- A performance-focused, results-oriented approach – you will need a strong work ethic and drive to achieve results.
- Ownership mentality, self-motivation, ambition, and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, project management, and time management skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and deadline driven environment.
- Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple concurrent tasks.
- Detail-oriented, driven, and organized high performer with an insatiable desire to win.