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The Position

In Roche´s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organisation (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.

Strategy, Portfolio & Operations (SPO) is a newly built function that aims to encompass a number of business partner functions for pRED including strategy, portfolio, project management, clinical operations, sites and laboratory management, capability development and external operations. SPO is set up leveraging a hub and spoke design with a clear mandate for core capabilities that are mirrored by the respective spokes in disease therapeutic areas and functions across pRED. SPO’s mission is to deliver excellence in operations, ensure patient centricity and enable high quality decision making. As a trusted partner across pRED, SPO contributes to pRED’s research and development excellence.

Job mission

We are offering an outstanding opportunity to support and augment the ongoing strategy activities within the Strategy and Portfolio Chapter (S&P) of SPO.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-impact group, working with multidisciplinary teams and acting as an independent and objective thought-partner to senior stakeholders on a range of business and strategic questions related to the overall direction and long-term strategy of pRED.

This position is reporting to the Strategy & Portfolio Chapter Lead.

Your impact

The position provides an outstanding opportunity to influence R&D from research through Phase II, across many therapeutic areas. It requires interactions with senior partners from the Research, Clinical, Development Sciences, Regulatory and Commercial organisations. The ideal candidate will have a background that combines science, strategy and business, to be a part of a team bringing life-saving therapeutics to patients.

Your responsibilities

• Provide high-quality analysis and documentation in order to give portfolio context for decision making using various analytical tools (e.g. for annual portfolio reviews);

• Provide input to help facilitate prioritization, goal setting, and business planning processes;

• Provide teams with decision analysis and strategic support to ensure alignment with portfolio priorities;

• Establish and maintain functionally integrated program schedules to enable accurate financial and portfolio analyses and ensure accurate inputs are provided into business planning

• Partner with S&P and PPME chapter members to develop understanding of Roche pipeline across all development stages;

• Perform responsibilities while living and displaying the Strategy & Portfolio attitudes and behaviours, demonstrating curiosity, analytical thinking and strategic agility.

Your profile

You are an enrolled or recently graduated (in the past 12 months) MBA or senior Master’s student in Science, Business, or Data Science who is looking for a meaningful internship in a professional environment.

Furthermore, you have:

• Strong interest in learning about drug development and pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry;

• Experience making and giving presentations with excellent oral communication skills and advanced knowledge of PowerPoint and/or Google Slides;

• Experience using databases and spreadsheets; advanced knowledge of Excel and/or Google Sheets is preferred, Tableau and/or coding (R/Python) experience would be an asset;

• Understanding of a consulting environment using various analytic frameworks to structure and present complex business challenges;

• Knowledge in Oncology, Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Immunology, or Cardiometabolism would be an asset;

• Experience in the life sciences or pharmaceutical industry would be an asset;

• Proven customer service orientation, collaborative attitude, and flexibility to compromise.

The internship can start on 1 February 2025 or upon availability. Please clearly indicate your preferred start date in your cover letter. Applications need to include a CV and a motivation letter.

Due to regulations, non-EU/EFTA citizens have to provide a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory and the length of the mandatory internship as part of the application documents.

Our commitment

Roche commits to recognizing talent and aptitude. We prioritize encouraging and supporting our employees on their personal journeys by providing a safe, creative space to help them reflect, make decisions and grow in their career.

We are confident that we find the most innovative solutions by gaining different perspectives, asking and answering hard questions, and challenging the status quo. Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious yet enthusiastic way; we are devoted to building a team that represents a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.