Internship for Bachelor/Master students of Life Sciences or Health Sciences (starting in March 2025) - RAIR

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The Position

Immerse yourself in the fascinating everyday working life at Roche Diagnostics surrounded by beautiful mountains, not far from the scenic Lake Zug and yet close to the cities of Zug, Zurich and Lucerne. Here, where we have been rooted for over 50 years, we develop and produce diagnostic solutions and help to find answers to health questions.

The Rotkreuz site, where a wide variety of disciplines work hand in hand, is a meeting place for over 2,700 talented employees from 70 different nations. Our campus invites people to work together, be creative and realise their full potential. We believe that a positive work environment, employee satisfaction, inclusion and sustainability are key to growing together and improving the lives of patients around the world. Welcome to Roche in Rotkreuz.

Embark on a transformative learning experience with Roche Diagnostics through our Aligned Internship Program in Rotkreuz. Designed to nurture emerging talent, this program offers a dynamic and immersive opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of diagnostics, fostering personal and professional growth.

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As an Intern in Medical Affairs Operations, you have the opportunity to explore the role and impact of Medical Affairs in the execution of global launch preparation and clinical adoption activities for our diagnostic solutions. This includes the support of Medical Affairs Operations Leads in various activities contributing to the success of Medical Affairs Operations.

This internship position is located in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Affairs operations:

• Prepares, manages and tracks contracts and HCP or patient interactions, tracks payments and invoices

• Supports Medical Affairs Operations Leads in developing a schedule to ensure timely completion of Medical Affairs activity. Monitors Medical Affairs activities from initiation through delivery including monitoring project budget/spending.

• Supports Medical Affairs Operations Leads in the planning, communication and preparation of key internal or external events (e.g. Congresses, Scientific Symposia, Advisory Boards, Global CDMA or Medical Affairs Meetings).

• Supports in preparing, managing and tracking MA-specific OKR and KPIs reporting and operational dashboards

Stakeholder interaction and communication:

• Ensures compliance with HCP engagement, and with other guidelines from Roche quality and compliance groups; oversees documentation with required guidelines

• Supports the communication and dissemination of medical education materials, both internally and externally

• Supports the content preparation for gSites, external web pages, dashboards, newsletters and posts and adopts new internal or external communication channels

Development & skill improvement:

• Opportunity to work in various teams and squads

Additional tasks, duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for acting in line with legal, regulatory and company standards and codes of practice (such as Roche Code of Conduct and any other Roche directives and guidelines)

• Complete all required training modules as a priority

• Specific compliance responsibilities beyond standard scope of work

• Help to optimize processes to increase quality and efficiency standards

• Build and maintains strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional leaders, key internal and external stakeholders and other alliance partners, including patient communities, in meeting business goals and ensuring operational excellence

• Drive patient and customer-centricity (mindset, behaviors and actions) by always putting the needs of patients and the customers first.

• Partner across diverse regions, cultures, and time zones to create an environment of belonging, inclusion and diversity

• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to perform in a fast-paced, matrixed environment where fluid, cross-team collaboration is crucial

• Leverage excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)

• Model Roche’s values of integrity, courage, and passion and culture, mindset and behaviors

Who You Are

You have are enrolled in Master’s studies or have completed your Bachelor’s or Master’s studies at a university, preferably in the field of Life Sciences or Health Sciences, or Project Management in Health Sciences/Health Care after February 2024 and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship.

Furthermore you are

• Able to work under guidance of Medical Affairs Operations Leads

• Able to take on responsibility for Medical Affairs activities of a less complex nature

• Expertise in the Healthcare Industry or a related field is and advantage

Technical details:

The start date for the internship is March 2025 with a duration of 12 months.

Part-time employment is not possible.

It is not possible to write a thesis during the internship.

The application deadline is November 11th. Interviews will take place in late November and early December.

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.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here .

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 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.