Data Sciences Industrial Placement Student

The Position

The Product Development Data Sciences department in the Pharmaceutical Division of Roche focuses on Roche’s two key assets: making high-quality data findable and accessible, and analysis of data for insight generation.

The new field of Data Science has grown to be a crucial aspect of any business's ability to gain meaningful insights from its data. With the recent advancements in digital technology, the variety, complexity and increasing volumes of data have offered many more opportunities for data scientists.

In the biopharmaceutical industry, each data point is part of a patient's story and their contribution to developing better medicines and understanding disease. It is our responsibility to maximise the use of this data to answer new questions and enable larger-scale analyses to generate new insights.

The Product Development Data Sciences Department in Welwyn Garden City is seeking high-calibre industrial placement students to start in July 2025 to join our teams to provide a valuable contribution to the development of our medicines.

Successful candidates will use their degree or passion for bioscience, biostatistics and technical skills to contribute to the success of data science and insights generation at Roche. They will work across diverse areas from the management and governance of data, to acquiring data and engineering solutions for visualising, integrating and analysing data, ensuring data privacy, and also in areas such as learning and process management and healthcare compliance.

Each successful candidate will receive full training in relevant business processes, systems, software and programming, where necessary, for each role, and will be supported by experienced employees who will provide coaching and oversight on a day-to-day basis.

Who You Are

To be successful in this opportunity, applicants should be:

• An undergraduate in their second year of their Bachelor's/second or third year of their Integrated Masters Degree
• Currently undertaking a relevant data-oriented subject (e.g. Biological/ Biomedical Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Bioengineering, Computer Science etc.)
• Interested in healthcare , data science and drug development - a passion for healthcare and enthusiasm are vital.
• Experienced or have some knowledge of data handling and analysis techniques. Programming languages (e.g. R, Python or SAS) is beneficial for some roles but not essential.
• Supportive and inclusive of a collaborative working environment
• Aware of their strengths and development areas

If you are excited to make a difference to the lives of patients and feel you have the commitment to teamwork and innovation that we are seeking, then Roche is the organisation for you. In return we offer a competitive salary plus excellent benefits, including a genuine interest in your development and progression.

Applicants should be available for an in-person assessment day on either the 27th or 28th of November 2024 at the Roche office in Welwyn Garden City.

Application Process:

Phase I:

• Cover letter & CV - Technical, Motivation & Behavioural

Please answer the below questions in the cover letter: Why do you want to work at Roche?

What are you looking to gain from this role in data sciences?

• Video interview - Motivation & Passion
• Gamified Behavioural Assessment - Behaviours & Mindset activity

Phase II:

• Final Assessment Centre - Technical, Motivations & Passion, Behaviour & Mindset

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.

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, with beautiful countryside surrounding the area. Supported by major motorways & airports as well as being a 30-minute train ride to London, access is easy. Our award-winning office, known as Hexagon Place, was opened in 2005 and provides a modern, hybrid working with facilities that are second-to-none. Around 2,000 people work at our Welwyn office in Global Early Development (pRED), Global Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our corporate functions.

Roche offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation. There is a fully equipped gym on-site, a library and information centre, and sports and social club. We also have a subsidised staff restaurant providing foods to cater for every taste throughout the day. At the heart of the building is an informal meeting area known as The Street which features a coffee shop, snack machine and cashpoint. A second building on-site, called The Hub, contains modern meeting room and conference facilities. Roche promotes personal well-being and work-life balance. Therefore, hybrid working options will be considered for all roles at Roche UK. Roche is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche.