Date: 05/02/16

Intern - Therapeutic Area Business Operations

Job ID: 00447632

Job Function Schedule

Internship/Trainee Research/post-doc Full-time

Location Job type

United States - California Internship / Student
South San Francisco
Job Level
Company/Division Entry Level
Full-time

Who We Are
At the Roche Group, about 80,000 people across 150 countries are pushing back the
frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-
focused healthcare groups. A member of the Roche Group, Genentech has been at the
forefront of the biotechnology industry for more than 30 years, using human genetic
information to dtevelop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. The
headquarters for Roche pharmaceutical operations in the United States, Genentech has
multiple therapies on the market for cancer and other serious illnesses. Please take this
opportunity to learn about Genentech, where we believe that our employees are our most
important asset and are dedicated to remaining a great place to work.

The Position
*This is a 9-12 month internship opportunity

Therapeutic Area Business Operations Intern

Position Purpose:

Clinical Operations in Product Development is responsible for the effective planning and
implementation of clinical studies on a global level. Teams managing the clinical programs
are located in 5 headquarter sites across North America, Europe, and Asia. The clinical
operations teams plan and deliver high quality clinical programs evaluating the safety and
efficacy of our molecules for numerous diseases including oncology, immunology,
ophthalmology, respiratory, and psychiatric diseases. These programs meet scientific,
medical, regulatory and patient demands for new and innovative medicines globally. The
results of these studies form the basis of regulatory and commercial approval of medicines.

The position of Therapeutic Area Business Operations Intern will support data driven
decision making across all therapeutic areas within Clinical Development Operations. The
position will assess and analyze relevant data sources and identify trends, signals and
bottlenecks in therapeutic area segments, countries and sites. The basic mission of the
position is to identify areas of improvement, elucidate the root cause, and propose
improvement plans all by using available data and multivariable analyses.

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data required for data driven decision making

• Delivery of analytical business solutions to the clinical operations organization

• Evaluate and utilize most appropriate analytical methodology and visualization platforms

• Partner with IT groups to plan, design, and implement technological solutions

• Obtain and validate information from appropriate data sources for internal, competitive, and
market dynamics analyses.

• Communicate findings by compiling relevant information, synthesizing key actionable

insights, and delivering impactful formal and informal presentations to therapeutic area
leadership, clinical country operations leadership and other PD/PDG stakeholders.

• Actively contribute to clinical operations strategic planning efforts by providing unbiased,

objective, in-depth analysis and insights on current and future trends in relevant countries
and therapeutic areas.

• Partner with patient recruitment and competitive intelligence teams to assess relevant
competitor actions and develop an understanding of underlying impact of competitor’s
strategy on Roche’s clinical operations portfolio.

• Monitor and report landscape of industry standards for clinical operations to support clinical
operations business needs

• Understand the mechanics of the forecast, resource, financial, and predictive models.

• Possess knowledge of clinical development organizations, relevant analytics concepts and

methods and clinical informatics systems.

Who You Are

Experience and Competencies:

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a highly motivated individual with strong analytical and quantitative, problem solving,
organization, communication and presentation skills.

• Have experience in transforming data into compelling insights and strategies.

• Have demonstrated ability to identify and synthesize reliable and current information
sources into a comprehensive and accurate understanding of business reality

• Have a track record of integrating and synthesizing findings from multiple sources to enable
informed strategic decision making and business insights

• Work well individually and demonstrate effective people/team skills

• Have excellent communication, interpersonal and persuasion skills

• Have a passion for healthcare industry and rigorous analytics

Education/Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s in science or a related field is required

Passionate about business and scientific intelligence
Experience in collection and analysis of data
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint is a must. Experience building
databases is a major plus
Familiarity with forecasting, modeling and business intelligence tools
Effective communication, organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work with a team and independently in a fast paced environment.
Health care background preferred, but not required.
General Understanding of Data Warehouse concepts and ideally already with
experience in SAP Business Objects

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based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender
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