Industrial Placement Student - Clinical Operations Associate

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Length of the programme: 13 months

Location: Welwyn, United Kingdom

Note: This is not a laboratory-based role.

Roche PD's mission is to improve patients' lives around the world through unique medicines that have a meaningful impact. Cross functionally we conduct global clinical trials, analyze results, monitor safety and work with regulatory authorities to provide truly differentiated medicines to patients. Our primary disease focus areas are Oncology, Hematology, Neurology, Immunology, Ophthalmology, Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism (CVRM).

The Product Development Global (PDG) Clinical Operations team is at the heart of this mission, and we aspire to be leaders in Clinical Operations. We are responsible for providing operational project management, leadership and expertise and act as the interface between Roche and external parties for optimal study delivery emphasizing the importance of speed and cost-effectiveness, while instilling an enterprise-wide perspective in all our work so that we continue to deliver for Patients and Roche in accordance with regulations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP) standards.

As an Industrial Placement Student in Clinical Operations, you will get involved in supporting key tasks across a broad range of topics with potential to build your network outside of the department and ultimately helping accelerate drug development and successful execution of clinical trials.

We want you to join our mission and be part of our passionate, collaborative, dynamic Clinical Operations community!

The Opportunity

We are offering an outstanding 13 month placement opportunity for up to six Industrial Placement Students (IPS), who will be based in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

The IPS-COA will sit within Clinical Operations and be assigned to a clinical trial as well as be a valued part of a supportive and collaborative study community. The IPS-COA will be included in working groups where they will do meaningful work and have the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge as well as connect and collaborate with individuals in other functions outside of Operations. The IPS-COA will work closely with the Global Studies Leader and the Global Studies Asset Manager (GSAM), who are responsible for effective and efficient leadership and delivery of all operational components of a clinical trial across study start up, conduct and close-out in accordance with the appropriate quality standards including Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and applicable regulations.

Students may also have the opportunity to work alongside the Country and Study Start Up Teams, strengthening site engagement, supporting the success of clinical trials by ensuring effective communication and collaboration with clinical trial sites, and adding value to Roche's portfolio, from early to late-stage development and all Roche assets.

Key Activities

• Supporting the study team with day-to-day operational tasks to ensure study delivery and the clinical trial runs smoothly; e.g. patient recruitment, problem solving, managing vendors/CRO's (contract/clinical research organizations) and working with contracts.
• Produce, arrange translation & distribute patient and site facing support materials.
• Supporting the management of drug supply and shipment.
• Working with the local study team to support effective study start-up strategies.
• Assist in developing and maintaining strong relationships with trial sites, including opportunities for site visits.
• Running reports such as trial master file maintenance, budget compliance and recruitment performance.
• Identifying areas of best practice, innovation and process improvements.
• Ensuring study adherence to GCP and Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs).
• Attending/participating at non-study related activities, for example forums, departmental meetings, initiatives.

Who are you

Applicants should be in the penultimate or last year of study, at the "Year in Industry" junction of their studies.

If you have already graduated with a Bachelor's degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters or PhD, you are not eligible for this programme.

The placement role is full-time and based on site that requires your presence in the office 5 days a week during the probationary period after which flexible working will be assessed.

To be successful in this opportunity, applicants should also have:

• Strong planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at the same time.
• Good communication and problem solving skills.
• Professional, reliable, and team orientated outlook.
• Supportive and inclusive mindset, and be capable of demonstrating behaviours to work successfully in a collaborative working environment.
• Awareness of your strengths and development areas.
• A love of learning, shows up authentically, encourages growth and innovation, and customer focused.
• Feel comfortable thinking on your feet and thrive in fast paced, ambiguous and highly collaborative environments.
• Ability to come into the office for the majority of the time as well as being proficient in working in a virtual global setting when required.

Application Process

At Roche/Genentech, we believe our people are key to our success in bringing novel medicines to patients, and we are fully dedicated to being a great place to work and to providing the tools, environment where everybody feels empowered and trusted and is enabled to uncover their full potential. Join us and help build a diverse and inclusive organisation where patient centricity and patient access are our priority.

Stage 1: Our focus is to understand why you have applied for this role and what you will bring to the role to ensure team and personal success.

Please provide:

• CV and a cover letter with your application. Your cover letter should not exceed one page.

Stage 2: Following your application, you will be informed if you are successful and moved to the next stage of the process which will involve video questions/answers to support your application.

Stage 3: If successful at the video interview stage, you will be invited to the final stage of the application process. This will include a full day in person Assessment Center event at the Roche offices in Welwyn Garden City, further details will be provided if successful.

Ready to Apply?

The application window will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort, after which we will close the programme to new applications.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100,000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let's build a healthier future, together.

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 Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognize the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants' requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.