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2026 Summer Intern - Business Strategy &… at Roche · Remote
InternshipRemoteFull-timeRemote$44k–$83k/yr
Skills
automation / aimetricsdashboardsperformance frameworksdata analysis toolsproject managementcontinuous improvementcommunicationcollaborative mindset
Job Description
Summary: Roche is a leader in the biotechnology industry, seeking a Strategy & Operations Intern for their Product Development Data Sciences team. The intern will support strategic planning and operational activities, contribute to metrics evaluation, and assist with cross-functional initiatives to enhance efficiency and execution across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Develop a foundational understanding of PDD strategy, operations, and reporting processes, to enable strategic recommendations and decision-making around how we operate across PDD
- Assess existing metrics, reports, and dashboards to determine relevance, usage, and decision-making value
- Revive, prioritize, and rationalize metrics, focusing on eliminating low-value or duplicative reporting and rolling-out an evolved metrics dashboards
- Review end-to-end processes (e.g., onboarding, contracting workflows) to identify friction points, redundancies, and opportunities for automation, simplification, and efficiency gains
- Develop an approach and governance for maintaining and validating the “sources of truth” across PDD operations
- Contribute to preparation of presentations, communications, and materials for functional updates, governance forums, senior leadership reviews, and evolving sub-functional or PDD-wide requirements in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
Required Qualifications:
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student)
- Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program)
- Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student)
- Must have attained a Master's Degree
- Degree in business, life sciences, public health, data sciences, engineering, or a related field
- Experience or knowledge within automation / AI, metrics, dashboards, and performance frameworks (e.g., OKRs, KPIs)
- Comfortable with a continuous improvement mindset and challenging the 'why'
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative, curious, and proactive, with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
Preferred Qualifications:
- Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
- Exposure to project management, consulting, operations, or strategy coursework or internships
- Experience creating presentations or working with data in gSheets, gSheets, gDocs, or similar tools
- Strong interest in healthcare, pharmaceutical development, data-driven organizations, or strategy & operations
Required Skills: Automation / AI, Metrics, dashboards, Performance frameworks
Important Skills: Data analysis tools, Project management
Nice-to-Have Skills: Continuous improvement, communication, Collaborative mindset
Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Summer
Benefits: Paid holiday time off benefits
Benefits
Paid holiday time off benefits