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Starting from scratch at Roche, I find my own growth rhythm

If the experience at the workplace is a game requiring constant progress, Roche’s "novice mode" is the best choice for new comers.

Meet Chen Ma, Business Process Specialist

I’ve been with Roche Canada for almost 3 years. I joined Roche after I finished my undergraduate study from the Ivey Business School.

Boost your skills and get ready for our digital future!

Our employees are our most important resource to achieve our purpose. In my team we prepare our employees for the digital future so that they are able to change healthcare through scientific and technological innovations. Only if our employees can develop indispensable digital skills, they are able to provide the best solutions to our patients.

Getting inspired by students

Collaboration with Universities is key to be at the pulse of new talents and thus innovation. Students are fresh, bright, creative, and might see challenges from a different perspective. We were stunned by the creative new ideas during the students' hackathons in the area of Serious Gaming and Virtual Reality with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Meet Nicole Garcia

I have happily found my current niche as a Systems Implementation Leader within Product Development Global Clinical Operations (PDG). I manage several clinical systems throughout their lifecycle, from clinical trial startup to closeout.

Broadening Career Boundaries in an International Team

I enjoy the free atmosphere of working at Roche. The freedom is not only reflected in the flexibility of cross-border sharing and cooperation, but also in the strong backing of the team and the company I have in my every bold attempt.

Taking the lead at Roche Diabetes Care

How does one actually become a manager and what does it take to become one? This time our blog post is all about leadership development. We talk to Katharina Kerl, who works in the People & Organizational Growth unit at Roche Diabetes Care (RDC).

With Data Science Skills to Success

Roche is dedicated to improving people’s lives, including during the current coronavirus crisis. Roche Molecular Diagnostics (RMD) teams have been working on the development of tests related to COVID-19. Since the tests have been on the market, a huge amount of data has been generated from various laboratories. Find out more about the impact of data science:

Meet Cecilia, Pharmacovigilance Hub Specialist at Roche

My work ensures that patients continue to receive access to life-changing therapies

Meet Lina, Intern at Roche

The RiSM Programme helped me to develop because it allowed me to apply the knowledge I acquired during my Bachelor’s course in practice.

Apprenticeship at Roche - A Great Place to Learn

An apprenticeship or a dual study program at Roche offers much more than you might think at first glance. Ariane Pappermann, dual student at Roche in Mannheim, reports on the many benefits that apprentices and students receive at Roche.

Cycle for Sustainability

At Roche, we do not only attach a lot of value to an environmental-friendly site, but also to our products. In my team we continuously search for ways to make the whole product lifecycle more sustainable.

Eco? Logical! Together for more sustainability

Who are the EcoLogicals Germany? And what does environmental protection at Roche have to do with bathing water? Franziska Gabriel and Michael Bauer, Environmental Managers at Roche, explain.

Software engineering - more than just writing code

Today’s software projects are more complex than ever and require out-of-the box thinking and agile approaches like jumping aboard the DevOps train. Read Tanja’s story to learn more about her journey and why software engineering involves far more than just coding.

Meet Charlene Parado, Global Studies Manager

I am a Global Study Manager at Roche. I help run global clinical trials by delivering on all operational aspects of studies through all phases of Clinical Study Management.

When you are good at something, the difference doesn’t show.

Patience and determination to heal and improve enabled Hon Win Woon to carve out a new chapter in life with confidence. Here, he bares his soul as he shares how he saw light at the end of a dark tunnel.

Voice meets high tech: Controlling production plants by speech

Voice control in industrial production: What sounds like dreams of the future is one of the current projects of Manuel Wenz and Lukas Nagel. The two engineers are working on the automated production of tomorrow. We spoke to them about their current project E.V.A.

The reasons I enjoy working at Roche

What is special about working at Roche? For me, it is not only having the possibility of managing a good work-life balance or enjoying my team’s support - there are many more reasons, why I appreciate being part of Roche.

At Roche, you never stop learning

I got the opportunity to join Roche, when I was 24 years old. Back then, I had no idea that I would stay longer than a couple of years. But, working at Roche is always exciting and I had the chance to take new challenges and develop myself every day.

From Switzerland to the world

Being proud to be a “firefighter” for our customers’ needs – solving problems as fast as possible means contributing to our patients’ health.

Business Analyst meets Rock Star

“ Well, believe it or not: here at Roche, 40 years later – I have become a rock star!”

Meet Solmaz

CMO (Contract Manufacturing Organization) Quality Site Manager

From fresh graduate to acting manager - meet Daniel

Are you curious about a career abroad? Our colleague Daniel is here to share what it's like to start one with Roche right after school.

My dream toy store, toxicology project leader at Roche - Asha Ivy

I found my dream toy store, with the freedom to bring innovative ideas to life.

Roche from the perspective of an intern – an exciting and extraordinary time

The RiSM programme helps me to develop because of all the different, engaged colleagues I work with and meet at Roche. Besides improving my functional working skills, I can also benefit from their shared experience and knowledge to develop personally.

Operations Manufacturing is awesome!

In the Operations department, we are responsible for ensuring the continuity of our production. Especially in times of crisis, as for instance the Corona crisis, our work is indispensable to guarantee the supply of our innovative testing solutions to our patients from all around the world.

Roche offers a workplace for the future

My work at Roche is helping to ensure that patients receive their medicines in time and to the required quality standards.

Making life easier for software development teams.

The job in the DevOps discipline combines a variety of activities and skills, which can be quite challenging, but it’s also the reason why I enjoy coming to work every day.

Formerly Space, now Roche

Britta Moser used to send satellites into space. Today she is a group leader at Roche in Penzberg and responsible for document management. She loves her job at Roche, but also fondly remembers her time at the Raisting Earth Station.

I started as an intern and ended up cooperating with so many finance teams around the globe.

“I am taking care of the rollout of an award-winning banking project with an international scope.”

Meet Dominik

From the very beginning, I was impressed by the team spirit. I joined the audit team first for a 6-week assignment and felt part of the team right away. The openness and willingness to support each other are unique and make my daily life very special.

Meet Alex

I joined Roche because I believe the global healthcare sector is both fundamentally important to society and has a lot of scope for improving the way patients have access and are administered to medicines, as well as education around how health can be managed in general through appropriate lifestyle choices.

Meet Wladimir

Currently, I am Senior Risk Manager within the Risk Advisory department. In this role my major tasks include the facilitation of the Group Risk Management process and improvement of the maturity of Risk & Opportunity management culture at Roche through training, assessments and consulting services.

Meet Oana

I am Senior IT Auditor within the North America and Group Functions team. In my role we audit various IT projects, programs, processes or organisations that have an IT component.

A Different Start

From a background in Science to diving into Finance, Puneetha Pergas shows us that a leap of faith is all it takes.

Onboarding only possible on site? Not at Roche!

We at Roche have already proven in recent months that onboarding can also take place virtually. But what exactly is a digital onboarding event like? We talked about this with our new Test Manager Konstantin Sorokin.

Software engineering – every line of code matters.

From an external point of view, software might not seem to bring as much value in the medical field as instruments, tests and reagents. However, every line of code I write is helping to diagnose and to treat someone out there, bringing them hope, knowing that their diseases and problems are identified and treated. It's an important part of the systems being developed by Roche. One that will grow over the upcoming years as concepts like artificial intelligence keep shaping the world.

Promoting innovation through trust and creativity

My work at Roche helps to ensure that patients have access to high-quality products. Our aim is to provide more medical progress for society at lower costs.

Putting people first

I began my career with an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory technician. After gaining some professional experience, I then completed a chemistry degree specialising in biochemistry, before joining Roche Basel in biotech production, where I worked as a production engineer, Team Leader for the Small-Scale Pilot Plant and Head of QC.

Traineeship in Communications at Roche

Diverse, exciting, challenging - three Roche trainees report on their experiences and tasks in Corporate Communications and show what makes a traineeship at Roche in Germany so special.

Start-up mentality is in the air at RoX

What exactly is a company builder and what is it like to work with start-ups in the digital health sector? This is explained by Eva Poggio, one of the founders of the new Roche subsidiary "RoX Health GmbH".

Roche Vietnam -Doing now what patients need next

We would not be wrong if doing the right things

With Helping hands from Grenzach to Bangalore

To be there, to help and to see that small actions can make a big difference. What begins as a teambuilding event becomes one of the most impressive adventures a year later.

Career springboard internship

The theoretical knowledge from her studies was not enough for Anika Hünenberger. She also wanted to gain practical experience and applied for an internship at Roche. What happened for her after the internship, what she learned and why she wants to continue her career at Roche after graduation.

The sketching queen

Olivia Hartl-Spiegelhauer is also known as the " Sketching-Queen" at Roche in Penzberg. With her drawings she creates insight into many complex issues.

This is something you can’t find in any other software engineering domain

As a high school student thinking about her future, Angela decided early that she wanted to be a pharmacist – until her fear of blood pushed her towards a different career path. Angela ultimately decided to go into computer science, but a career in healthcare always stayed in the back of her mind.

Right now, working in DIS is my dream job

After earning her master’s in data science, Alma Lopez was eager to find a new industry where she could put her knowledge to use.

Everyone has a can-do attitude. It’s what makes working here easy.

The road that brought Shibir Desai to his current role at Roche began in college, where he was majoring in biomedical engineering. But it wasn’t a class rooted in hard sciences that sparked a future career interest. It was a course on regulations – the rules and guidelines companies need to follow to bring groundbreaking products to market.

As a software engineer in DIS, you will find a new challenge every day

As a Software Architect, Mateusz Szewczyk says people are often surprised to learn he works at a healthcare company like Roche.

Seizing Opportunities and Making Connections

Career paths can go in many different directions – and Sean Boyle has taken his career with Roche over the past 25 years through many interesting and challenges roles.

From connecting dots to connecting Innovations and People

The Women's Health team at Roche Philippines are trying new ways to equip doctors with information so that they in turn can educate peers, healthcare administrators and patients.

"I can help people live better and longer."

Roland March (33 years old) started his training as a chemical technician at Roche in Penzberg in 2004. Today he is responsible as shift leader for a pharmaceutical production area. In the interview he explains what makes his work in production so varied and why career changers have good opportunities at Roche.

The Recipe for Success in Teamwork

I believe teamwork is the recipe for success. The spicy characters, the sweetness of trust, and the salty obstacles makes the meal of achievement very fulfilling.

Ingvild is leading Roche Norway into the era of PHC

The right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time. It has always been the aim for Roche to deliver on this promise. But with the current convergence of big data, technology and medical insight, there is opportunity to do this even better and faster by potentially reinventing the patient journey.

Delivering better outcomes for more patients, faster.

““Delivering better outcomes for more patients, faster”. This is why we are co-creating with health care professionals each and every day” says Merve

Meet Mario Henke

The Head of Pharma Biotech in Penzberg explains the courageous steps he had to take in his life to arrive at his current position.

For an internship from Istanbul to Mannheim

Pelin Yesilova comes from Istanbul. Through the international network AIESEC she was able to find an internship position at Roche. She is delighted with the openness with which she is met here at Roche.

Standing Together: Practiced solidarity in extraordinary times

We talked to three volunteers who are supporting business areas where help is needed the most in times of the Corona pandemic.

Meet Amanpreet, Operations Associate

Overall, the culture, the way every person at Roche treats one another and our mission to help patients makes me beyond grateful to be a part of this organization.

Making A Career Comeback

I have never felt that being a woman has been a disadvantage in progressing through my career. However, the challenging decision of taking a career break became a reality when juggling the roles as a mother and as a daughter. What I believed at the time to be “career suicide”, led to the path I am currently on in my professional life.

When Virtual Reality meets Lab Automation Design

One of the biggest challenges I faced, was how to evaluate the usability of a large automation system in the early development stage without building up the physical solution. This was how the idea of evaluating the system in a virtual setup first came into my mind.

Maximizing medical value to those in need

Working at Roche as an Medical Scientific Liaison, I am proud of playing my part in shaping the medical environment in Taiwan and doing my best for the patients, by communicating my scientific knowledge and by partnership with health care practitioners with the support of clinical operations.

How does design influence patients' lives?

The healthcare industry is rapidly evolving, but so are we, when approaching new challenges. At our department we utilize the latest technologies such as virtual- and augmented reality during product development. This allows us to make our solutions tangible in the early stages of the process.

Filling the gap to see the impact

The ongoing transformation encourages employees at Roche Turkey to interact with stakeholders more closely. This exposure helps them to understand the missing piece of the puzzle and to fill that gap to create greater impact.

Meet Elif Saral, Global Project Technical Leader

There is a unique culture at Roche that can be described as positive, innovative and collaborative and this makes it a great place to work.

A solid foundation

Molly knew she wanted to join Roche early on in her college career.

Meet Kristoph Klein-Panneton Evidence Generation Associate

Roche is committed to investing in long-term objectives that will take decades to develop, which is the kind of forward thinking needed to continue improving the Canadian healthcare ecosystem.

Meet Prutha Ruparel Operations Associate

Roche truly represents diversity, and encourages employee growth and development. The organization makes you feel valued through recognition/appreciation programs and emphasizing a healthy work-life balance.

Meet Triparna

I came across more ideas which culminated into something much bigger than I had expected. This is the beauty of a global accelerated development program such as the HR Perspectives.

Innovation Center: New Forms of Collaboration

For open cooperation and more collaboration: David Krey gives insights into the new innovation center on the Mannheim campus

Roche Hong Kong is where co-creation drives impactful value

Co-creates as ONE Roche to deliver impactful value to patients faster

“Our actions revolve around patients” - meet Kamilla

My role at Roche is the exciting meeting point of doing the best I can for patients and sharing my knowledge with healthcare professionals. After almost 4 years, I am still amazed by how these experiences have enabled me to impact the world positively and grow into a senior like today.

My success story

Ramin tells his story of how he came to Germany as a refugee from Iran and successfully completed his training as a chemical laboratory assistant.

One Year Internship opportunities starting in Summer 2020

Roche offers 1-year internship opportunities to undergraduates/graduates interested in marketing, science/technical support, quality/regulatory affairs, IT and HR. We also offer apprenticeships in engineering and IT.

Jade Hutton-Mills: Where diversity meets respect

Coming from a truly multicultural family, Jade is excited to leverage her excellent language skills at work. She feels empowered to be her best and values the development and growth opportunities that Roche provides.

How Eva supports our teams to develop

When people ask me how long I’ve been with Roche, I always say: “I’m home-grown”. I started as an intern with Roche 5 years ago and since then have had the opportunity to gain insights into a variety of our business areas and take over more and more responsibilities. Currently, I’m a Learning & Organizational Development Consultant.

A true problem solver

Christina came to Roche to solve problems. And that's exactly what she does. She enjoys providing technical repairs and planned maintenance on the sophisticated products that medical professionals rely on to help diagnose and manage patient medical conditions.

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Meet Lovette

From project manager to individual contributor to people manager, Lovette shares her career path and what being a leader means to her.

Hearing the voice of the patient?

Roche is transforming to bring more value to patients

A different kind of healthcare company

Only scientists work at Roche? Not correct! There is also a lot to do in the healthcare industry for engineers and architects. Tom Sturt tells more in a conversation with e-fellows.net.

Meet Scott Zhang from the front line

Although our work seems to be ordinary and insignificant, we are always stand by to conquer all the difficulties and fulfill every requirement. Every step we take is one step closer to our “north star”: To ensure all the diagnostics report are delivered efficiently and every medical decision is made preciously.

Picking and packing healthcare: Meet the warehouse team

In Indianapolis, Indiana approximately 175 employees work over three shifts to pick, pack and ship diagnostics assays and medical supplies to Roche affiliates and customers around the world.

Company Doctor at Roche - a special job

Tim Wörth was born in Mannheim and has been a Senior Company Doctor at Roche for almost four years. This had not initially been his plan, but today he is very satisfied with his work. Read about his day-to-day work at Roche.

Meet Dirk Strübing, Head of Inspection Processes at Roche

"My work helps Roche to deliver high-quality medicines as I am directly involved in manufacturing them. We put the patient at the centre of our daily business."

How Lea improves Women's Health

The passion for Women's Health shapes my work. Today, my focus is on fertility, pregnancy care and cervical cancer. Roche has highly innovative diagnostic solutions for Women’s Health, and our goal is to make them available to every woman in Switzerland.

Technical expert with passion

How my work as an engineer at Roche helps to fight AIDS: Ronald Hofstadt created a platform with the TecLab in Mannheim and gave his employees the freedom to help design a small card which enables samples from patients living with HIV to reach laboratories in developing countries from remote areas without refrigeration.

Meet Merve Kirci, Demand Planner at Roche

My work helps Roche to make sure patients receive our products all over Europe and continue their treatment. It’s extremely rewarding to know that I’m helping cancer patients, among others, who desperately need our products.

Our first engineering apprentice has graduated!

We are proud to share the success of Beth, our first engineering apprentice, who graduated with a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

2016 Roche Children’s Walk a success thanks to dedicated and passionate employees!

On June 16, 2016, Roche Canada employees and family members participated in the annual global Roche Children’s Walk. One hundred per cent of the funds raised, along with the corporate match, will go to support the orphans in Malawi who lack the bare essentials in life, the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, and Habitat for Humanity GTA.

¡Desarrollamos el mejor talento!

Estamos comprometidos en ofrecer oportunidades profesionales locales y globales haciendo de Roche el mejor lugar para trabajar.

Nuestros compañeros son nuestra prioridad

En Roche, queremos que cada empleado se inspire por lo que somos y hacemos. Los animamos a dejar su huella y mejorar las vidas de otros. Nuestros compañeros son nuestra prioridad y nos interesa acompañarlos en su crecimiento profesional y personal.

Meet Magdalena

Hi, my name is Magdalena, and I come from the Czech Republic. After gaining my Master’s degree in Medicine, I joined the MD PhD programme in Hemato-oncology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University (Prague).

Visión 2020. Un cambio cultural hecho entre todos y para todos

Las iniciativas de cambio necesitan el respaldo y el apoyo de un número considerable de personas, pero sobre todo necesitan que esas personas luchen por hacerlas posibles.

Meet Natasha Singh, Senior Director Clinical Safety

Over the last 12 years here, I have challenged myself by taking on more responsibility in safety. I hope my work will benefit patients with ocular diseases while ensuring their safety. That is what keeps me motivated!

הכירו את דודי

השינוי שחיכיתי לו שנים - Live it well

בחברת רוש, Case Manager, הכירו את יובל

נהנית מכל העולמות ברוש, הכירו את תמי , מנהלת רפואית ברוש ישראל

How informatics can save lives

You don't need to be a doctor or chemist to help develop new medicines. Here's how Linda uses her IT skills to make a difference.

Meet Kristin, Quality Assurance Manager at Roche

“After a few years of academic basic research during my doctorate in molecular biology, I felt that I wanted my work to have more impact on the treatment of diseases.”

Why the Woman of the year works at Roche.

I have always been focused on solving the puzzles related to Alzheimer’s disease and other psychiatric diseases. I am a medical doctor with expertise in clinical pathology, neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders. Currently, I work as a Global Medical Leader for Alzheimer’s disease Partnerships between Roche Pharma and Roche Diagnostics.

Strong through diversity!

Heterogenic teams are more successful than others are? Sounds plausible! Exactly for this reason, companies do their utmost to specifically promote the individual diversity of each team member? Sounds really nice in theory! However, Patrizia, Giuseppe, Din and Nadine confirm that this is more than just lip service at Roche - it is a living reality.

Roche Taiwan Pioneers in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Co-creating medical benefits with health care practitioners for patients is how we accelerate delivering better outcomes for more patients faster.

Meet Harriet

Hello, My name is Harriet and I am an ORDP based in Basel. Born in Hamburg, Germany and living in Basel, Switzerland, I love being part of this international company.

Meet Karen

Hi, I’m Karen, an ORDP Analyst at Roche based here in the beautiful city of Basel!

Meet Eliane

Hello, I am Eliane Weiss and I am in my first year within the ORDP program. It is an exciting time for me right now, as I start my second rotation in a new department, a new project and a new team.

Meet Myriam

Hello, I am Myriam Eutamene, I joined the ORDP family in September 2019. I was born in France, but I grew up in Hong Kong and ended my studies in Uppsala, Sweden.

הכירו את לביא ,רוקח ביחידת האיכות ושותף ברישום תרופות ברוש ישראל

הכירו את יואב - מנהל תיקי לקוחות בכיר ברוש ישראל

Meet Felix, Safety Scientist at Roche

When I tell people I am a safety scientist, many think that I work in a lab, analysing vials and pills to make sure the drugs we produce are safe.

Tech talent uses her passion to help patients

By joining the Start IT programme at Roche after she graduated, Célia discovered how her passion for data can have an impact on people's lives. She has now joined the Roche family as an employee.

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Meet Therese - The Patients Advocate

Already on my first day as Patient Relations Partner, I became completely blown away by the level of strength, compassion and hard work that forms the foundation of the patient advocacy groups. The majority of the people in these groups are doing unpaid voluntary work, mainly motivated by altruism. “I don’t want what happened to me to happen to others” is extremely powerful to witness.

Meet Ida, Medical Advisor at Roche Norway

"I am very proud of working for Roche, a large and well recognised company, where you have the possibility to work across borders and cultures."

“I was born to improve Healthcare.” - meet Giel

What do you consider your mission in life? As for a medical biologist like me, it is helping as many patients as possible, every day again.

Going above & beyond for our patients

Patient centricity is one of Roche's top most priorities, and the Patient Relations team is the voice of the patients in the organization.

Data experts with passion

Watch the video to learn more about the data experts Salma, Alan and Markus and why they make an important contribution to the daily work at Roche.

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From Intern to Scientist

Following her first intern experience in R&D, Jen credits her summer mentors with much of her growth and a solid introduction into Roche.

Meet Grace Wong, Drug Safety Vendor Operations Specialist

Grace is making an impact by collecting real-world data. Learn more about her role at Roche Canada

Work Inspirations at Roche

Roche Diagnostics has launched a bespoke 3-day Work Experience Programme to inspire young people aged 14-17 to discover career pathways in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

Driving Personalised Healthcare forward as a Data Scientist

Roche is a company that aims to provide Personalised Healthcare (PHC). The idea is to get the right drug to the right patient at the right time. How can we do this? And how can we apply real world data?

From Local to Global

Stacie-Ann believes that her success has come from a great combination of things, but her managers and mentors were important factors in her success.

Providing wider access to medicines for Filipino patients

Our operations and distribution are driven towards providing wider access to medicines and medical solutions for Filipino patients

We don’t just talk diversity, we live it

Born in Hungary and raised in a multicultural environment by her Chinese parents, Yuan speaks several languages and moves between cultures with ease.

A great team needs harmony, practice, trust, and a brilliant leader

Anna is a learning specialist working in Global Learning Services.

I love to be part of a success story

I can learn from the best in the field. The best place to learn all about HR.

Even as an intern at Roche, you start to think long-term

I found a career, friends and a fun community

Develop professionally while sharing your passion

When Regina joined Roche as a fresh graduate, she had no idea how many opportunities for professional development and career building the company had in store for her. Since she started, she has been promoted, she has travelled, held a client workshop, even produced a dance performance with her colleagues.

The Red Chair - Rapid, Broad and Sustainable Patient Access

This crucial pivot connects me to a bigger purpose to drive customer value beyond sales; to deliver results that have an impact on our patients lives. Today, our business planning sessions include an empty “red chair” at the table that reminds us to include our patients and customers in our solutions.

The Medical Therapeutic Area in PHC is complex but rewarding

You can’t do Personalised Healthcare (PHC) alone. It has regulatory aspects, medical aspects, legal aspects, access aspects… the entire company has to come together to make it work.

Roche Philippines is where passion meets purpose

Preparing Roche Philippines for future innovative medicines, and ensuring that patients uncover the actual cause behind their condition.

Careers at Roche – Your chance to get started

High school diploma in your pocket and now what? Gain practical experience during your studies? No idea what to do next? At Roche, we offer you the opportunity to gain experience, to learn and to develop yourself. Our HR expert Sabina Dick explains exactly how you can get started at Roche.

Meet Patrick Bergeron - Senior Manager, Government Relations

My role is to work with our internal teams and government to ensure our innovative medicines are funded and can reach patients faster.

From being an apprentice to becoming a Procurement Manager

Do you want to know how I got where I'm today and who supported me along my way? The answer is simple: an awesome team, a unique company culture as well as great opportunities and support for personal development. Let me introduce you to my story of 10 years Roche...

Meet Yilan and her team, Roche China Special Forces

For more then 10 years, we have always been passionate and constantly updating our knowledge, learning new skills, trying to do what patients need next.

Roche is an employer you will recommend to family and friends

Péter is a Senior HR Specialist who has been working at Roche for over one and a half years.

Meet Bryan Pinto Chapter Section Lead, PT-IX

“Looking back, I could not be happier about my decision to work here.” Bryan Pinto

Carlbee is making an impact through real world data

The data generated from studies and observational research will help patients, health care providers, and policy-makers, take better decisions on how to improve the health care system

Giving Back and Building Community

Building community at Roche or within our local communities can take many forms.

Women inspiring women

Learn more about some tips and tricks from Ann, Carla and Silke, female leaders at Roche.

Meet Fiona Li and her CC family

It is solving every problem for clients and patients that makes our daily work meaningful. We believe that our work not only affects every laboratory physician , but also contributes to every family, the society and human health.

Three trainees, third training year, three experiences abroad

Indianapolis, England and New Jersey – three trainees at Roche tell us about their varied experiences abroad, their impressions and assignments.

Knowing today what works tomorrow

A data expert reveals how specialized know-how helps thousands of people lead a better life – for example, by designing a dashboard that already knows today which medicines will cure tomorrow.

Meet Molley Lin, Business Solution Supervisor from Roche China

We apply artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things technology to help Roche establish new business and service models in IVD industry, thus helping our customers and patients with high technologies.

Feel the passion for Personalised Healthcare - meet Iliàs

We have a tall order to meet, making PHC a reality for every patient. It comes with navigating uncharted territory, breaking new ground.

Digital Innovation at Roche: Chatbot FINN

Innovation has always been a central component of Roche's corporate culture - not just in the development of new medicines or diagnostics. With Chatbot FINN, the company is also breaking new ground in internal processes.

Meet Molly McDonnell

Molly joined Roche as part of the Accelerated Development Program. Hear her story

Pursuing his passion

Frank started at Roche as an intern in the research and development environment, building algorithms that protect patients against abnormal diabetes testing results.

Meet Christina Gaskins

Christina came to Roche to solve problems. Hear her story.

The freedom to explore

Ninad is an HR data analyst at Roche, and he’s inspired by the sense of discovery that’s built into his job.

My Journey to Computational Biology & Roche Sequencing

"Every day I am honored to have the opportunity to help make sense of data, for the sake of understanding the science and more so to enable better informed decisions. It has been a privilege to work with a talented team across global sites and different functions to develop NGS-based diagnostic products and demonstrate their medical value through clinical projects on real patient samples."

Achieving more for patients with agility

How can Roche achieve the best for patients by using agile methods? Dr. Jara Obermann and Dorothée Kiesel, management start-up trainees, about the agile coach program they developed themselves.

Meet Sam Lohmar

Sam nearly lost his dad. Learn how this inspires his current work.

Meet Candy King

Candy helps direct our Diversity and Inclusion efforts. See what she’s accomplished so far.

Meet Harshita

A dental surgeon by training, a global healthcare leader in the making, a humanitarian by heart and a work in progress!

Meet Adam Meents

Adam is a dedicated employee and father. Hear his story.

Meet Amruta

My typical day at work is not typical at all. Each day brings something completely different, so it really keeps you active and involved.

Rutger Verburg from Amsterdam to Mannheim

"Riding a bicycle in Germany is really life-threatening" - Rutger Verburg talks about his start in Germany and especially at Roche, how he dealt with the challenges in a foreign country and what makes working at Roche so attractive.

Traineeprogramm für Mediziner

Begleiten Sie Mathias bei einem typischen Tag als Medical Affairs Trainee bei Roche:

Meet: Frederik Just

Frederik Just is 31 years old. He started his career at Roche in the Diagnostics Global Divisional Controlling department in Basel. There Frederik supported the Headquarter Controlling and as Finance Business Partner Personalised Healthcare (PHC). He has been Business Controller at Roche Diabetes Care Germany since August 2018.

Treffen Sie Sonja Grill

“Das besondere an meiner Arbeit ist, dass ich in ganz unterschiedliche Projekte involviert bin, die große Teile des diagnostischen Bereichs abdecken. Mit Hilfe von data science und statistischen Techniken arbeite ich an klinischen Studien für diagnostische Tests und unterstütze bei Behördeneinreichungen.”

Internationality as a success factor

For twelve months Eva Lenz-Nelis from the Market Access team in Grenzach, and Michele Melhem, Product Strategy team for Neuroscience and Rare Diseases in Basel, are working in each other’s roles. They share their experiences here.

Meet: Daniela Maisel

For Daniela Maisel it has always been clear: no job is not a possibility for her - but without a family it is also not possible. As a mother of two small children, she talks about her daily work as a mother, how she is simultaneously advancing her career and that good organisation is her personal recipe for success.

Meet Thia, Software Development Manager in Tucson, AZ

" I'm working a little out of my normal "techie" introvert comfort zone, and that's been a very good thing."

Meet Astou Gaye, Pharma Technical Quality (PTQ) Mississauga Site Head

I started my career with Genentech (our US pharmaceutical headquarters in South San Francisco) in a two-year rotational program.

Reverse mentoring

„Reverse Mentoring is when Seniors begin to learn from Juniors.“

Divers backgrounds

„Roche Pharma for me is an amazing organization with so many divers areas of work“, so Leslie, sales REP in Berlin.

Meet Tim Neuendorf

"Our field workers are truly extraordinary colleagues" - Tim Neuendorf talks about his start at Roche as a dual student, the challenges the field force is facing and his role as project manager for complex full automation projects in Germany.

Meet Mathieu

We set ourselves very high objectives because we know what's at stake: kicking cancer in the teeth!

Andreas Schmitz becoming Head of Human Resources at Roche Diagnostics

"I am inspired by these super dedicated and very talented people who give their best every day."

Meet Viviane, RiSM intern at Roche

I am in the final semester and writing my master’s thesis based on my internship in Formulation R&D Oral Dosage Forms. This internship is part of the Roche Internship in Small Molecules Programme (RiSM) and gives me a valuable insight into formulation development of oral dosage forms.

A rose by any other name… Anne Marie Hayes

Go live - „Activity Based Working“!

"Where your voice is valued" - your own workstation, flexible workstations, open-plan office, creative zones or would you prefer "home office"? Our site in Waiblingen has launched a new pilot project to find out which concept best suits to their employees - because in the end the majority decides.

Report "FIT" Week

In order to find out how to communicate correctly and why good communication is of great importance (...) around 70 apprentices and dual students set off for the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.

Meet Ebru, RiKO intern at Roche

Hi, my name is Ebru, and I am from the Schwabenländle in Germany. I am studying pharmaceutical engineering at the Albstadt Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences and am about to graduate with a bachelor's degree.

Meet David, RiSM intern at Roche

Hi, my name is David, and I’m from Germany. I’m studying bio- and chemical engineering (master’s) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. My interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare in general, started back in my bachelor’s, when I was studying bioengineering.

Meet Yin Cai

Follow your passion because it's the source of your motivation!" - Yin Cai gives insights into her work as a leader, her leadership style and her viewpoints around work-life balance and "successful working days.

Cultural change and new business models - Digitisation in the German Diagnostics Sales Organisation

At Roche Diagnostics Germany, digitisation is a journey of the organisation, which has been ongoing since 2016. Since 2019, the Digital Business Lab drives digital initiatives forward in an agile process.

Meet Nives

I started my career in vaccine manufacturing after studying Biochemistry at Ryerson University in Toronto. This is where my passion for drug manufacturing started.

Special moments at Roche

Find out here what personal highlights Roche employees experienced

Christina Wang’s journey with Roche

I started my Roche journey on June 18, 2018 as a new member of the Global Procurement team, which is a new team to the Mississauga office. I was welcomed with open arms and encouraged to learn all Roche has to offer!

As a physician in the Pharma Industry?

Learn from ten medical affairs physicians from Roche in Grenzach why they decided to go into the pharmaceutical industry and what motivates them to stay there.

A Data Scientist in a Corporate World

The importance of data science in pharmaceutical and diagnostics has increased immensely over the past years. Dr Mohammadjavad Faraji, Senior Data Scientist at Roche, participated at the Big Data Conference in Warsaw, Poland where he was interviewed on the business value and the importance of data science in a non-IT company like Roche and the great opportunities he sees for data scientists in a corporate world.

Meet Javier Jimenez Roda

Converting an idea into reality is a rollercoaster of emotions, frustrations and hope. Accept this fact and push for it.

Live well. Find your balance.

In terms of the global motto "Live well. Find your balance. ", more than 140 Roche sites around the world work together to make their employees' health and well-being strong.

One week "we in the process"

Under the motto "We in the process", we have started with the entire second year of training of the Mannheim and some trainee colleagues from Grenzach for a week in the Center Park Hochsauerland in Medebach.

Meet Patricia, RiKO intern at Roche

I’m a 20-year-old undergraduate in the field of molecular and technical medicine and I come from the Black Forest, Germany. This is my first internship in the pharmaceutical industry.

Meet Giulia

My incredible HR Perspectives journey started in September 2018, when I relocated to sunny Basel to join Roche within the Global Talent Innovation team.

Recruiting at Roche - My Impressions as an Intern

„Wonder how I liked my internship?” Valerie Mangei reports on her time as an intern in HR Talent Acquisition.

Why you fit perfectly in the pharmaceuticals industry as business economist

During my Trainee Program at Roche I have strongly developed from the professional as well as the methodology perspective.

Meet Marco Jenzsch

"Walk the talk, and talk the walk!" is the motto of Marco Jenzsch, which he would like to give to every prospective manager on his way and means as much as: "Be authentic by doing what you say: no empty promises!

Meet María Sierra

A three-month stay at Roche seemed to be totally boring to me. But it turned out and I found here something that I was not expecting: a company very focused on the development and well-being of its employees, a home and a family.

Meet Nadim, Intern in Change Management at Roche

My work helps Roche to manage change. There are a lot of internal changes and I am helping people to get comfortable with new situations. To successfully implement change, you have to organise training that is specifically geared to meeting new challenges and improving employees’ skills.

On a great journey: 6 countries, 20 weeks, countless memories

You need courage, trust in yourself and the people for such a journey. "Being alone was never frightening, but rather enriching. I have learned a lot about myself and it has shown me how much power I actually have and what I can do."

Caryn’s Top Five Secrets to Success

Caryn was recently asked to provide her opinion on what makes someone successful at Roche and she has shared her top five tips with us.

6 questions to Magdalena and Rejna

As interns in Global Supply Chain Management at Roche Diagnostics in Mannheim, they report on their exciting day-to-day work and...

Roche has always been in a state of dynamic flux

What is happening at the moment in science is great for patients, great for physicians but also great for us who are developing medicinal products.

Knowing today what will work tomorrow

Two data experts reveal how expertise can help thousands of people lead better lives - for example, by developing a dashboard that already knows today which drugs will cure tomorrow.

We Focus on our Patients

Maira Trauzettel explains how we make sure that patients are at the centre of what we do.

Onboarding at Roche

“I was directly included by everyone.”

Profession with a view: Knowing what the future will bring.

"Never avoid failure. Be more courageous!"

A day in the life of a Digital Innovation Manager

"Creating more contact points through the digital world."

Better understanding the needs of physicians and patients

"We apply ourselves day by day to our mission ‘Doing now what patients need next’!"

​Meet Emanuel Hurni

I was drawn to the opportunity where I could translate complex systems into intuitive user interfaces in an environment, where state-of-the-art technology is used to improve the lives of patients and healthcare professionals.

My First Time with Mobile Working

Never tried mobile working before? We talked to Bektas Uenal from the production department at Roche in Mannheim about his first experience with mobile working.

Meet Thorsten Haane

Every day, Thorsten Haane pursues his passion for gastronomy as the Head of Production of Roche's Casino Operations. His goal is not only to provide the people at the site with food, but also to provide them with a platform for optimal nutrition and enjoyment in everyday working life.

Meet Alberto

In a traditional IT company, you can only grow as a technician, but in Roche you are given the opportunity to grow in both, technically and form a soft skill perspective.

Auch mal den Finger heben, wenn andere schon weiter sind

orausschauend – damit ließe sich wohl auch am treffendsten beschreiben, welche Strategie Max Putzenlechner in seinem Arbeitsalltag bei Roche erfolgreich macht. Erfahren Sie, was Mut beim Mountainbiken mit der Pharmaindustrie verbindet.

Life lessons from living abroad

I am grateful for having had the amazing opportunity to live abroad. Upon my return to Canada, the local commercial affiliate recognized my contributions, and I am now an Organizational Effectiveness Manager in HR, supporting all of Canada.

Roche really do a lot for their employees

Scientific work, international teams and a specific benefit for patients – this is what Dr. Evelyn Stuwe likes about her work as HTA Manager at Roche. Apart from this she also reveals in the interview why one has very good career opportunities in her occupation.

Meet Andreas Wohlrath

I find it important to accompany employees in setting realistic goals. I see supporting them in this and promoting their strengths as a crucial part of my work. A good manager should also understand how individual colleagues work together in a team, what their expectations are and what happens on the interpersonal level. On this basis, responsibility in the team can best be shared.

Meet Vivien

Thanks to the programme, I have had the opportunity to work in Roche’s global, regional and affiliate teams across different diagnostics business areas. The excitement of being able to learn and try something new every day is what gets me out of bed in the morning!

Meet David

Well… to be honest, I cannot say I’ve had typical days in my team. I can have more or less workload but each day happens something that surprises me.

Meet Jara

Read more about the Start-Up Program and its highlights and challenges for Jara.

Meet David

Well… to be honest, I cannot say I’ve had typical days in my team. I can have more or less workload but each day happens something that surprises me.

Meet Laura

Knowing that patients are put first makes me feel proud to work at Roche.

Meet Krzysztof

People here are amazing - everyone takes time to listen to others, peoples’ opinions are valued and every individual is encouraged to express their own point of view. This diversity is one of our biggest strengths.

Meet Paulina

My work helps Roche to shed light on the fundamental pathogenic mechanisms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and has the potential to identify some new drug targets that Roche can develop in the future.

Meet Edgar

Roche is a place that encourages employees to grow and learn and offers employees great internal career opportunities.

Introductory Week for 2018 Apprentices

On Monday, 3 September at 8 AM, we – the 2018 apprentices from the Roche site Mannheim – met to start into our introductory week.

Meet Hillary

​​Meet Hillary, a science teacher gaining real-world industry experience at Roche.

Welcome to the three-border triangle

I'm from the region and I really enjoy staying here

Physician stand-in as part-time job: Door into the practice

At Roche I can live out my need for diversity.

Leading a Team

I can't be an expert in every area – only in a team are we very strong.

It’s a Match!

A lot of things in life have to fit: job, outfit, partner and this does not only apply to love life! It also has to "match" in digital mentoring, a programme run by Roche in Mannheim and Penzberg, where colleagues help each with digital tools.

​Meet Yunfei

I chose to stay because I was inspired by the vision of Roche Sequencing leadership team and firmly believed that sequencing and informatics will redefine the future of medicine.

Meet Rebecca

What interested me in Roche’s Business Perspectives Program was the genuine purpose, fast-paced, changing environment and international setting of this global development programme and the opportunity to complete rotations in four different countries and learn about their functions and needs.

Meet Michaela

My work helps Roche to bring new, reliable Point of Care solutions to the market, directly to the patient’s bedside, to enable health care professionals to make the right decision in critical and life-threatening situations when time matters most.

Roche experiments with start-up approach

"Digitization offers many opportunities for us," says Jan Schreiber. The prerequisite is that employees are taken along and familiarized with new working methods and technologies. This is why the Digital Acceleration Program was launched in 2017.

Meet Felipe

At work, we have implemented a very flexible working model that allows me to work in different buildings, giving me the freedom and opportunity to organise my meetings better and improve my interactions with colleagues.

Meet Muriel

Having fun doing the job and having fun at work in parallel – we’re a super awesome team in our department and beyond that, too. We stick together when things get stressful, we support everyone who needs help and we laugh a lot, which boosts motivation.

Meet Marius, RiSE intern at Roche

The RiSE program offers internships specifically for doctoral students within the Roche research department.

Reconciling Work and Family Life

It's school vacation time. This can quickly raise the question: what to do with the offspring? Roche offers various options for this. Learn more about the Roche vacation program and other great benefits for parents and children!

Meet Isabelle

My job helps to improve patients’ lives because we strive to ensure that life-saving and innovative medicines become available to our patients. In doing so we work with German government systems to find the best way forward.

Meet Daniel

We have seen how our total lab automation solutions have revolutionised the approach to diagnostics, especially in remote locations in the country. Seeing these stories in real life fuels the passion of our entire Roche team in Norway.

Meet Dominique

When I am at work, I know why I am there and what I want to achieve. When I am at home, I am proud of what I did or what my colleagues achieved, and to be able to share this with my family and friends.

Meet Richard

In my experience, Roche is a company that really provides the support its workforce need to learn and grow professionally. I started with Roche on an internship course 6 years ago and since then I’ve had the chance to work in 3 different roles and even move countries

Sailing the European Coast

I saw the Long-term Account as an option to give myself the freedom for all the plans I have forged in my life.

Get Creative & Stay Curious

After graduating from high school, Sabine initially wanted to study economics at the university. She tells her own very personal story about which path she actually took.

Meet James

I love epidemiology, which is the art of understanding how certain factors affect health, but I’m equally passionate about the continual advances in the technology and methods. This attracted me to Roche.

Even more space for many children

In July 2018 the company-own day-care centre "ideenReich", costing 3.3 million euros, was inaugurated by Roche in Grenzach. With the extension the day-care centre offers care places for up to 65 children with flexible opening hours and only few closed days.

Meet Sarah

My research passion lies at the intersection of neurobiology and high-resolution imaging. My ambition is to develop and use new technologies and modalities for investigating pathological mechanisms underlying brain degenerative conditions to ultimately help develop better ways to monitor and treat disease.

My first year as leader at Roche

Suddenly you are standing alone at the head of a team, in the focus of attention: Is it time to take control as alpha wolf? Not for Lukas Berger, who in his first year as Marketing Director Respiratory Diseases at Roche above all placed his emphasis on: Listening and trust. In the interview he explains why good leaders are not lone warriors and which mantra had accompanied him through the first twelve months.

​Meet Ariel

A Software Technical Writer, dog-mom, creative thinker, and lover of all things innovative.

Meet Barbara, Senior Specialist ADV

I feel really proud to be part of Roche that provides me the opportunity to work in a multicultural environment and let me grow both professionally and personally. My role of Customer Advisor gives me the chance to develop my communication skills and have a better knowledge about the business needs.

Meet Waltraud

Preclinical and clinical drug development is a global undertaking, and our diversity is huge. Team members come from all over the world. Working with skilled and talented people to exchange experience and ideas and to develop future treatments is great fun.

Internship Insights

An internship in HR Business - sounds interesting, doesn’t it? But what exactly is HR Business? And what does an internship in this area look like? Lisa Walther talks about her experiences as an intern in this area.

Meet Nicole

My work helps Roche employees to take a break from their workday and enjoy a delicious lunch or snacks. Our events are also great opportunities for networking and making friends at work.

Roche Charity Run - Childrens Walk 2018

Since 2003, more than 220,000 Roche employees have been participating in the Children’s Walk that is held annually across the whole world. With the donations collected, children in need were able to be supported in substantially improving their living conditions in the areas of education, nutrition, basic medical development and social development.

Leaning in @ Roche

It's great to see how the women encourage each other to achieve their goals.

​Meet Chris, Principal Talent & Org Development

When I describe career development at Roche I typically say that it is what you make of it. We have tons of resources and tools around it, but I believe it goes deeper than that. Career development is part of our culture. It is an expectation of Roche that all of our employees continuously grow and develop.

Meet Jacob, HR Perspectives at Roche

My advice for new colleagues is to stay forever curious because it is only then that you realise opportunities to grow and develop. Learning is a journey that never ends – as long as we stay curious we will always discover things we did not yet know.

Meet Amrita, Bioinformatics Research Leader at Pleasanton, CA

"The sky is the limit when it comes to learning about new domains and extending your skills."

My first year as a leader

To become a leader – is this my goal? After successfully completing her studies, Carla had to decide which professional steps to take next.

Meet Meike Treu

Diversity is the most special part of my job. Every day a new task awaits me.

We promote your leadership potential

“Intensive, constructive and appreciative.” With these few words, Yvonne Kaiser describes her involvement in the leadership workshop, which Roche organized and ran in Mannheim once again this year. Twelve external talented individuals and up-and-coming Roche executives spent two days playing leadership roles. But what does it actually mean to be a leader?

Meet Tobias Huber

I see my occupation as a chance to drive forward healthcare and medicine with the aid of technology, and to solve problems.

Meet Andrea, Supply Chain Process Support at Roche

My work helps Roche to maintain a high distribution service level to our customers in Switzerland. Our main values fostered by our management are respect towards each other, open inter-departmental collaboration, good work-life balance, as well as organisational stability.

​Meet Cheng-Yuk, Principal Scientist I at Pleasanton, CA

It is truly a diversified environment. From the interdisciplinary education to the multi-cultural workforce, I strongly believe our collective experiences and passion will drive the innovation engine to develop the next meaningful diagnostics solution for patients.

Meet Tom Glasow

"Work-life balance” is not just an empty word at Roche. I can plan my visits to our customers flexibly, and I can work partly from home.

Traineeship Medical Functions at the company Roche Pharma AG

I was surprised how quickly one can also gain a foothold in such a large company.

The long-term perspective at Roche allows us to be courageous

At Roche we have the possibility for the long-term perspective, which allows and also requires us to be courageous.

From researcher to Medical Manager – A conclusion

I see directly what I do for the patients and this is naturally a great motivation for me.

From the clinic to the company

Although I am on a different side I work on the same goal.

CIP – ″Considerably Incredible Potential″

On March 19, 2018, it was time for the apprentices and students of the class of 2016 to head off for the ″We in the Process″ week. After having already completed two project weeks in Mainz and in Prüm, the third and last project week now took us to the Center Park in Medebach.

Meet Doreen Pruntsch

What is special for me is that safety has a very high priority in the corporation and that it also put into practice through all levels of management.

Joining Roche as a Young Professional in the area of Biotechnology and Medical Technology

Clemens Krämer joined Roche in 2007, right after finishing his studies and has been working as a Technical Project Leader Meter Development at Roche Diabetes Care in Mannheim since 2016.

#Team - "Fit for the #Team" Week

In the early morning of the 5th of March, it was off to the small town of Prüm in the Eifel for the cooperative university students and vocational trainees from Mannheim, Waiblingen and Grenzach to begin the “Fit for the #Team” Week. The main topics of the week were communication, giving and receiving feedback correctly, #team spirit and Work 4.0. and a lot of exciting group activities.

Product Launch as Marketeer

Every Marketeer works towards the moment when a product comes onto the market.

Department change as career springboard

I continuously benefit from the perspective and the overall understanding of the market, people and company.

Meet Ramin

For me, Roche is a unique and truly interesting company. We develop diagnostic products, but we are also responsible for treatments and treatment monitoring.

Working at Roche – completely under the sign of health

The well-being of our employees is something that is very important to us at Roche. Therefore the promotion of health has long-since been integrated in our everyday company life. Every day roughly 15,900 employees at the locations Grenzach, Mannheim, Penzberg, Waiblingen and Berlin develop, produce and sell innovative products for health.

Meet Helena

Roche as an employer is innovative. The company’s work environment is just as progressive as its approach to developing new medicines in its core business.

Meet Joan

Working at Roche is like being in a family. We always support and care for each other and look for solutions to move things forward.

​​​Meet Adam, Regulatory Affairs Manager at Pleasanton, CA

Every day I come to work, I honestly feel like I can make a positive impact on a global scale.

Meet Tina

The culture at Roche is very open and people are approachable. They take their time to listen to what others think and feel, and are always willing to help in any way they can.

Meet Christopher

I’ve always been keen on medical technology, which is why I wanted to work in this environment. What attracted me to Roche was the issue of insulin pumps in the Diabetes Care division. Simply because the focus here is on the patients.

Meet Lisa

On every project, there are so many different aspects to be considered. It makes me proud and happy to solve these complex puzzles.

Family and Career – at Roche that works very well!

With the birth of her son and as a senior manager, Dr. Kerstin Borgards asked herself the question three years ago: How do I strike the right balance between family and career and still also meet my own needs at the same time? She tells us that this situation calls for more than just good planning and that men don’t have it much easier in this respect either in the following interview.

Meet Célia

As Start IT trainees, we have the chance to get specific trainings and peer-coaching sessions, which enable to reflect on our learning experience. This is great and I really enjoy learning from each other.

Occupations you would not have expected to see at Roche!

Software developer, master brewer, and cellist. Would you immediately have thought of Roche when hearing the names of these occupations? No? Then you will find out something interesting. Five employees report on the exciting and unusual occupations in which they work at Roche, and on what makes these so unique.

We are all superheroes here at Roche

This sentence did catch me off guard during my personal interview, but it was then ultimately one of the reasons why I absolutely wanted the job. After all, what is better than trying out new things and in doing so, helping people at the same time?

Meet Melanie Poulin-Costello

I’m a statistician by training and have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for a long time and love what I do. I’m passionate about helping my colleagues understand statistics and how to use them wisely.

Meet Sri

I started my journey in Roche as a perspective in October, 2017. My first assignment is in the area of talent acquisition strategy for Roche Diagnostics.

Meet Jazzy

I started at Roche in October 2017 with my first assignment in Basel. For this assignment I had a dual role, as a Project Manager and as a Business Analyst for the People Project which has been rolled-out globally.

"I will remember the impressions I gained for my entire life"

Peter is one of 15 employees at the Grenzach Roche location who have participated in the first round of the newly initiated job shadowing programme. This makes it possible for employees who never or only rarely stand in direct patient contact to sit in for a day with an office-based physician or at a clinic and to experience everyday work there first hand. In the interview Peter tells us about his experiences.

Dual studies student dares to take a peek outside of the box

Joshua Dröschel is the first dual studies student at Roche in Germany who was able to participate in an exchange between Pharma and Diagnostics during the practical training. In the following he tells us about his experiences.

Graduation Party 2017

Two and a half, three or three and a half years are now behind us, and we have reached our goal. The final exams are over and all trainees and students in dual study programs of Roche Diagnostics celebrated their successful graduation on December 4, 2017 in the forum on the Mannheim works premises.

Meet Maud

We are the link between R&D that develops the IT solutions and the market voice coming from the Regions and the Country Affiliates...

Meet Denise

Roche as an employer is for sure a good choice! During my apprenticeship, I constantly felt supported to develop further, take advantage of all chances, bring in my own ideas even as a new young professional, push innovation, and focus on my career.

You cannot only save lives in the operating theatre

I found it impressive that Roche invested so much in research, how scientifically oriented the whole company operates, how extremely large the pipeline is and also how widely diversified.

Technology Dinner at Roche in Mannheim: “A successful evening, which definitely calls for a repeat!”

Virtual labs, fascinating talks, networking and also a good meal? These and other impressions were gathered by engineers at our Technology Dinner on the High Tech Campus in Mannheim.

Failed! Best Practice Sharing was yesterday

Innovation means: taking the risk of failing.

Working as Product Manager: interface for everything and everyone

I especially really enjoy the unexpected. No day is like any other.

Meet Ring

Roche is a great place to work because of its diversity and inclusive culture. Everyone that I’ve met in Roche thus far has been very outgoing, helpful and willing to go extra miles in guiding and supporting me.

Meet Caitlin

The time I spend working with individual project leaders and research teams, understanding the amazingly innovative work they do, and helping them communicate their strategies and achievements, is probably the aspect I find most rewarding in my role.

Meet Ricardo

For the Perspectives Programme, we’re looking for people who are in the early stages of their career (1-5 years' work experience) with a global mindset, team spirit and leadership potential. Personally, I believe sharing Roche’s values, remaining humble, and being able to adapt quickly to diverse environments are the most important elements.

Meet Pankaj

Roche stands out as an organisation for me due to their sustainability commitment. Not only there is thrust on innovation with a significant investment in R&D but also there is commitment towards building an organisation that contributes to a better society.

Meet Jameil

The RiSM programme gives students the opportunity to gain work experience in the pharmaceutical industry. The programme has helped me bolster my knowledge by simply giving me the chance to work and interact with industry experts.

Meet Claudia

Roche as an employer is motivating. It’s impressive how friendly and helpful all the employees are. This creates an inspiring and collaborative environment, which I really appreciate. People treat each other with respect.

The marketing community at Roche: Achieving more together

From the first day onwards everyone takes responsibility in his or her function.

Studying next to the profession: Support and investment in the future

Personal and professional development are very important for me. For Roche too.

Meet Marina

My typical day at work is quite varied. As a member of the Ophthalmology Discovery team, we are focused on early development programs for retinal and other ocular diseases. Translational medicine is extremely interdisciplinary, bringing together specialists from a myriad of biomedical disciplines.

Meet Amanda

My work helps Roche to ensure that the instrument is available in the right quality and quantity so that we can support the diagnostic process all around the world.

Meet Nashreen

Just as the patient is important to Roche, so are its employees. Roche goes the extra mile in looking after their employees by giving them the opportunity to give back to society in the form of volunteer opportunities, fun, creative activities during the course of the day and internal learning and development opportunities.

Life Changing Experience

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be part of an initiative that would change someone’s life, but never fully had the chance to because life always got in the way. However, my dream turned into reality when I learned about the Roche Children’s Walk.

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Meet Bryan

Technology plays a very important part in Roche; from new drug discovery, manufacturing, sales and marketing to customer analytics. Technology helps to automate daily manual work, improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Meet Mbali

I wanted to work for Roche because its values align with my personal mine. I love the fact that the company nurtures and develops its employees and recognizes that its people are its assets. Roche makes an impact socially and economically. Roche gives all employees an equal opportunity to grow in their career.

Meet Jen

I have developed many friendships over the past 5 years working here. I find Roche to be a place where diversity and inclusion is strongly valued.

Meet Janine

Roche as an employer offers many functions at one location: Research & Development, production and site services. Roche is also one of only few companies that have its own engineering department. It is exciting to work with so many different interfaces.

Avoid application faux-pas

For a successful application procedure the candidate needs predominantly to be professional qualified. But it is not alone the qualification that counts!

Meet François

My work helps Roche to ensure that new drugs get approved by the regulatory authorities and become accessible to patients - as soon as possible.

Meet Tony

The people who work at Roche have a real passion, courage and integrity in what they do. This is reflected to a great extent in IT, where colleagues take advantage of the technology and resources available to them to deliver real value to the Business.

9.700 km – From Sao Paulo to Waiblingen!

At Roche every single employee counts, is esteemed and gets the support he or she needs to reach his or her goal – this makes the company special to me!

Meet Sanae, systems engineer at Roche in Waiblingen

My work at Roche enables me to put my analytical and technical skills to specific use in a multidisciplinary, dynamic and international environment, to take on new challenges and to play an active role in shaping the future of laboratory automation – and in the process to develop solutions that anticipate patients' future needs.

Interview with Massimo, Roche Pharma

"Roche gives you the opportunity to achieve your full potential, share experience and enrich yourself"

To sum up, working for Roche in Mannheim is an adventure - including all the exciting new activities I will be facing in future

Originally I come from Belgium, but I have been living and working in Germany already for three years now. Considering that learning the local language is one of the key success factors for integrating in a foreign country, I was very motivated to learn German.

Innovative marketing also means rethinking what is tried and tested

We were once again able to get our customers enthusiastic about our product in a new way.

Meet Cordula

Roche as an employer is providing a truly people-focused working environment. I will never forget how impressed I was when I joined Roche and became aware of the passion and engagement in the work of each and every colleague.

Meet Armin

Being part of the supply chain that delivers Roche’s medicinal products to patients is an incredible feeling. It motivates me to achieve even the most challenging goals to a guaranteed high standard of quality.

Meet David

I emigrated from Ireland in 1995 and landed in San Francisco with only a backpack, and the name and phone number of a friend's friend! I did some consulting work in the healthcare industry before joining Genentech in 1999 as a Network Engineer; that was the beginning of my exciting 15-year Biotech journey. Marriage and two kids later, life has never looked so good!

People focus and a pioneering spirit

Talented technologists are highly sought after in the healthcare industry. But what makes the industry attractive to software developers, data scientists, information architects, machine learning engineers, etc.? In short: The opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives and the pioneering spirit associated with that.

Meet Daniel

My work helps Roche to enable colleagues all over the world to bring our solutions to the market. In my previous role as a sales representative, I was very close to the market and our customers in Germany. This close relationship to them allowed me to experience the day-to-day impact of Roche’s products. Working as an International Product Manager allows me to further improve those products.

Meet Rita

Roche as an employer rightfully prides itself on embracing diversity and inclusion as a key ingredient for its success. Employees are encouraged to be genuine and authentic and unafraid to challenge the status-quo.

Meet Flora

Roche is a place where one would receive strong support from teammates, have colleagues who are sincerely helpful and always motivating, and be with a group of highly motivated people who constantly seek to aim higher for patients, the company, their team members and themselves.

Meet Noora

2017 marks my 20th year with Roche and it has been a wonderful journey. Growing with the company, experiencing the changes and seeing the achievements and the opportunities created for employee development, makes me proud to be part of Roche Malaysia.

Meet Senthil

As a Medical Scientific Liaison, I am involved in many high-leveled scientific discussions with physicians in specific therapeutic/disease areas. It is also exciting that you get to be able to meet new people and gather insights that could eventually change patients’ lives for the better.

Conheça Bruno

Bruno diz que a Roche é uma empresa única, que realmente trabalha com o propósito de melhorar a vidas dos pacientes. “Embora quem está de fora às vezes não perceba a dimensão do que é feito, estamos mudando a história de vida das pessoas, o que é apaixonante”.

Conheça Rafael

Rafael é apaixonado por viajar, aprender coisas novas, gosta de viver cercado de verde e ajudar as pessoas. A sua escolha pela área de Farmácia e Bioquímica se justifica, em partes, por isso. Futuro doutor em Doenças Tropicais e saúde internacional, ele passa seus dias estudando, buscando novas experiências e se dedicando às funções na Roche em São Paulo.

Conheça Flávia

Flávia gosta de criar vínculos com quem está ao seu redor. Possivelmente por causa disso ela decidiu atuar na área de RH. Mas, a sua escolha de trabalhar na Roche foi por causa da área de atuação da empresa e pela oportunidade de ajudar pessoas em momentos de necessidade.

Conheça Dayane

A diversidade de oportunidades, atividades, interação e ambiente de constante mudanças é o que encanta Dayane na Roche. Bem como a preocupação e o respeito da empresa por todos os funcionários.

Special Support for Special Qualification

All roads lead to Rome, or to Mannheim and Penzberg, as in the case of the ten Germany's national scholarship program holders. They took up our invitation and came as guests to the "Welcome2Roche" events on both sites, where they mingled with the new employees and got the chance to experience the world of Roche at first hand.

Meet Martin

Joining Roche was a great career move for me; it makes such a difference to wake up in the morning knowing you work for a company that helps to save patient’s lives – this is the best motivator one can have!

Meet Carolina

I like working here because Roche has a creative and innovative culture, where we are encouraged to come up with new ideas to improve our work.

Roche Indonesia Management Trainees 2017

Meet our successful 2017 MT candidates and potential Roche future leaders that will under-go this one year management trainee program. We wish them the best of luck for the beginning of their exciting career journey!

We’re after your ideas!

Ideas breed both innovations and product and process improvements, and safeguard the long-term competitiveness of Roche. As a Legal & IP manager at Roche in Waiblingen, Timo Wilhelm is constantly seeking ideas for precisely such purposes.

Meet Halka

My typical day at work is diverse, exciting and never boring. As a technical quality assurance manager, I am responsible for a team of six people, and we are basically in charge of equipment qualification, computerised system validation, and a lot of other aspects in conjunction with production, packaging and infrastructure. My work helps Roche to improve patients’ lives by ensuring that the production lines are properly set up to fill, lyophilise and pack our products.

Meet Axel

My work helps Roche to keep in touch with reality. In Marketing especially, we sometimes tend to get carried away by our own positive messages. Roche as an employer is rational and stable. With biosimilars for these top drugs on the horizon, one can most certainly trust that Roche’s values of Courage, Integrity and Passion will steer Roche successfully through this rougher sea of fiercer competition.

Meet Avril

I support the day-to-day work necessary to manage clinical trials at the country level. My typical day at work is never the same. You are free to work in the environment that best suits your working style and schedule each day. Roche Canada provides the technology necessary to work effectively and ergonomically and makes individual career development and recognition a priority.

Meet Jacob

My first assignment was with the Global Analytics and Reporting team where I had several projects. My first project was to provide data to support a program review for the Commercial Perspectives program for the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics Division.

Meet Jessica

It was fascinating to experience a “start-up setting” within an established organization such as Roche and how much it differs in terms of pace, priorities, and challenges.

Product management also means designing degrees of freedom

To feel the trust in my abilities makes me enthusiastic day by day.

Lateral entry into Pharma Marketing – a good idea?

The diversity of the interactions that one has with different functions and people. This has also given me a lot personally.en.

Meet Simon

I see Roche as a great place to develop your career. This goes above and beyond a lot of “formal” programs and the great HR support we have. I also found that the drive to support people's development is deeply ingrained in the culture. You are expected to drive your own development and be proactive.

Meet Darko

Darko Mogic, I came to Canada from Serbia in 1993 and started my IT career in a tax filing software company as a developer. My wife worked for Roche as a chemist and recommended the company to me.

Meet Weronika

Hi, my name is Weronika and I am from Poland. I studied Information Technology and finished my master’s studies at Warsaw University of Technology in 2012. I joined Roche in 2013 as a Software Developer in ADMD Warsaw. One year later I had the opportunity to join Diagnostics in Switzerland.

Construyendo una cultura de flexibilidad

Dos mujeres y un hombre. Dos madres y un padre que no han renunciado a su vida laboral y han querido luchar por lograr ese equilibro entre su espacio personal y laboral. Nos acercamos a conocer la historia de tres trabajadores de Roche España que nos cuentan su experiencia con la política de flexibilidad horaria de la compañía.

Meet Jan

Hi, my name is Jan and I’m a software developer at Roche. I grew up in central Switzerland near the beautiful city of Lucerne, which is where I live nowadays. After the Matura, the Swiss form of high school, I attended ETH Zurich and graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the field of robotics. That’s right, a mechanical engineer working as a software developer!

Docs for Industry

Für Mediziner bietet die Pharmaindustrie vielfältige Karrieremöglichkeiten. Medizinstudentin Karolina hat bei Roche ein dreimonatiges Praktikum absolviert. In einem Interview erzählt sie, wie es ihr gegangen ist und was sie aus der Zeit mitnimmt.

Roche Informatics are establishing and growing IT Shared Service Centres

Roche is currently embarking on an exciting program to unify the IT Service Desk Organization into a single global function with a strong regional focus by creating new IT positions in Roche IT Shared Service Centres (SSC) in Kuala Lumpur; Budapest; and San Jose, Costa Rica. Paul Kay, Roche Global IT Recruitment, spoke with Steve Guise, Global Head of Roche Pharma Informatics, about his perspectives on Roche, the role of IT, and the importance of the new/expanded SSCs.

Meet Asiedua

Hi, my name is Asiedua. I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. In my free time I enjoy wine tasting, cooking, hiking, and dancing. I currently live in Basel city and am surrounded by parks, restaurants, and inviting cafes.

Meet Carlos

Hi, my name is Carlos. I grew up in Havana, Cuba. In 2005, I moved with my wife and daughter to Ontario, Canada and eventually joined Roche in January 2010.

Meet Rachelle

Hi, my name is Rachelle. I am pleased to have recently joined Genentech/Roche after more than 25 years of working in academic medicine. My background is in neurology and cognitive anthropology, but my training has been applied to understanding and remediating Alzheimer’s disease.

Meet Jami, Vice President of Operations for Sequencing

For Sequencing, it is a place where we get to establish a new foundation of making a difference through people for our patients. All of our decisions have an impact.

Internship Program at Roche Pharma Indonesia

Roche Pharma Indonesia recently opened the first batch of internship program in June 2016 for university students to get their hands on real world work experience. Our HR team had the chance to have chat with the participants on their last day of the program, and here’s what they have to say about Roche.

Roche Indonesia 2nd Career Day 2016

Roche Indonesia has just participated in one of the biggest university career fairs in the country on 28 - 30 October 2016, at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), West Java, Indonesia. This is by far our most successful career day, with a total of 2253 Roche booth visitors, and more than 2000 CVs received from only 3 days!

Roche Diagnostics Recognized for Commitment to Workplace Diversity and Inclusion in the Middle East at Annual Women in Leadership Economic Forum

Creating a diverse workplace where everyone is valued and has an equal opportunity to grow and develop has proven to positively influence a company’s culture, performance and profitability.

Meet Moritz

Hi, my name is Moritz. I grew up in Mainz in Germany, a city similar in size to Basel and located about 30 km west of Frankfurt/Main. I studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Bingen and completed my degree in Bioinformatics in 2007.

Roche Indonesia’s Career Day

On 10 & 11 May 2016, Roche Indonesia’s Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Team participated on the first career fair in 2016 at Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. We engaged with hundreds of enthusiastic booth visitors, both graduates and experienced individuals who were interested in joining our organization.

Meet Irene

Hi, my name is Irene. I am from Lucerne, Switzerland, and joined Roche 3 years ago from the University of Zurich. I was a principal investigator in Alzheimer’s disease research focusing on the neuroimmunological mechanisms of chronic neurodegenerative diseases.

Meet Nhu

I joined Roche Pharma Vietnam in HCMC as a Strategic Business Analyst in January 2015. I have been working in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 5 years. I love experimenting with innovative approaches, and sharing experience with others. In my free time, I enjoy travelling with my family and friends, and exploring new places, foods, and cultures.

Meet Mario

We work hard in Diabetes Care IT to come up with the most innovative solutions to support the Diabetes Care business. Being part of an ongoing transformation program means that I never get bored!

Meet Manuel

Hi, my name is Manuel and I am studying chemistry as part of my Master of Science (MSc) programme at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU), with an emphasis on organic and inorganic chemistry. I am currently doing an internship in the field of organic synthesis as part of the Roche Internship in Medicinal Chemistry (RiCH) Programme in Basel, Switzerland.

Meet Vera, a chemical lab technician at Roche

I like working at Roche because I can see, especially in the current situation with the global COVID-19 pandemic, how important our work is – not just for patients but for the whole of society. I love working with so many inspiring people and continuing my development and training all the time.

Meet LingCheng

LingCheng Tao, Legal Counsel, Legal, Roche Diagnostics. Finding the balance between the increasingly stringent regulations and growing business is challengeable.

Meet Chris

Chris Zhang, Procurement specialist, Finance, Roche Pharmaceduticals. This is a big family advocating learning from each other.

Meet Yuan

Yuan Chen, Senior District Manager, Key Account Hospital Access at Roche Pharmaceuticals. As hospital access team member, my job is helping hospitals know about Roche’s professionalism and strong academic study, strengthening Roche’s long-term cooperation with hospital.

Meet Ang

Ang Zhao, Senior Service Engineer, Customer Care, Roche Diagnostics. How to seek out the trouble spot of the equipment rapidly and assist to deal with patients’ sample in time is the most challenging part of my job now.

Meet Miao

Miao Xie, Customer Support Supervisor, Customer Care, Roche Diagnostics. Reasonable explanations and advice help patients receive treatment.

Meet Wei

Wei Chen, Foreman of finished goods warehouse at Roche Pharmaceuticals. Each box and each bottle of Roche Pharmaceuticals’ 18 products starts its journey from this huge warehouse and is delivered to people who need it.

Meet Weifeng

Weifeng Zhang, Drug Safety Scientist, Product Development, Shanghai. My duty is to analyze the drug safety data collected worldwide and make corresponding risk management strategies.

Meet YiLan

YiLan Zhang, Regional LI Manager, Regional LI Manager, Centralized and Point of Care Solutions. How to represent Roche and demonstrate company culture needs to be considered.

Meet YangYang

YangYang Jia, Sr. Account Executive, Molecular Solutions - IVD, Roche Diagnostics. I have to be acquainted with testing methods in hospitals and Roche products, and also know how to communicate effectively.

Meet Dominik

I lead a global IT infrastructure consultancy team with team members in Basel, Penzberg, Sao Paulo, South San Francisco and Shanghai. In my role, I’m accountable for ensuring successful partnering within IT.

Meet Andreas

I am very excited about being part of the global product strategy team with so many highly talented and motivated people from all around the globe – that’s very inspiring.

Meet Andrea Masters

It’s an exciting time with many changes in the Market Access environment with lots of opportunity to learn and make a difference as the environment evolves.

Meet Tobias

Hi, my name is Tobias and I come from Germany. I joined the Roche Ophthalmology Department in November 2015 as a RiSE (Roche Internship for Scientific Exchange) intern, and I work on a genetics project.

Meet Daniela

Hi, my name is Daniela, I was born and raised in Milan, Italy. My academic mentor suggested that I should apply for an internship on the Roche internships for Scientific Exchange (RiSE) program. Since I viewed it as a great opportunity to grow as a scientist, I was very keen to apply, and that is how I joined Roche.

Meet Nancy

I am a Canadian pharmacist with previous work experience in retail pharmacy, drug Information, and drug safety. I am currently studying Pharmaceutical Regulation as part of a graduate program and “training” (emphasis on quotations) for my first 10 km run in the spring!

Meet Marina

Hi, my name is Marina and I joined Roche in 2010 as Head of the Cell Biology Group. I am leading one of the Cancer Immunotherapy departments.

Meet Astrid

My work helps Roche to help patients by bringing forward more effective and personalised new therapies and combinations that will lead to long-term benefit, and even cures for them. I want to understand what is driving their disease.

Meet Daphne

After my Masters studies in Business Administration with a focus in Engineering and Finance, I joined Roche in Switzerland as a Global Finance Management trainee.

Meet Jennifer Fleming

I help my colleagues at Roche Canada understand the “why” behind decisions the company takes, how those decisions may impact their work and how that work helps us achieve our vision.

Meet Sotirios

I am currently working as a Business Solution Manager (BSM) in the Business Intelligence & Analytics department within Informatics. I provide functional and strategic expertise for a wide area of business processes and solutions within the drug development lifecycle.

Meet Nusheen Ditta

I work in a very supportive and talented department. Our ideas and thoughts are considered important and we are encouraged to voice them in many different forums and venues.

Ich persönlich erlebe total Spannendes mit Roche – vom Kundenkontakt bis zu den Veranstaltungen.

Als Produktmanager bin ich dafür verantwortlich, mein Produkt im Markt zu etablieren und dafür zu sorgen, dass möglichst viele Patienten davon profitieren. Den Finger am Puls des Marktes zu halten ist dabei besonders wichtig.

Wearing a proud shade of green

A little over a year ago Roche Pharma Canada moved to its new premises in Mississauga. Part of that move involved looking at the environment goals closely and putting systems and efforts in place to make the campus a model for sustainability.

LED by science

Curiosity, passion, determination and a touch of genius led three young Hong Kong students to design and produce a self-sanitising door handle, thereby winning the Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) and a round trip of Roche sites in Switzerland.

A family waits for a medicine

February 29 is Rare Disease Day. It is a day of hope for Fernanda Silva, a Roche colleague in Brazil, and her husband Acerlan Souza. Their daughter Beatriz is seven. She is a little bundle of joy and is extremely playful. But she has a problem, a rare one.

Roche Mannheim assists refugees

As home to around 6,000 refugees, the Benjamin Franklin barracks in the north of Mannheim currently resemble a small town. A lot of things, including sleeping bags, tables and winter clothing, are in short supply.

Meet Karina

HR Perspectives is a step out of your comfort zone, an adventure that provides indispensable insights into your personal and professional passions and capabilities.

Meet Pelin

In October 2017, I completed the HR Perspectives program and started to my post program role in Basel. I am working as a Talent Acquisition Expert and supporting both Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics divisions.

Meet Jannik

HR Perspectives brought me from Basel, Switzerland over South San Francisco, USA to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where I am currently an HR Business Partner for our commercial organization in the Diagnostics business.

Meet Andrea

I have over 15 years’ experience as an Executive/Administrative Assistant for various industries including IT consulting, insurance, and event management.

Meet Raul

I joined Roche in May 2015 in Vancouver and relocated to Montreal in June. I was born and raised in La Paz (Bolivia), completed my undergraduate studies in France and the USA and moved to Canada for graduate school.

Meet Eric

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Toronto with my parents at the young of 6. My hobbies include a variety of things such as photography, building models, snowboarding, playing basketball and video games.

Meet Dean

Hi, my name is Dean and I am a British citizen. I joined Roche from the United Kingdom, where I was working as a management consultant for the pharma industry.

Meet Jochen

My name is Jochen. I was born in Southern Germany where I also spent my whole childhood. I hold a master’s degree in Business and Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

Meet Paola Botrugno

I am responsible for the implementation of the Personalised Reimbursement Model project with affiliates – meaning I support them in developing and implementing their strategies as well as providing input and facilitating knowledge sharing.

Meet Justyna

My name is Justyna. I joined Roche five years ago as a specialist for Oracle Software Development and am now working in the area of Business Intelligence as a Senior IT Professional..

Roche Ranks 3rd Globally in Diversity and Inclusion Index

Creating a diverse workplace in which everyone is valued and has an equal opportunity to grow and develop has been proved to positively impact a company’s culture, performance and profitability. In a male-dominant region such as the Middle East that is constantly scrutinized by the media, it is important to bring to light efforts being put towards equal opportunities.

Meet Michael Schröter

I look after the implementation of the Personalised Reimbursement Model (PRM). My team is charged with developing and implementing a framework to address a key challenge in pricing and access.

Meet René Imhof

The Operational Pricing team includes an In-Market Pricing group and a Transfer Pricing group. Our role is to give guidance to our regional and local market access and pricing functions around the world for the implementation of our value-based pricing strategies.

Meet Claudine Sapede

I am responsible for aligning global, regional and affiliate functions around common priorities, themes, principles and positions in the field of HTA and payment policy.

Meet Charles Ngoh

My role requires an ability to think strategically and to work with and lead teams.

Meet Carla Bedard

The remit of my role is to drive progress towards implementing Personalised Reimbursement Models (PRM), which enable accelerated and broader patient access to Roche’s medicines.

Meet Pierre Ducournau

A key aspect of my role is to understand current and future HTA requirements and translate these into meaningful analyses and methodologies which can be used directly by Roche affiliates for their HTA strategy and dossiers.

Meet Taimur Bhatti

My role requires a broad understanding of the constantly evolving payer environment and an appreciation of challenges faced by Roche affiliates.

Meet Asli Sisli

The most rewarding aspect of my job is that I am able to address issues with high impact on patient well-being and company turnover.

Neither down, nor out

Genentech’s Greg Orlick has multiple sclerosis but has made it a positive influence in his life

Meet Pavel Napalkov

Key skills for my role are the ability to prioritise, to have a positive attitude while working in the constantly changing business environment, be genuinely interested in what your business partners do and to actively give help and ask for help.

Meet Christine, Product Manager

I grew up in Paris(France) and studied chemistry, galenic formulation and healthcare management.

Meet Trinh, HR Administrative Assistant

My name is Trinh. I graduated with a major in International Business Administration from Ton Duc Thang University. I am working as HR Administrative Assistant.

Meet Tin

Hi, my name is Tin. I was born in Guangzhou, China. I moved to Hong Kong when I was 11, and then to Melbourne, Australia, as an international student when I was 15 years old. I stayed in Australia for over 10 years and graduated from the University of Melbourne.

Meet Caroline

My name is Caroline. I am an expert in flow cytometry, which is a technology used to analyse immune cells.

Meet some of the leading people

Meet Clint, Head of the Global Engineering & Pharma Informatics Madrid Site

What is Molecular Information Management?

The emerging field of Molecular Information and Genomic analysis will play an increasingly important role for future medicines and diagnostic solutions, in particular for cancer patients

Roche is one of the greenest companies

Roche is committed to sustainable development and our efforts have been recognized by Newsweek in collaboration with Corporate Knights Capital and HIP (Human Impact + Profit) Investor Inc. We are in the top 10 of the green companies in the world.

Careers at Roche: How to apply in a few easy steps

We've listened carefully to your comments the last years and have made some exciting changes to our career site.

Meet Lukas

Hi there, my name is Lukas and I am working as a health economist at Roche. In my free time I enjoy being outdoors and travelling.

Meet Aymeric

My name is Aymeric Lagarde and I am from France. I was born in Reims, the capital of the Champagne region in the north-eastern part of the country.

Meet Nina

My daily work is truly varied, spanning research in literature, planning future experiments, reviewing and analyzing data as well as practical work and hands-on experience at the machines.

Meet Martin

First as an aspiring apprentice and then joining Roche as a fresh graduate, I started off as a junior developer, graduated to several senior developer assignments and finally, am now entrusted with an entire project as the lead software architect.

Meet Molly

Roche Basel is a very international and dynamic site to work at. There are more than 10 nationalities in my team of 12 people. People bring their different backgrounds and experiences and are open to share best practices.

Meet Noémie

I joined the Finance Perspectives program in January 2014 and completed my first assignment in Basel as a Pharma Controller in the Pharma Finance Business Integration department, and dedicated 20% of my time supporting the Skin Franchise within Global Product Strategy.

Business Intelligence or the importance of getting the right data

In IT information matters and, in fact, it does a lot. That’s why reporting skills are so important when you need to have a detailed view at your data in order to make the right decisions for your organization.

Meet Hanna

I learned how critical the role of HR is in fostering the corporate culture, developing the workforce and ultimately, in achieving business goals.

Meet Pia

The project I am working on involves diverse team members from various functions of Roche, including colleagues from IT, Contract and Legal, Procurement, Global/Regional HRBP, Shared Service Center.

Meet Christin

I started in October 2014 on my first assignment as a project manager for the global team of Learning & Organizational Effectiveness, in Basel. My focus area has been on High Potentials and Succession Planning which helped me to understand how relevant Succession Planning and Talent Management are for the overall organization.

Effective feedback in professional environments

Managing feedback will help you always in your professional career. One of the skills that always will be included in the profile of good leaders is their ability to give and receive feedback smoothly but effectively.

Meet Chris

I was born in southern California and spent most of my childhood close to the mountains in Colorado. My university life was split between California and the Lausanne area, where I spent a few years studying abroad and doing internships with a major multinational food and beverage company. I spent just over 3 years working internationally as an internal auditor after university, again out of the Lausanne region, and moved to Basel early in 2014 to begin my career with Roche.

Meet Nirvana Ramlall

Roche is definitely focused on staff development and the performance evaluation method over the years has been more than fair, relevant and transparent.

Meet Clinton

I believe Roche has the true interest in not only getting products to patients but also in developing the market in which it operates.

Meet Thozama

I find my colleagues very friendly, hardworking and good team players. I believe that Roche is a great place to work for because, because employees are well taken care of.

Meet Themba

I was looking for a company that was an Innovator and ahead of the rest when it came to technology and Roche is that company.

Meet Michael

I am stimulated on a daily basis to solve legal and compliance issues to make sure that we meet our obligation of “Doing now what patients need next.” more

Meet Christoph

I work at Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz and live in Arth, which gives me a very short commute, something I have come to appreciate very much compared to earlier jobs. The Rotkreuz site has grown extremely fast in the last years and therefore, many new and modern offices and production buildings have been built.

Meet Burçe

After I had graduated from the medical faculty I moved to İstanbul and started my residency training on cardiovascular surgery. I had completed my residency training in 2011 and worked as a cardiovascular surgeon for almost a year then I decided to make a big change about my life. I quit my job and started to work at Roche.

Meet Sinan

I am 40 and have been married since 2007. I have a 5 years old son. I graduated from İstanbul Technical University where I studied Environmental Engineering.

Meet Deniz

I grew up in Bursa, one of the major cities in Turkey. After graduating from high school in there, I moved to Istanbul for my education.

Meet Wei An

My name is Wei An and I am originally from Singapore, a little city state in Southeast Asia with 5.4 million residents in a tiny land area of 700sq km.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Pietro

What motivates me is pride, sense of duty and sense of being appreciated for my work.

Chiara

“Doing now what patients need next’ means committing ourselves now, working to the best of our ability, to meet the needs of patients, including those still unexpressed.”

Darío Salas

Soy egresado de la carrera de Ingeniería Industrial y de Procesos y me graduaré en el mes de noviembre. Lideré un gremio estudiantil universitario, rol que me permitió apoyar la gestión académica de los estudiantes.

Meet Cristina

Hi, my name is Cristina Varela. I am originally from Spain, from a small city called Ponferrada located in the north. I did my graduate studies in Labor Science...

Meet Leslie

I've been with Roche for 12 years. I actually started in 2001, in a company called Ventana Medical Systems in Tucson, Arizona, which in 2008 became a part of Roche. At that moment, I couldn't imagine all the interesting opportunities ahead of me!

Roche is one of Britains Top Employers

Roche has been named as one of Britain019s Top Employers for 2013, as certified by the CRF Institute.

Meet Susanne

My name is Susanne and I am originally from Magdeburg in Germany. I work as a formulation scientist at Roche. I studied pharmacy in Germany but this was not what I thought I would be doing...

Meet Till

My name is Till Dorin. I was born 34 years ago in Cologne and now live in Basel. I joined Roche in January 2008, having come from a consulting company. My focus was and still is SAP HR Systems. When I am not at Roche, I spend time with my little family. Coming home has been even more exciting since our little daughter was born in 2010. I love spending time with my friends and enjoying the Rhine in summertime.