Stories related to Switzerland

​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.

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 Aijing

Roche cares about the wellbeing of its employees. There is a swimming pool, a fitness centre, yoga courses and other fitness facilities on site. People can work in a flexible way, including working from home. Managers care about their employees’ career development.

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 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.

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 Marius, RiSE intern at Roche

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

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 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 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

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.

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.

Meet Waltraud, Chair Clinical Research Fellowship Program (CRFP) and Senior Clinical Scientist

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.

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.

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 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.

Roche Internships in Kaiseraugst Operations (RiKO)

The Roche Internship in Kaiseraugst Operations (RiKO) Program offers every spring and fall semester six-month internships in Quality, Production, Pharma Technology, Process Optimisation, Employee Training and Data Management. In this program, you can assume responsibility, learn to play a proactive role, get a first-hand insight into our activities and processes, and find out what it’s like to work with colleagues and many different stakeholders.

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 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 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.

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 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 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).

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.

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 Mischa

It’s curious, but lunch at Roche is primarily used to network across departments and functions. It’s our contribution to innovation that employees have a tasty and healthy meal plus new insights and pleasant conversations. Every day I see people assembling in the lobby, greeting colleagues and talking to each other before having lunch together.

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 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.

Meet Thais

My work helps Roche to grow its business and to understand real customer needs for future development. All the solutions we offer are tailor-made because each customer is unique.

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 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 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 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.

Universum Switzerland's Most Attractive Employers

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.

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!

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 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 Karen

Hi, my name is Karen. I was born in England and moved to Switzerland in January 2009. My typical day at work is definitely not typical.

Meet Esteban

Hi, my name is Esteban. I am from Costa Rica. I have a degree in IT Systems Engineering and I am a certified Project Management Professional. My wife and I are really passionate about health, fitness and nature. We have three dogs: a miniature Schnauzer and two Beagles.

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.

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 Jens

I would describe my typical day at work as a mixture of the deductive powers of Sherlock Holmes, the research spirit of Marie Curie, and the diplomatic networking of Henry Kissinger, while documenting everything like John Watson.

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 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 Claudia

At Roche, our aim is for every person who is in need of our products to have access and benefit from them.

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 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 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 Sindee

I am currently a Lifecycle Finance Manager, supporting the business team on all financial topics. This is an interesting role as I work with people from numerous functions within the business area and also across the Diagnostics organisation.

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 Armin

Hi, my name is Armin. I am from Kempten, a historic and beautiful small town in the Allgäu, right next to the mountains. I studied life sciences, a combination of organic chemistry and molecular biology, at the University of Constance.

Meet Lukas

I was searching for a new opportunity in a globally oriented company close to my hometown which is also committed to going forward with innovative topics.

Meet Pius

My name is Pius and I work as Software Requirements Engineer for Roche Diagnostics International. I have been with Roche since 2006 and have worked within different projects and roles.

Meet Sandro

My name is Sandro, I’m 25 years old and I have been working within Roche for almost 10 years now. At the moment I am working as a Development Engineer in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Meet Wolfgang

I am a German native speaker, born in a small city between the border to Switzerland and Munich which is embedded in a geographical area called Allgäu.

Meet Marcin

My name is Marcin; I have been with Roche since 2002. I was born and raised in Poland and this is where most of my family still lives – which also means Poland is my favourite holiday destination :)

Meet Ceri

I come from Scotland originally and spent my childhood on the west coast, developing a passion for lakes, mountains and all things deep fried.

Meet Annalisa

I am Annalisa and I joined Roche at the beginning of May 2015. I am originally from Italy, but I left my country more than 20 years ago for what was supposed to be a couple of years of training in the USA during my PhD.

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 Maya

My name is Maya and I lead the e-learning team for Global Customer Support at Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. I joined Roche in October 2013 as an e-learning specialist. Looking back, I clearly see that following my passion is what brought me here.

Meet Flavio

Hi, my name is Flavio and I work as a Development Engineer for Roche Diagnostics International. I was born and raised in the countryside near Lucerne, where I still live today.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 Thomas

Hello, my name is Thomas Wicki and I work as electrical team leader in the Engineering Department at Roche Basel. Together with eight team colleagues we are responsible for planning and setting up electrical systems. I started my career at Roche in 1997 as project engineer in the Engineering Department. Previously I had been working in various engineering firms in Zurich and became familiar with planning and implementation from the company’s side.

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!

Meet Anastasia

Hello, my name is Anastasia Tzimpoukaki and I come from Crete, the most southerly Greek island. I have lived in Baden since September 2011. My main areas of scientific interest are Data management, Portfolio management and Innovation management. I have two years of experience working in Data Management, Business Intelligence System Development and IT customer support.

Meet Frank

I was born and grew up in Denmark. After my graduation I was offered a job in Switzerland through a Danish IT consulting firm. As I had wanted to get some experience of living and working in other counties, I accepted this great opportunity. My plan was to get one, at most two years of experience in Germany / Switzerland before going back to Denmark, but I never returned. This is now 17 years ago.

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 Yvonne

My name is Yvonne and I have been at Roche for a year and a half. I am Swiss and grew up in a village in the canton of Zurich. For some years I have been living in the beautiful little town of Zug, which is half way between Zurich and Lucerne.

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.

Meet Thomas

My name is Thomas Blättler, I am married and have a one year old son. In my spare time I love to spend time with my little family and friends and to be out in the nature with skis, a mountain bike or hiking boots. This year on April 1st I celebrated my fifth anniversary at Roche Diagnostics. Time flies by. I joined Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz (Switzerland) right after finishing my PhD. The first one and a half years I was Consumables Project Leader before I was given the opportunity to build up and lead the Consumables Development department. Since January I am now heading Development Project Leaders of instrument projects for diagnostic systems.

Meet Agata

My name is Agata Bres. I come from the beautiful Masuria area of Poland, which is famous for its 2,000 lakes. I lived there until graduating with a bachelor0019s degree in computer science. I subsequently earned a master0019s degree in software engineering in Germany. I started my professional career at Siemens Healthcare in Bavaria, where I had a pleasure of assisting in the development of a software product used in the treatment of cancer patients. This experience gave me the opportunity to improve both my personal and professional skills. In February 2012, after spending seven years at Siemens, I decided to move to Switzerland to start a new chapter in my life. I began to work for Roche Diagnostics.

Meet Leila

I come from Kazakhstan, a beautiful and hospitable country. For the past eight years I have been living and studying here in Switzerland. Both countries have inspired me to learn, expand my horizon and meet new people. It energises me to make new acquaintances and friends. These are the three adjectives that describe me best: curious, organised and solution-oriented.

Meet Alexis

Hello, my name is Alexis, I am 25 years old and I live in France. I am passionate about new technologies and mobile devices.

Meet Niclas

My Name is Niclas Hitziger, I am from Germany and joined Roche in 2007. I am a molecular biologist. Before I joined Roche I worked as a Postdoc at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. When I have time like to do sports like biking, hiking and running but my current focus is to spend most of my time with my family.

Meet Marion

My name is Marion Souveton. I am French and a true Parisian as I was born in Paris and lived there for more than 30 years. I have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 11 years, first joining a pharmaceutical company where I stayed for 7 years. In our family we have a passion for horses as my husband coaches horse riders for dressage competitions and I have done a lot of jumping competitions in the past. more

Meet Nathalie

My name is Nathalie Legrenzi. I am French, I studied in France, I live in France, but I19ve never worked in France. I19ve worked for Roche for almost 19 years.After spending a few years in two IT service companies in Basel I joined Roche in 1994. I spent the first 13 years at the Swiss headquarters in Basel, working first with Pharma Development and then as Information Manager for Strategic Marketing and Life Cycle Teams.

Meet Monika

My name is Monika Vogt and I am from Switzerland. I have a background in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Human Resources Management, which I studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Olten, Switzerland. I have around 14 years of HR experience, of which I spent 10 years at Roche. Having joined Roche as a recruiter, I moved into an HR Business Partner role and later on worked as a talent scout. Since September 2015 I have been working as Head of PT (Pharma Global Technical Operations) Recruiting Basel & Kaiseraugst.

Meet Daniel

Tell us a bit about yourself Hello everyone, my name is Daniel and I am a Talent Scout at Roche, where I work with Pharma Research early and late Development. I was born in a smallish city very close to Berlin, Germany. I started my career in the late 1990s at a big regional wholesaler in Germany, where I spent several years as a personal assistant to the general manager. After that, I switched to a sales position at one of Europe019s top three electronic retailers before finally finding the line of work I am currently in. Back then I would never have considered working for one of the world019s biggest pharmaceutical companies. The birth of my daughter was a major milestone in my life because it demanded a lot of flexibility from me.

Meet Judith

My name is Judith and I work as a recruiter for Pharma Technical Operations. I tend to think of myself as a head hunter who switched sides from executive search to in-house recruiting. At the end of the day, it019s not that much different. I keep trying to find the needle in a haystack, assessing talent and moving people from job to job and from country to country.

Meet Carmen

My name is Carmen Pfeiffer and I come from the southern part of Germany, close to the Swiss and French border, an area which is called 01cDreiländereck01d. I have worked with Roche for 10 years now. My hobbies are travelling (especially to Asia), cooking, and I am addicted to a lot of American TV shows. I joined Roche Grenzach right after my studies in 2002, in Manufacturing Controlling. After two and a half years in this position, I decided to pursue a career outside of Roche, by working for one year at a local hospital in the finance department.

Meet Rebecca

By 2002, I had worked in more jobs than I could count, searching for the right fit for me, both job-wise and company-wise. I found both of those when I started working for Roche in 2003. I worked as the National Learning and Development Manager in Australia for about 8 years, before moving into a global role.

Meet Fanny

I started working at Roche in 2010 as a trainee. I joined a two-year programme in Regulatory Affairs tailored for young graduates to get first-hand working experience. After one year in Global Regulatory Affairs followed by a six-month rotation in a global business team, I was offered a permanent position in Global Regulatory Affairs Oncology.

Meet Sandra

My name is Sandra Probst-Gonçalves. I am Brazilian and grew up in São Paulo, where I worked for renowned international companies and developed my passion for languages and international environments. I moved to Switzerland 13 years ago and had the opportunity to continue to handle international assignments. I have two children and spend my spare time with family and friends. Whenever possible, I try to squeeze aqua fitness, zumba or jogging into my tight work/family schedule.

Meet Patricia

Hello, my name is Tricia Stewart and I grew up on the East Coast of the United States in Connecticut about 150 km north of New York City. My entire 25+ year career has been in the HR field and managing teams 013specifically in the area of relocation/mobility.

Meet Feifei

I was born in Shanghai, China. By the time I graduated from university in my hometown, my dream was to study and work abroad. So I went to Japan to purse my MBA. After graduation, I found a sales job in a global diagnostic...

Meet Andreas

Hello, I am Andreas group leader at the Galenical Engineering department at Roche Basel. I joined Roche in 1997, I started at the vitamins division in Sisseln then moved to Pharma division in 1999...

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