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Start small, think big
The Business Perspectives programme has been an intense experience and has shaped my life yesterday, today and tomorrow. From the Andes over the Alps to ... infinity and beyond.
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A world of possibilities
I see the Business Perspective Program as an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of Roche’s organisational structure across different geographies and functions, and of how I personally can contribute most effectively to its purpose.
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Meet Olena, Value Stream Lead at Roche
Roche puts a lot of emphasis on diversity and inclusion, embracing different genders, nationalities and backgrounds, offering equal opportunities for professional development. In all areas I worked at Roche, people are fully passionate and willing to go the extra mile.
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Working at Roche has been the opportunity of a lifetime
Our work environment has a culture based on integrity, trust and respect. I love that the patient is at the centre of everything we do. I also deeply respect and am proud of my team members because they always do what is best for the team while keeping the patient in mind.
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The best results can only be achieved together - it is as simple as that
Along this journey I found a passion for fostering a culture of respect, where people work together as equals and are empowered to contribute by bringing their own strengths, while receiving support to grow new ones. I truly believe that in such a culture together we can achieve everything for the patient.
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Scratching the surface of what is Finance at Roche
The Finance Perspectives Programme helps me to develop because of the wide array of topics and problems we are confronted with. One day might be about solving a supply-chain question related to a pandemic and the next working on HIV-testing on a continental scale.
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Creating value for people from data
Being part of a project that directly supports the efforts of increasing the number of performed COVID-19 antibody and virus tests has been very rewarding. Learn more about Anna's work and her motivation as a Data Analytics Engineer at Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz.
moreMeet Yves, RiQEx Intern at Roche
Compared to my experience at university, science at Roche is more impactful. As a student we get first hands-on experience but we do this in our own small laboratories. At Roche, everything you work on has an impact on the daily life of our patients in some way or form.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Meet Cecilia, Pharmacovigilance Hub Specialist at Roche
My work ensures that patients continue to receive access to life-changing therapies
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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.
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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.
moreMy 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
moreMeet 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Meet Valérie, Head Engineering & Maintenance at Roche
Roche as an employer is a company which encourages modern working such as part-time positions, working from home (where possible), women in leadership positions and much more. Our teams are diverse, which enriches the daily work and knowledge sharing enormously.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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).
moreMeet Hannah, Associate Safety Director at Roche
“The great thing about working in the pharmaceutical industry and in product development safety is that there is not really a typical day.”
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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.
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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.
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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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Start Patient Safety. Where passion meets purpose.
You are a Bachelor (BSC), Master (MSC) or a PhD degree in Life Sciences and Digital Science who wants to contribute to a strong purpose? You want to apply your outstanding academic skills to improve patients' lives? A multinational work environment where innovation is a key driver for success is what you are looking for? To challenge your comfort zone to achieve better results is part of your DNA? Then Start Patient Safety is your next career step.
moreMeet Tatiana Rosa, Head of Sterile Manufacturing at Roche
My work helps Roche to deliver medicines to patients as I am directly involved in manufacturing biological, sterile, commercial products. We are working on accelerating production lead times, increasing quality performance and production line productivity in order to become even more agile, cost effective and capable in adapting to the new demands. We put the patient at the centre of our daily business.
moreFrom 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...
moreDoing a RiKO internship at Roche? Ask Samira!
Samira is currently doing her internship at Roche. In the interview, she will give you a lot of interesting insights into her daily work as an intern at Roche.
moreMeet 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.
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Roche Internship Programme Group Informatics (RiGI)
The Roche Internship Programme in Group Informatics (RiGI) is designed for technology and Computer Science/IT students (Bachelor/Master/Phd) to become an integral part of our company’s central nervous system - Roche IT - in Basel/Kaiseraugst, Switzerland. More information about the RiGI programme, you’ll find under careers.roche.ch/ritechit.
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Roche Product Supply Chain
''We are excited as we mobilize for the next phase of our Supply Chain Transformation here at Roche/ Genentech and have realigned our operating model for the future. Our focus will be connecting our Supply Chain by segment to the channel and patients and there are a number of great opportunities, we are looking forward to your applications to the roles below.'' Matthew Winterman
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Meet Marius, RiSE intern at Roche
The RiSE program offers internships specifically for doctoral students within the Roche research department.
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Meet Isabelle
The Business Perspectives programme was an opportunity to meet and learn from diverse people across functions and geographies, and it taught me about myself and where I can best contribute.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
moreMeet 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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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 bachelor 0019s degree in computer science. I subsequently earned a master 0019s 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.
moreMeet 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.
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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.
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Meet Nathalie
My name is Nathalie Legrenzi. I am French, I studied in France, I live in France, but I 19ve never worked in France. I 19ve 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.
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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.
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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 Europe 019s 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 world 019s biggest pharmaceutical companies. The birth of my daughter was a major milestone in my life because it demanded a lot of flexibility from me.
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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, it 019s 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.
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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 01cDreiländereck 01d. 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.
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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.
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