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Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.\nThe Position\nWorkforce Optimization / Strategies (Data Science) Intern\nA healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.\nThis role is part of the Integrated Workforce Strategies Chapter within the People & Culture organization. Our purpose is to enable the business to achieve its ambitious goals while anticipating and adapting to a rapidly changing environment. We elevate the way leaders shape our future workforce by providing data-driven, skills-based workforce planning solutions to the business, such as Strategic Workforce Planning. We are also developing Roche-wide innovative frameworks to support closing our gaps (e.g. expanding our internal skills by leveraging external partners). Shaping new planning solutions, creating insights and automating processes as well as working with cross-functional partners offers you great learning opportunities.\nThe Opportunity:\nAs an intern in the Workforce Optimization team for a 6-month period, you will have the opportunity to explore how data and technology drive strategic decision-making regarding our workforce. You will gain hands-on experience in areas such as External Workforce, Strategic Workforce Planning and Skills Management, learning how data-driven insights contribute to shaping the future of our workforce.\nIn this role, you will support various team initiatives, analyze and interpret data, and help prepare insightful reports. You will also contribute to the ongoing development of our methodologies, which play an active part in projects directly impacting our strategic goals. Collaboration is at the heart of our work, and you will partner closely with the experienced professionals in an agile environment that values empowerment, open communication and a willingness to test new ideas.\nThroughout your internship, you will have the chance to apply and expand your coding skills in R, using data analysis and visualization to generate meaningful insights that support our workforce strategy. This internship is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about data analytics, people strategy, and innovation to learn, contribute, and make a tangible impact.\nWho you are:\nYou are in your Bachelor or Master studies in the field of economics, business administration, HR Management, STEM subjects or similar\nYou have a passion for data science and technology\nIdeally, you have first (internship) experience in HR, and/or analytics fields\nYou can address complex problems, analyze data, generate insights and develop effective data-driven recommendations\nYou have expertise in R or Python as a programming language. You are also familiar with packages like shinyApp/Streamlit, CRAN and dplyr. \nYou have expertise in Office or Google Suite, esp. Excel or GoogleSheets as well as SQL. Having experience with Python would be a plus. \nYou are motivated to work independently in a collaborative and dynamic environment, can adapt to different needs and are willing to learn new competencies\nYou are characterized by a high level of social competence and are able to efficiently communicate in English\n\nGeneral information:\nStart date: Ideally, December 2026 or January 2027.\nPossible work locations: Basel (first location), St Cugat, Penzberg, Mannheim, Rotkreuz \nWorkload: Full-Time (100%)\nDuration: 6 months \n\nSkills Needed:\nR or Python (required)\nExcel or Google Sheet (required)\nPowerPoint or Google Slide (required)\nBeing able to leverage packages like shinyApp, CRAN and dplyr (required)\nPython (optional)\nEnglish language (required)\nSQL (required)\nData Analysis\nData interpretation\nAgile\nCreative Thinking\n\nYour Application:\nApplications need to include a CV and a cover letter, please mention thepreferred duration of the internship, the preferred location and the preferred working hours.\nApplications in Germany:\nPlease remember that this internship is aimed at students (m/f/d) who are currently enrolled for the entire period of the internship (Bachelor's or Master's, NOT PhD) or, alternatively, at people in a gap year of a maximum of one year (between Bachelor's and Master's studies), where it can be proven in writing at which university/college and exactly when (month/year) within a year the studies will be continued.\nApplications in Switzerland:\nYou are currently enrolled at a university, or you have recently finished your studies within 12 months.\nPlease note that due to regulations non-EU/EFTA citizens have to provide a certificate from the university stating that an industry internship is mandatory as part of the university training.\nApplications in Spain:\nYou are a recent graduate who completed your studies within the last three years and hold a valid work permit for Spain. Please make sure to upload your \"Vida Laboral\" document along with your CV when submitting your application.\n\nWe are looking forward to your application!\nWhere pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Basel. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.\nWho we are\nA healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. 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