Data Science Industrial Placement

Job description

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“The reign of data is beginning, where rapid data-driven insights and automating manual processes becomes essential” (Deloitte, 2018). As a result of this, the new field of Data Science has grown to be a crucial aspect of any business's ability to gain meaningful insights from its data. With the recent advancements in digital technology, the variety, complexity and increasing volumes of data have offered many more opportunities for data scientists.

In the biopharmaceutical industry, each data point is part of a patient's story and their contribution to developing better medicines and understanding disease. It is our responsibility to maximize the use of this data for answering new questions and enabling larger-scale analyses for generating new insights.

The Product Development Data Sciences department in the Pharmaceutical Division of Roche is a newly formed organisation which focuses on Roche's two key assets: Our Data and Our Insights. This new organisation supersedes the Biometrics group, and along with the biometrics clinical trials activities, this group leads the way in supporting data science within Roche.

The Product Development Data Sciences team in Welwyn Garden City is seeking high calibre industrial placement students to start in July 2021 to join our teams to provide a valuable contribution to the development of our medicines.

Successful candidates will use their bioscience, biostatistics and technical skills to contribute to the success of data science and insights generation at Roche working across diverse areas from the management and governance of data, to acquiring data and engineering solutions for visualising, integrating and analysing data, as well as ensuring data privacy,and also in areas such as learning and process management and healthcare compliance.

Industrial Placement Students joining Roche will work as part of a team in the Product Development Data Sciences department to deliver data and insights about our medicines and to provide solutions that aid the collection, databasing and analysis of clinical data for medicines in Roche's diverse pipeline, contributing to the delivery of these to patients.

Each successful candidate will receive full training in relevant business processes, systems, software and programming for each role, and will be supported by experienced employees that will provide coaching and oversight on a day-to-day basis.

Who We Are

At Roche, 97,000 people across 150 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and is surrounded by beautiful countryside. Supported by major motorways and airports, as well as being a 25 minute train ride to central London, access is easy. With over 1800 people occupying our site in Welwyn, you can expect interactions with Early Development (pRED), Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our corporate function.

Who we are

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, with beautiful countryside surrounding the area. Supported by major motorways & airports as well as being a 30 minute train ride to London, access is easy. Our award-winning office, known as Hexagon Place, was opened in 2005 and provides a modern, flexible working environment with facilities that are second-to-none. Around 2,000 people work at our Welwyn office in Global Early Development (pRED), Global Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our Corporate functions. Roche offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation. There is a fully equipped gym on-site, a library and information centre, and an active sports and social club. We also have a subsidised staff restaurant providing foods to cater for every taste throughout the day. At the heart of the building is an informal meeting area known as The Street which features a coffee shop, snack machine and cashpoint. A second building on-site, called The Hub, contains modern meeting room and conference facilities. Roche promotes personal well-being and work-life balance. Therefore, flexible working options will be considered for all roles at Roche UK. Roche is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment.The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Desired profile

Who You Are

To be successful in this opportunity, applicants should be:

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An undergraduate in their second year of their Bachelor's/second or third year of their Integrated Masters Degree

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Currently undertaking a relevant data oriented subject (e.g. Biological/ Biomedical Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Business studies etc.)

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Applicants should be interested in healthcare , data science and drug development - a passion for healthcare and enthusiasm are vital.

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Have some experience or knowledge of data handling and analysis techniques including programming languages (e.g. R, Python or SAS) is beneficial but not essential.

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Good communication skills

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Supportive and inclusive of a collaborative working environment

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Aware of your strengths and development areas

If you are excited to make a difference to the lives of patients and feel you have the commitment to teamwork and innovation that we are seeking, then Roche is the organisation for you. In return we offer a competitive salary plus excellent benefits, including a genuine interest in your development and progression.

Applications (see process below) must be received by 28 October 2020 and applicants should be available for a virtual assessment day on 16, 17 or 18 November 2020.

Application Process:

Phase I:

Purpose - our focus on this first stage is to understand why you have applied for this role and what you will bring to the role to ensure team and personal success.

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Cover letter & CV - due 28 October 2020

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Video interview - due 31st October

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Arctic Shores - due 31st October

Please provide answers to the following questions on your cover letter:

1. Why are you applying for this opportunity & what will it mean to you if you were successful?

2. What skills experience or work ethic will bring to this opportunity?

** note any application without a cover letter will be automatically rejected. **

Phase II:

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Final Assessment Centre - 16, 17 or 18 November 2020.

Check out application tips and tricks HERE

https://www.roche.com/careers/our-locations/europe/unitedkingdom/early-careers-uk-generationext/apply-whats-next.htm

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.
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