Intern - Product Development - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) - Part-time

Job description

  Job facts

Start Date: ASAP, or summer 2018
Length - 1 year
Hours per week - 10

About Genentech and Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR):
For more than 30 years, Genentech has been at the forefront of the biotechnology industry, using human genetic information to develop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. Today, Genentech is among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple therapies on the market for cancer and other serious medical conditions.

Our founders believed that hiring talented, enthusiastic people would make Genentech a success. Today, we still believe our employees are our most important asset. For this reason, we aim to provide employees with a stimulating and collaborative environment where they can make important contributions to medicine and thrive as professionals.

The PCOR team supports development and commercialization of molecules at Genentech by implementing strategies to measure how patients feel and/or function during the course of treatment. Through the collection of clinical outcomes assessments (COAs) such as patient reported outcomes (PROs), clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO), observer-reported outcome (ObsRO), and performance outcome (PerfO) measures, we work to capture the patient experience to better understand patients' perspective of treatment, preference, or disease burden. The patient viewpoint is increasingly important in drug approval and reimbursement decisions as health authorities, payers, patients, caregivers and healthcare providers seek additional evidence of treatment benefit.

Internship Description:
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic graduate student to join the PCOR team 10 hours a week for a one year internship assignment in the South San Francisco office. Under the supervision of your PCOR Manager you will support research efforts to help bring new medicines to patients. The therapeutic areas supported in San Francisco include oncology, immunology, infectious disease, and ophthalmology.

PCOR team is looking for someone able to apply research skills and coursework in a part-time internship that will involve creative thinking, problem-solving, and time management skills. This is an opportunity to “own it” and bring your experiences to Genentech to help us further patient-centered outcomes research. You will be part of a dynamic team paving the way in patient research. You will wear several hats, working on 2-3 projects at a given time with PCOR experts at Genentech. Ability to prioritize in partnership with your PCOR Manager and sticking to timelines also is a must.

Project support includes (and is not limited to):

·  Research (e.g., literature searches, database reviews (e.g., clinicaltrials.gov) and pooling of concepts from internal market research, medical affairs, and disease area strategy team documents)
·  Documentation and strategy (e.g., context update, disease area strategies)
·  Preparation for and attendance/support with PCOR Scientist mentors (e.g., study management team meetings, clinical science team meetings)
·  Review and design of qualitative research
·  Review/analyze clinical trial data
·  Business critical documents (e.g., FDA/EMA documentation and filings)
·  System/Process improvements

In PCOR we partner cross-functionally with other departments such as regulatory, market access, health economics, biostatistics, clinical data management, clinical science, and clinical operations. You will have the opportunity to see first-hand how these diverse functions come together in a collaborative team environment to solve complex problems. You will develop the project management and technical skills necessary to support the PCOR team and will have the opportunity to put these skills into practice.

At the conclusion of the PCOR Internship you will be required to give a presentation to the department, sharing what you have learned about PCOR and the scientist role.

Learning Objectives:

·  Understand the importance of the patient voice in drug development, brainstorm with staff and generate ideas of how Genentech can further its commitment to patients
·  Understand issues and complexities of applying patient-centered and outcomes research methodology in drug development
·  Learn how to identify, review and synthesize data from diverse sources into solid, informed analysis
·  Have opportunities to meet drug development experts across the organization and externally (i.e. PRO Consortium members) as part of obtaining and integrating cross-functional, key stakeholder information
·  **We can support capstone, units or school internship requirements; please include in your cover letter if this is of interest.

·  Who we are

A member of the Roche Group, Genentech has been at the forefront of the biotechnology industry for more than 40 years, using human genetic information to develop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. Genentech has multiple therapies on the market for cancer & other serious illnesses. Please take this opportunity to learn about Genentech where we believe that our employees are our most important asset & are dedicated to remaining a great place to work.

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.

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Desired profile

Who you are

In hiring new employees, we look for people who are also inspired by our mission and who would fit in well with the collaborative, rigorous and entrepreneurial spirit of the company culture. Because we know that employees are critical to our success in bringing novel medicines to patients, we are dedicated to remaining a great place to work and to providing employees with programs, services and benefits that allow them to bring the best to the business and to their personal lives.

·  Student seeking graduate degree in epidemiology, public health, psychology, pharmacy, or similar degree with interest in outcomes research
·  Ability to work independently on delegated tasks, and in partnership with PCOR staff at team meetings, on key projects, and as part of brainstorming sessions
·  Experience conducting literature reviews, writing research papers, and creating PowerPoint presentations
·  Basic knowledge of statistics
·  Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel programs
·  Strong written and oral communication skills, experience presenting, and solid interpersonal skills
·  Demonstrated project management skills, leadership skills, interest and hunger to learn new things. A person that takes initiative, welcomes problems as challenges; finds solutions to technical problems; and that can identify and raise challenges to their PCOR Manager for support/mitigation
·  Clear goal setting and work planning that results in demonstrated deliverables
·  Intern must be local to or a commutable distance to the South San Francisco Genentech Office
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