Internship - Contract Management in pRED External Operations SPO

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The Position

At Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development (pRED) we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together we create a culture of curiosity responsibility and humility where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary lifechanging innovation at speed. To sustain and build on our success in an increasingly challenging environment (market environment digital health realworld data demographics cost pressures compliance) more innovation is required than ever before and Roche has set itself very aspirational tenyear ambitions until 2030. To ensure our success in the future we have embarked on a journey of transformation.

Strategy Portfolio & Operations (SPO) is a newly built function that aims to encompass several business partner functions for pRED including strategy portfolio program and project management office clinical operations sites and laboratory management capability development and external operations. SPOs mission is to deliver excellence in operations ensure patient centricity and enable highquality decisionmaking. As a trusted partner across pRED SPO contributes to pREDs research and development excellence.

Why we need you:

The networks of contractual relationships between external professionals providers and research organizations have become increasingly complex. To keep pace with everchanging legal and financial obligations we are looking to recruit an intern to support our chapter and its capabilities/services.

The Interns task is to support the External Operations Chapter with the thorough appropriate and timely support of contracts. This includes management of the contract lifecycle maintaining the related database as required helping with the development of specific standards for monitoring and maintaining contract content including document management and assisting in the tracking of contracts. The role requires close collaboration with all the colleagues from the External Operations Chapter but also with other functions (e.g. Group Legal Finance Procurement etc..

Upon gaining experience you will be entrusted with a distinct individual project. Throughout this journey youll receive dedicated mentorship from a seasoned Chapter member ensuring you have the guidance and support to excel and innovate.

Your challenges in the internship:

• Track and administer all records related to pRED contracts within centralized databases including the collection and organization of documentation/reference materials

• Maintain and curate pREDs databases ensuring alignment with contractual details; Remediate as appropriate

• Ensure compliant negotiation and finalization of all assigned contracts. This includes collaborating with the Group Legal department communicating with internal stakeholders and mailing original contracts to thirdparty

• Work closely with Legal/Compliance departments to ensure compliance with regulations laws ethical practices company policies highlight issues and resolve conflicts

• Beyond awareness and business understanding of standard contracts assume endtoend oversight and delivery of confidentiality speaker consultancy and material transfer agreements

• Maintain and update guidance documents as necessary

• Act as a point of contact and work in close collaboration with the pRED Purchasing Coordination team for purchase order creation vendor opening and invoice reconciliation

• Suggest and implement process improvements in their area of expertise

Who you are:

• You must be enrolled in a Masters Program.

• You must be enrolled in an active Business Administrative or Legal Studies (or similar) Program. Please indicate clearly at what date you graduated from university in your motivation letter or CV if you have done so already

• Fluent in written and spoken English (other languages are an asset)

• Basic knowledge of contracting concepts

• Customer service focused

• A confident selfstarter with the ability to work independently and take initiative where required

• A flexible approach to coordinate demanding workloads and the ability to adapt to changes prioritize your efforts to accomplish a variety of tasks within the deadlines

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools; knowledge of Google Suite is a plus

• A team player with an open personality and strong communication skills enjoying working with people across time zones and cultures

The internship will take place in Basel Switzerland.

The preferred start date of the internship is April 2025 or upon availability for 12 months. Please clearly indicate your preferred starting date and duration of the internship in your motivation letter. Applications need to include a CV and a motivation letter both merged in one document.

This internship is not suitable for a Masters thesis.

Due to regulations nonEU/nonEFTA citizens need to provide a certificate of enrollment as well as a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory and stating its length.

Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

Who we are

At Roche more than 100000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together weve become one of the worlds leading researchfocused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site which is one of Roches largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities we offer flexible working options 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as childcare facilities medical services restaurants and cafeterias as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.