2026 Summer Intern - Business Strategy & Operations: Product Development Data Sciences (PDD)
United States
Internship
Remote
$21/hr - $40/hr
Intern
Roche is a leader in the biotechnology industry, seeking a Strategy & Operations Intern for their Product Development Data Sciences team. The intern will support strategic planning and operational activities, contribute to metrics evaluation, and assist with cross-functional initiatives to enhance efficiency and execution across the organization.
Responsibilities
Develop a foundational understanding of PDD strategy, operations, and reporting processes, to enable strategic recommendations and decision-making around how we operate across PDD
Assess existing metrics, reports, and dashboards to determine relevance, usage, and decision-making value
Revive, prioritize, and rationalize metrics, focusing on eliminating low-value or duplicative reporting and rolling-out an evolved metrics dashboards
Review end-to-end processes (e.g., onboarding, contracting workflows) to identify friction points, redundancies, and opportunities for automation, simplification, and efficiency gains
Develop an approach and governance for maintaining and validating the “sources of truth” across PDD operations
Contribute to preparation of presentations, communications, and materials for functional updates, governance forums, senior leadership reviews, and evolving sub-functional or PDD-wide requirements in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
Qualification
Required
Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student)
Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program)
Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student)
Must have attained a Master's Degree
Degree in business, life sciences, public health, data sciences, engineering, or a related field
Experience or knowledge within automation / AI, metrics, dashboards, and performance frameworks (e.g., OKRs, KPIs)
Comfortable with a continuous improvement mindset and challenging the 'why'
Comfortable working with ambiguity and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Collaborative, curious, and proactive, with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
Preferred
Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
Exposure to project management, consulting, operations, or strategy coursework or internships
Experience creating presentations or working with data in gSheets, gSheets, gDocs, or similar tools
Strong interest in healthcare, pharmaceutical development, data-driven organizations, or strategy & operations
Benefits
Paid holiday time off benefits
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
