2026 Summer Intern - Product Development Quality
Department Summary
Product Development Quality (PDQ) strives for unrivaled transparency with health authorities, patients and society. Our work provides leadership, know-how and partnering on quality across molecules, Pharma affiliates and global regulated processes. We partner across Roche to provide a quality management framework as well as actionable quality assured data to ultimately ensure that our patients are protected and the integrity of Roche data. The key to PDQ’s success is trust, data and velocity. From non-clinical studies to post marketing pharmacovigilance to medical devices, we make sure that Roche is doing it right, so that patients can trust.
This internship position is located in South San Francisco, on-site.
The Opportunity
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance:
Contribute to the design and implementation of quality assurance strategies for an assigned molecule/product, process or affiliate, through partnering and engaging with relevant stakeholders, as well as execution of quality assured activities (audits) as per the strategies.
Contribute to the development, implementation, maintenance and improvement of the quality assurance infrastructure strategies to enable quality assurance teams to work effectively and efficiently.
Analytics and Insights:
Contributes to the design and development of new data science solutions with the ability to identify the best approach to answer GxP quality questions.
Contribute to driving innovation for data analytics and predictive analytics within PDQ.
Quality Solutions:
Deliver quality solutions that enable Roche to demonstrate confidence in Roche's QMS, pipeline and marketed products. Design and develop processes, perform process improvements, regulatory intelligence and progress the R&D QMS. Roche's QMS Framework is spanning global Product Development functions, Affiliates and Research Early Development to identify, measure, control and enhance core business processes, maintain compliance and continuously improve thus ensuring patient safety and data integrity.
Risk Based Quality Management:
Ensure safety, quality & data integrity is upheld in our clinical trials, while making appropriate use of risk-proportionality, resulting in the most efficient resource on the approval pathway.
Define and own RBQM processes, provide tools and build capability across the organization.
Track and provide oversight.
Program Highlights
Intensive 12-weeks, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship.
Program start dates are in May/June 2026.
A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.
Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.
Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.
Lead or participate in intern committees to design and coordinate program events and initiatives.
Professional & personal development curriculum throughout the program, including networking opportunities.
Who You Are
Required Education:
You meet one of the following criteria:
Must be pursuing or have attained an Associate's Degree.
Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student).
Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program).
Required Majors: Medically related field, Life Science/Biological or Data/Computer Science program.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.
Willingness/ability to manage and influence stakeholders at various levels of seniority as well as negotiate effective solutions.
Open-minded and ‘out of the box’ thinking with a focus on making a valuable impact.
Possesses strong digital and data literacy, skilled in using and analyzing data to drive solutions.
Experience working with relational database management systems, as well as large and heterogeneous data sets from different sources.
Proficiency in current data analysis, visualization, and Generative AI tools, and practical experience with advanced data platforms.
Along with the submission of your CV, a cover letter is optional.
Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $45.00 hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.
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