Roche

Intern - People Insights

Roche Shanghai, VA

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

As a People Insights Intern, you will be guided by Organizational Scientists to perform applied psychology and/or organizational behavior research and uncover data insights to better understand, attract, hire, engage and retain the people that make Roche a great company and employer. As an ideal candidate, you are able to contribute to various empirical research projects and successfully drive and deliver one project at the end of the internship.

Key Responsibilities

  • Search for academic literature on research topics of interest and conduct literature reviews
  • Collaborate with Organizational Scientists to design research models and surveys with validated item scales to measure critical aspects of the employee experience
  • Analyze survey and people data and summarize research findings
  • Develop and maintain a research item pool


Qualifications, Skills & Knowledge
  • Currently a full-time graduate student in a Master or PhD program; we only consider students in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Work and Occupational Psychology), Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management
  • Willing to commit to the intern position for at least three months, with the possibility of a longer internship available, and able to commit at least 24 hours a week, remote or on-site
  • Have good knowledge and hands-on experience on psychometrics and research methods in psychology
  • Familiar with statistical programming (i.e., R or Python) is a must
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Willing to learn and get hands-on experience
  • Proficient in English in academic and applied settings

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 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.

Roche China consists of the full value chain of Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics fields, from early research, clinical development, manufacturing to commercialization. With more than 7,000 employees, Roche China is now working to develop itself into Roche's third global strategic center after Basel and San Francisco, and making sustained efforts to fulfill its long-term commitment to China, so as to meet Chinese patients’ unmet needs.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.
  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Training and Education
  • Industries

    Medical Equipment Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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