Workforce Optimization / Strategies Intern (m/f/d)

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Workforce Optimization Intern (Strategic Workforce Planning)

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

This role is part of the Integrated Workforce Strategies Chapter within the People & Culture organization. Our purpose is to enable the business to achieve its ambitious goals while anticipating and adapting to a rapidly changing environment. We elevate the way leaders shape our future workforce by providing data-driven, skills-based workforce planning solutions to the business, such as Strategic Workforce Planning. Through close partnership with the business, we work on co-creating workforce strategies to close skills gaps. Additionally, as part of our transformation towards a skills-based organization, we drive embedding skills into our people practices, guiding our people & leaders to become future ready.

Shaping new approaches in this field, working with new technologies and cross-functional partners offers you great learning opportunities.

The Opportunity:

As an intern in the Workforce Optimization team for a 6-month period, your main focus will be learning about Workforce Strategies and Strategic Workforce Planning at a global level. You will support the design of our products, enablement materials an contributing to the the delivery of SWP in the business.

Your contribution will be to:

• Support the design of various products and projects in the field of workforce strategies and planning
• Contribute to learning solutions that inspire and educate our partners
• Collaborate with the experts in the field in an agile working environment characterized by empowerment, open communication and willingness to test new ideas
  
  

Who you are:

• You are in your Bachelor or Master studies in the field of business administration, Human Resources, Organizational Psychology or similar
• Ideally, you have had a first experience (previous internship) in HR, Learning and/or communication field
• You can address complex problems and develop effective solutions
• You think creatively, and you enjoy the creation of effective presentations, learning material and experiences
• You are motivated to work independently in a collaborative and dynamic environment and can adapt to different needs
• You have a can-do attitude and growth mindset
• You are characterized by a high level of social competence and are able to efficiently communicate in English
  
  

General information:

• Work location: Basel, Rotkreuz, Mannheim, Penzberg
• Workload: 40 hours/week or 37.5 hours/week based on the location requirements
  
  

Skills Needed:

• PowerPoint or Google Slide (required)
• Excel or Google Sheets
• AI tools
• Communication
• Simplification of concepts
• Creating processes, frameworks
• Agile
• Creative Thinking
• English language
  
  

Your application

Simply upload your resume.

Please remember, that this internship is aimed at students (m/f/d) who are currently enrolled for the entire period of the internship or, alternatively, at people in a GAP-year of a maximum of one year (between Bachelor's and Master's studies), where it can be proven in writing at which university/college and exactly when (month/year) within a year the studies will be continued.

Period: from August 2026 for a period of 6 months.

We are looking forward to your application!

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Rotkreuz. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.