RiSM Internship for Students supporting Compliance and Data Integrity in Pharma (Basel, 9-12 months)
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The Position
Operations Support & Compliance is part of Pharma Technical Development and situated in Basel, Switzerland.
Our key expertise resides in the areas of compliance services, stability management, infrastructure and equipment life-cycle management, computer system validation and SHE. By delivering high quality services to our customers we enable them to focus on their core business to develop new drugs for patients. We are providing our expertise, services and support to all departments in Synthetic Molecules Technical Development and selected areas beyond. To do so, we partner with Commercial Manufacturing, Quality Assurance in Development and Commercial, Procurement, Engineering & Workshop, Safety, Health & Environmental Protection and IT.
As an intern you will support the department Operations Support & Compliance in supporting the analysis and decision making for the impact of increased regulations to existing systems, equipment, instruments and software.
The Opportunity
Review of the relevant literature applicable to the project
Training in relevant SOPs and manufacturing/analytical equipment
Roadmap for the changes required to existing equipment software, structured documentation of the gaps and risks and potentially needed mitigations
Regular discussion of project progress with supervisors and planning of next steps
Writing of final report
Who you are
You are a University student (or you graduated within 12 months prior to the start date) preferably in the subject of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Technology or Chemistry and have an interest in Computerized Systems and Regulations in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Furthermore, you are interested in using and sharing your knowledge as part of your Internship in a modern working environment. Your further profile for this position:
Reliable and accurate working style in a GMP environment
Team-oriented and decision-making personality
Self-sufficient, problem solving-oriented work habits
Good knowledge of MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Proficiency in English and German is a plus
This internship opportunity is one of a number of positions we offer in the department per semester and is not suitable for writing a Bachelor/Master/Diploma thesis.
The interviews will take place on an interview day with all considered candidates and the whole department.
Your complete application includes the following documents:
A Current CV and a Motivation Letter
A certificate of enrollment (if you are currently studying)
For Non-EU/EFTA citizens: Due to regulations, you must provide a certificate issued by your university stating that an Internship is mandatory for your studies and you must be enrolled during the entire duration of the internship
The RiSM task (see below)
Application process
The application deadline is 23.08.2026. All successful final candidates will be invited to a virtual interview day which will take place on 14.10.2026.
The Internship will start in 2026 for 9-12 months, please indicate your preferred start date in your application.
More information about the Roche Internship program in Synthetic Molecules (RiSM) and other opportunities within this program you can find here.
Are you ready to apply? We are looking for someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a rare springboard to many other opportunities.
Additional information (RISM Task)
The European Commission has drafted revisions of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Guidelines Chapter 4 (Documentation), Annex 11 (Computerised Systems) and New Annex 22 (Artificial Intelligence).
Please review the draft Annex 11 and describe in your own words, what the expectations are towards Supplier and Service Management (max. one page of text).
Additionally, suggest 3 different measures (one sentence per measure), how the requirements of the regulator could be met.
Who we are
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Let’s build a healthier future, together.
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