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“It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” (Steve Jobs, 1985)
Curious how it feels in the glamour world of precious sticky notes, blue waters of agile islands and unexpected weather conditions while sailing on open innovation waters where only the horizon is the limit?

This is simple! Join our team and become a pirate in the navy!

Innovation Lab Basel is looking for a crew member with a passion for innovation who desires to work with us to apply and develop hands-on innovation methodologies, to grow intrapreneurship spirit and mindset across our ecosystem.

Our Innovation Lab belongs to the Pharma Site (PS) Organisation in Basel and Kaiseraugst (Switzerland) and is a member of the broader Roche’s innovation network. We collaborate with business leaders, develop business opportunities, provide innovation related training and programs and promote intrapreneurship.

We manage a diverse portfolio of activities and here is what you may expect:

• Play an active role in the further development of our Innovation lab and its network
• Learn how to apply and facilitate applied innovation methods and tools
• Get involved in the creation of low-fidelity digital and non-digital mockups and prototypes
• Gain understanding for corporate innovation frameworks and programmes
• Seize the opportunity to become a coach on innovation projects
• Organise and lead inspiring sessions and training events
• Work with the the existing innolab’s portfolio and develop new solutions and offerings
• Gain insights into the diverse field of innovation at Roche

Interested? You might be who we are looking for!

True to the motto "do good and talk about it" you are an ambassador for the Innovation Lab. You are a positive thinking and self-reflective personality with strong communication skills. You have an open mind for daily challenges and offer professional as well as personal assistance. You take over responsibility and strengthen the trust within a team through transparency and an open “failure culture”. Furthermore, you have the ability to network and are an organisational talent. Your great interest in people and familiarity with agile methods and tools complete your profile.

Following professional skills and interests are of high value to us:

• Interest for innovation management and or digital technologies
• First understanding of innovation & customer-centric methodologies e.g. design thinking, UX and lean start-up
• Programming (e.g. Python), automation and data skills are welcomed
• Ability to structure content and deliver conceptional work
• Excitement to host and facilitate workshops and events
• Passion and ability to design, structure and formulate content to be distributed in our various communication channels e.g. writing skills, video editing, social media

Although pirates in our souls, we belong to the navy. Here are some hard requirements:

• You are an enrolled student in a Bachelor or Master’s degree or just finalised your university diploma in the past 12 months, preferably in the area of innovation, human-computer interaction, engineering, user experience, service or product design or similar
• You are fluent in oral and written German and English
• CV and motivation letter (including desired start date and duration)
• For non-EU/EFTA citizens: Certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory (required due to regulations)

We optionally invite you to submit a link to a short video in your motivation letter (no longer than 3 minutes) to compliment your application that answers the following questions:

• What is your personal touch point with innovation or intrapreneurship?
• How do your personal goals align with this career opportunity?

The internship start date is set upon availability for at least 6 and preferably up to 12 months.

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.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.