Marketing Placement - Healthcare Development & Strategic Services

by Roche Diagnostics

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Deadline: 5th December 2017
Salary: Competitive
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Economics, Marketing, Medicine
Location: South East
City: Burgess Hill, West Sussex

About Roche Diagnostics

Roche is the world’s leading research-based healthcare company, providing innovative products to both the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics industries. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives and at Roche, we focus on developing innovative medicines and diagnostic tests that help patients live longer, better lives.

Roche Diagnostics provides a wide range of products and services to the NHS to help clinicians with the diagnosis and treatment of patients.  The Health Economic Function is responsible for ensuring the value of diagnostics to the patient and healthcare system are clearly demonstrated, to position them at the heart of care pathways and at the forefront of clinicians’ decisions.

Marketing Placement - Healthcare Development & Strategic Services

This is an excellent opportunity for a Health Economics or Economics (with Health Economics understanding undergraduate seeking a 12-month placement.

You will be working at the heart of the Health Economic function and closely to the healthcare development and marketing teams to gain invaluable market access knowledge and expertise.  You will be contributing to key projects including value proposition development, health economic research and publications and specific disease related projects. You will provide support to the wider HDSS and Roche Diagnostics teams across the UK and Ireland.

Key Responsibilities

  • Researching disease areas and understanding the current treatment landscape, including resource use and cost parameters

  • Analysing, interpreting and potentially training on efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness data

  • Being an integral part of the NICE liaison work

  • Developing a range of tools and materials to support market access activities at a national, regional and local level

  • Leading the implementation of tools and materials to internal and external stakeholders in order to accelerate adoption of our high medical value products

About You

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

We are looking for a flexible, hardworking and highly motivated individual with an inquiring mind.  A strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to prioritise and deliver, you can drive change and adoption of new concepts.

In order to be successful in this role you will have excellent computer & web skills, as well as the ability to work reliably and to deadlines. Degree educated in Health Economics or Economics (with Health Economic exposure), you will be a strong communicator, able to work independently and within a team. You will also have the ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and external partners. You will possess an outstanding eye for detail and quality. Knowledge of statistical analysis/modelling software such as SAS, STATA or TreeAge would be an advantage.

Healthcare is personal and it’s about YOU as an individual, so in your application that will make the difference.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button below.

Please include your CV and Cover Letter.

In addition, as part of your application, we kindly request that you provide a concise answer to the following list of screening questions; please insert your responses within the body of your cover letter.

Question 1: What was your decision making process in selecting your current course/degree discipline?

Question 2: Why are you interested in a 12-month student placement at Roche?
Question 3: What skills and experiences do you feel have prepared you for this placement at Roche?

Question 4: What personal qualities will you bring to this placement?

Question 5: What are your main objectives for this placement?

Question 6: What skills or abilities do you hope to develop through our marketing placement programme?

Question 7: Tell me about the interests and activities you undertake when you are not working or studying?
Question 8: If you have a LinkedIn profile, please indicate your LinkedIn public profile address (optional). 
Your overall covering letter should not exceed 2 A4 pages.

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