Medicinal Chemistry - Intern (Start ASAP)

About Roche

Roche is a global healthcare company that operates in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, aiming to improve lives through innovative medicines and diagnostic tests. It focuses on advancing personalized healthcare and providing solutions for major diseases.

Your role

Primary Purpose of Job (Job Summary):

• Prepares, scales up, and purifies compounds and provides other chemistry support to the team

Principal Roles & Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Understands and effectively conducts laboratory experiments utilizing established internal and existing literature procedures with supervision. Remains current in organic synthesis.
• Prepares, scales up, and purifies new compounds and known compounds for in vitro and in vivo evaluation. Ensures availability of all experimental materials. Maintains an accurate and current lab notebook and analytical data according; to record all necessary information.
• Has basic working knowledge of reaction databases. Understands and is responsible for the proper use and maintenance of laboratory equipment. Fully characterizes synthesized molecules.
• Share information about results and status of work in an accurate, timely, and proactive manner within the lab team.
• Understands the infrastructure of the chemistry department and neighboring disciplines and knows whom to contact to find solutions.
• Maintains a safe and organized work environment. Complies with relevant SOPs.

Training & development

As an intern, you will assume responsibility for your projects, learn to play a proactive role, get a first-hand insight into the activities and processes, and find out what it’s like to work with colleagues and many different stakeholders. You'll have access to Roche's international network and various options for workplace and off-the-job training for your personal and professional development.

Benefits

If you join as a full-time employee after an internship, you will receive the following benefits:

• Competitive basic salary
• Performance rewards
• Training opportunities and learning resources
• Annual health checkups
• Insurance
• Financial health

Work-life balance 

Although flexible work is difficult to fully achieve due to many objective factors, such as different nature of work (laboratory, factory, clerk, etc.), market practices in different countries, and differences in culture and legal environment in different countries, Roche tries its best to provide employees with the greatest degree of flexibility. Therefore, where conditions permit, Roche supports flexible employment forms and work arrangements, providing part-time work, flexible working hours, flexible retirement, job sharing, home office, flexible vacations, etc.

Culture & vibe

Roche is committed to building a work environment where every employee feels a sense of belonging and has equal opportunities. Differences in age, religion, skills, gender identity, way of thinking, nationality, culture, and language may make individuals unique, but for Roche, diversity, equality, and inclusion begin with seeking common ground while reserving differences.

About you

Education/Qualifications:

• Master or PhD candidates in organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry at a university or research institute in Shanghai
• Good communication skills as well as an ability to work in a multi-function team

Sources

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• careers.roche.com/global/en/student-and-graduate-programs
• careers.roche.com/global/en/diversity-equity-inclusion
• careers.roche.com/cn/zh/why-join-us
• careers.roche.com/cn/zh/your-wellbeing-matters
• youtube.com/@roche