The Roche Venture Fund (RVF) is the Roche corporate venture fund, with CHF750M available for investment. It invests in early stage biotech, diagnostics, and digital-health companies to develop commercially successful, innovative life-science companies. RVF is part of Group Finance and interacts with the Diagnostics and Pharma organizations of Roche and Genentech. Co-located in Basel and South San Francisco, the RVF invests globally with a portfolio of over 35 companies in 10 countries ( http://www.venturefund.roche.com/ ).

Description of position:

The Roche Venture Fund Summer Internship position provides an opportunity to work within a fast-paced and challenging environment as part of a global investment team combining the science and business of biotech.

The Summer Intern will support the Investment Managers and Investment Directors in assessing potential venture investments. He/she is a junior professional who can perform scientific and business diligence of investment opportunities.

This opportunity is based in the South San Francisco office.

The responsibilities of the position include:

• Undertaking focused research to assess and prioritize new investment opportunities;
• Supporting the Investment Managers and Directors in aspects of due diligence and in modelling valuation and deal scenarios;

Skills and qualifications needed:

You have a solid scientific education (PhD, MSc, MD) ideally combined with minimum 2 years of work experience in a life-science environment. Further, you have the following skills and/or qualifications:

• Entrepreneurial thinking with strong quantitative and analytical skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously;
• Ability to interact with senior members of the biotech and life-science community of entrepreneurs, investors, and academics;
• Strong team spirit and excellent communication skills

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