Marketing Graduate Programme at Roche

The Position

The Marketing Graduate Programme offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience within the dynamic and evolving healthcare diagnostics industry. As part of the Roche Diagnostics Marketing team, the graduate will be immersed in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, gaining broad exposure to strategic and operational marketing activities across a diverse product portfolio.

This role is designed to provide detailed insight into how marketing supports commercial success in healthcare. Working closely with Senior Market Managers, Product Managers, and Marketing Associates, the Marketing Graduate will contribute to the planning and execution of marketing initiatives, while also managing selected projects independently. A key focus of the role is supporting the day-to-day operations of the wider marketing team and ensuring internal marketing platforms are effectively maintained to provide accurate, up-to-date content for the Sales organisation.

The position offers exposure across the full Roche Diagnostics portfolio, including both Diagnostics Solutions and Information Solutions, enabling the graduate to develop a well-rounded understanding of product marketing within a global healthcare organisation.

This is a full-time, hybrid role based between our Burgess Hill office and home working, reporting directly to a Senior Market Manager, with no direct reports. Expected start date: September 2026

The Opportunity

Are you creative and passionate about making a difference? Immerse yourself across the marketing department, working with the Marketing Communications, Product, Service Solutions, and Clinical teams to build a deeper understanding of the diagnostics market and to deliver innovative marketing campaigns. 

Come and join us if you want to start your career at a company that values new ideas and ways of working. That will give you the opportunity to develop your skills and continue to grow both personally and professionally. You will have access to the support of mentors throughout to guarantee a great learning experience, plus access to tailored training programmes.

Key responsibilities include:

Marketing Support

• Localise global marketing materials to regulatory and medical standards in the UK and Ireland
• Support and manage a variety of internal and external marketing projects
• Liaise with the sales team to fulfil requests to meet customer needs
• Carry out associated marketing administrative duties such as creating internal memos and ensuring marketing collateral is maintained and accessible for our customers via relevant channels
• Support Marketing Associates with the creation of tender support, including but not limited to solution summaries, exec summaries and training guides
• Design engaging internal content, such as our bi-weekly newsletter
• Monitor of brand compliance, ensuring conformance to Roche brand guidelines
• Develop internal and external creative content
• Conduct market research on behalf of product managers
• Update and maintain the internal Gsites 

Events

• Work alongside the product managers to support internal and external events
• Opportunity to lead small internal events 
• Opportunity to attend customer-facing meetings
• Provide support to Marketing Associates on third-party events

Digital Marketing

• Monitor and update digital marketing platforms for use by the sales team
• Drive the development and engagement of Showpad within internal teams
• Create internal email campaigns using digital marketing software 
• Drive the use of e-detailing and identify new ways we can use our sales enablement tool

Other

• Opportunity to gain experience through cross-functional project support
• Manage and optimise the subsequent graduate onboarding programme, resources and development opportunities
• Coordinate with agencies for the production of merchandise

Who You Are

Our Roche Diagnostics graduate programme is a two-year programme in Burgess Hill, Sussex, UK, designed for recent graduates in Life Sciences, Marketing, and Business who are at a very early stage of their careers and passionate about marketing, business, innovation, and communications.

Our programme is aimed at accelerating your professional development and enabling you to be a key contributor in improving patients' lives. 

Essential Skills & Experience

• As an ideal candidate, you are: 
• Recent graduate (BSc or MSc) in areas such as the fields of Business, Marketing and Life Sciences
• Proficient in English
• Self-organised with flexible remote working, we believe in trust and individual accountability for getting things done.
• A team player who listens to their colleagues and has the courage to share your own ideas. 
• Good time management and organisation skills 
• Digitally savvy
• Good communication skills
• Adaptable, passionate and naturally curious.