Data Scientist

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. 

That’s what makes us Roche.

The opportunity

• Collaborate closely with different business functions to identify pain points and inefficiencies that can be solved using data, plan projects and tasks independently and run resulting projects.

• Turn business requirements into technical solutions and requirements, act as the bridge between the business and the technical teams. 

• Oversee less experienced data scientists and data engineers.

• Apply specific fit-for-purpose methods and implement analytics and processing algorithms.

• Onboard data into database systems and implement data loads and data analysis; incl. backend development in SQL.

• Operationalize models leveraging AWS micro services and set up optimal architectures for the data science projects in AWS.

• Partner with colleagues, build and strengthen relationships with peers and stakeholders globally, and work on initiatives and projects in different regions.

• Create and manage documentation for different data science / data engineering projects. 

• Collaborate in an agile and cross-functional team with other Data Scientists, Automation experts as well as business experts, so our Roche peers and patients will receive AMAZING solutions.

• Performs demos, project reviews, and retrospectives; communicates ideas for team Analytics & Automation and willingly receives feedback for self-improvement.

• Participate in exploratory projects to evaluate new technologies and establish new services.

• Embrace new ways of working with fast iterations, lean documentation and planning, close alignment with our colleagues from business and IT and  close communication across global teams.

Who you are

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree (Masters is a plus) in mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or information science. 

• You have at least 5 years of relevant experience, ideally in a multicultural environment with global processes (Commercial, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, IT)

• You have professional work experience in: 

  • Designing and developing data flows and ETL processes using modern storage solutions (e.g., Snowflake, AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery). 

  • Applying advanced statistical methods and machine/deep learning algorithms to real world data.

• You have professional work experience in at least one of the following programming languages/tools: Python, SQL, JavaScript, dbt. 

• You are a strong team player with interpersonal skills and strong collaborative and solution-focused mindset. 

• You possess strong communication, networking skills, you are someone who enjoys working with others and acts as a team player.

• You want to contribute to solving business problems, taking on what tasks are necessary to make valuable solutions come to life. 

• You have extensive experience with stakeholder management.

• English is a must, additional languages are a plus.

In exchange we provide you with:

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & trainings, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. 

• Excellent benefits & flexibility:  Roche Annual Bonus, Monthly transportation allowance, Home Office set - up equipment, Health Insurance, Life/Accident insurance, Full salary when on sick leave for the first 9 days, Eyeglasses settlement, One-time payment options for various events in the life e.g. wedding, childbirth, Service Awards: We value loyalty with additional holidays and bonus payment, Work in a hybrid model (2 days/week from the office).

• A global diverse community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

Salary starts from 2300 EUR gross/monthly. Final salary depends on the successful candidate's level of experience, skills and qualifications.

Who we are

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.