Data Scientist- Biostatistician

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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.

Roche Data Scientists are essential leaders in driving and implementing a broad range of quantitative drug development strategies; they bring data to life and enable the organization to make the best possible data-driven decisions.

As a Biostatistician at Roche Pharma, you’ll actively shape the future of healthcare as a member of Product Development (PD) and PD Data Sciences (PDD). 

In the role of biostatistician, you will be responsible for the strategic and statistical activities of the clinical trials developing molecules in our pipeline on a level matching your seniority. 

Statistician activities span multiple therapeutic areas, a wide range of data types, and collaborations with a variety of experts, all with the goal to develop innovative healthcare solutions for patients and society. 

Your responsibilities in support of our PDD products may include a wide variety of contributions: partnering with key stakeholders, working as a study statistician on clinical trials in our molecule portfolio, supporting specialized business areas, or contributing to key initiatives that shape our statistical, and healthcare environments.  

Your Opportunity: 

• Support multiple elements of the drug development process across various phases of clinical trials, providing rigorous statistical analysis and expertise.

• Contribute to statistical expertise in strategic planning, communication, and implementation to drive successful drug development.

• In support of end to end drug development, represent biostatistics and PDD across various functions within the Roche global organization, including partnering with Pharma Research, Early Development, Market Access, and others.

• Purposefully collaborate with Global Health Authorities and influence stakeholders to support and advance Roche’s product pipeline and statistical capabilities.

• Continuously broaden statistical knowledge and capabilities with AI and next generation tools 

• Explore data types such as  clinical trial data, real world data, high dimensional data  

• Understanding and curiosity of statistical methods in clinical trials

• Curiosity and awareness of innovative tools such as Gemini, CoPilot, LLMs and AI to advance insight generation

• Demonstrate a high level of system awareness and enhancing statistical practices.

Who you are: 

• Master's or PhD in Statistics, with strong understanding of the drug development lifecycle and 1-2 year’s experience .

• Proven ability to establish successful internal partnerships and collaborations.

• Awareness and curiosity in new tools (eg CoPilot) and ways of working

• Confident, influential communicator, fluent in spoken and written English.

• Good programming skills in R or SAS

• Adaptable and curious, with a growth mindset.

• Ability to work across a global cross-functional environment 

• Travel as required 

Preferred: 

• Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry is preferred. 

• Comfortable in Git programming environment

• Knowledge of GCP, international regulations, and estimand framework is a plus

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Relocation Benefits are not available for this job posting.  

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.