Data Scientist in preclinical Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (pCMC) 1 year temporary

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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.

In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.

The opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Digitalization Scientist to join our team in the Data and Digitalization circle (D2AI), which supports all the business (functional circles) of pCMC - including chemical synthesis and analytics, preformulation sciences and materials science. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in handling diverse types of molecular, physicochemical, and drug product data, a proven track record in leveraging AI techniques and expertise in deploying tools to democratize their access.
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include: 

• Support and develop our preformulation guidance application based on LLM agents and ML models.

• Support and deploy a platform to facilitate pattern discrimination coming from our solid form screening team

• Support the Solid Phase Technology by contributing to their Oligo synthesis automation pipeline needs

• Act as circle coordinator for the Cross Functional Data and Digitalization Circle in pCMC, helping with overviewing the circle’s tasks and contributions

• Contribute to the digital upskilling of pCMC through the initiatives offered by D2AI

• Participate and contribute to the AI and digitalization initiatives within TMo and liaise with the relevant stakeholders in IX and gCS/D&A

Who you are

You thrive in a dynamic, inclusive environment which gives you full accountability for your own contributions and development. You have a keen interest in continuously building a personal network. You are resourceful and flexible in problem solving and in working in a collaborative and inclusive manner. As a Data Science, you will play a key role in enabling the digital technologies impacting our Roche portfolio. In addition you bring:

• Strong technical expertise and experience in modelling and handling of chemical data and processes (RDKIT, Torch, python, )

• Experience in working in a diverse IT landscape, with both on premise and cloud based systems for data processing, storage and simulations (AWS, Linux, GSD, HPC)

• Digital proficiency and hands on experience with deployment tools (Docker, CI/CD)

• Experience and keen interest in LLMs and agentic programming is advantageous. (LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI)

• Clear, confident communication and presentation skills, with proficiency in English.

Ready to take the next step? We'd love to hear from you. Apply now to explore this exciting opportunity!

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.

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