Principal Data Scientist

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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.

Data & Statistical Sciences is a department of over 1,000 data scientists working across multiple therapeutic areas to bring Roche molecules to patients. As an industry leader in data science, we have a strong commitment to developing open post-competitive tools that accelerate the time to insights. 

The Opportunity:

As a member of Data Science Acceleration, you will work on projects that amplify the impact of data scientists, working on tooling across modern data science languages like R and Python to build tools that unlock patient data and streamline meaningful insights.

• Work on software products to revolutionize the way our Data Scientists generate actionable and novel insights

• Contribute to open source R packages and Python libraries that form part of our data science stack

• Responsible for supporting the strategic, technical and business direction of our Data Sciences software products

• Review opportunities to simplify, innovate and collaborate with experts within and outside of the Data Sciences organization to create efficiencies in clinical trial data collection, data storage, data processing, and data analysis

• Required skills include advanced programming capability in Python, familiarity of modern version control tools, software development tools like CICD and open-source principles

• Highly preferred skills include knowledge of R, Rshiny, javascript, container, AWS services like S3 and SQL/NoSQL databases.

• Have a passion for the continual evolution of data science, and be a pragmatic subject matter expert able to assess the wide ecosystem of tools relevant to data science, from AWS through to snakemake, and be able to design, run and productionize efforts to help improve our path to insights.

Who you are:

• College/University degree – bachelor degree or higher or equivalent education in computer science, data science or relevant technical field.

• 5 or more years experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

• On-site position. Mississauga - Canada

Preferred:

• Track record of establishing successful internal partnerships and collaborations.

• Influential and confident communicator

• Demonstrates experience utilizing models, modern ways of working consistent with an agile growth mindset, and agile behaviors and methodologies. 

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Ability to work across multiple cultures and countries

• Willingness to travel as required 

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $145,000-$269,400.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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 Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.

As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.