Senior Data Scientist - Applied AI

AI Data Scientist - Applied AI

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

The Senior IT Data Scientist is responsible for leading, developing, and implementing data-driven solutions to complex business problems. This role involves independently identifying analytical opportunities, conducting in-depth data exploration and analysis, and building, testing, and deploying predictive models using various machine learning techniques. You will own projects from inception to deployment, leveraging strong programming, statistical modeling, and data visualization skills, while clearly communicating findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Description of the area

Job Responsibilities

• Scope / (Content Leadership): Leads the development and deployment of models. Works independently on specific data science projects from start to finish.

• Accountability/Problem Solving: Identifies and solves intermediate to complex data problems. Validates models and ensures their accuracy with minimal supervision.

• Stakeholder Management: Engages with broader business units to clearly understand and meet their data needs. Presents analytical findings and insights to various stakeholders, including non-technical audiences.

• Impact/Strategy: Drives medium-sized projects that directly influence business decisions. Ensures that projects are closely aligned with broader business objectives and strategies.

• Complexity / (Product Size): Handles larger, more complex datasets. Develops new predictive models from scratch and optimizes existing ones to improve performance.

• Business / Technical ability: Applies proficiency in multiple programming languages and advanced data manipulation techniques. Leverages a strong knowledge of advanced statistical methods and machine learning algorithms to address business questions.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

• Demonstrated experience in independently identifying analytical opportunities, conducting in-depth data exploration, and owning projects from inception to deployment.

• Proven track record of driving medium-sized projects that influence business decisions and align with strategic objectives.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in multiple programming languages and advanced data manipulation.

• Strong, in-depth knowledge of advanced statistical methods and machine learning algorithms.

• Strong data visualization and statistical modeling skills to support comprehensive data analysis.

Additional Qualifications

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly to various stakeholders, including non-technical audiences.

• Strong collaborative capabilities to effectively engage with broader business units to understand and meet data needs.

Who we are

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.