Associate Data Scientist - RDT Data Platforms

Job description

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

Who We Are

At Roche, high-performing digital systems and life-saving insights are built on a single essential foundation: high-fidelity, trusted, and reliable data . As we continue transforming our global digital ecosystem into a data-driven enterprise, ensuring the health, completeness, and fitness of our strategic data assets is a top priority . We are looking for a passionate Data Quality Expert to join our team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between IT and business stakeholders, establishing end-to-end data quality frameworks, observability practices, and rule sets that empower data-driven decision-making across our global organization .

What You Will Do

You will serve as an influencer, communicator, and change manager, looking at the entire data lifecycle—from generation and acquisition to exploitation and business value.

Your key responsibilities will include: Business Advisory & Data Quality Consulting: Partner closely with data creators, stewards, consumers, and IT teams to establish data quality dimensions, rules, and indicators that ensure our data remains usable, timely, robust, and compliant.

Framework & Policy Design

Design and maintain policies, methodologies, guidelines, and metrics for data quality, profiling, and cleansing.

Rule Definition & Profiling

Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify critical data attributes, profile datasets, analyze requirements, and translate business logic into automated data quality rules.

Root-Cause Analysis & Problem Solving

Interact directly with stakeholders to resolve data quality issues using techniques like root-cause analysis, continuously improving trust and confidence in our enterprise data products.

Platform Ownership

Utilize and manage enterprise data quality and cataloging platforms (e.g., Informatica DQ, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).

Governance Alignment

Support Data Governance teams in deploying observability practices and ensuring compliance with enterprise data quality and fitness standards.

Who You Are

You are genuinely passionate about data content and love collaborating across functions and geographies to solve complex problems. You thrive in matrix environments, comfortably balancing strategic consulting with hands-on technical analysis.

Education & Experience

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

IT / Systems Experience

3+ years of experience in information technology, business systems analysis, or information design, with a deep understanding of end-to-end business processes.

Data Quality Experience

2–5 years of hands-on data quality management experience, preferably in a consulting or global enterprise setting.

Domain Expertise

Domain knowledge in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry is a distinct advantage.

Technical & Functional Competencies Data Tooling

Hands-on experience with modern data quality and management platforms (e.g., Informatica DQ, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).

Data Concepts

Deep understanding of data governance, data stewardship, data cataloging, data observability, data engineering, and data integration.

Agile & Pragmatic Mindset

Focus on an Agile approach—valuing "good enough over perfection" and applying a "Reuse before Buy before Make" philosophy.

Leadership & Soft Skills Stakeholder Engagement

Exceptional communication and consultancy skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into structured, business-ready solutions.

Analytical & Meticulous

Solution-oriented mindset with high attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying risks before they arise.

Global Mindset

Cultural sensitivity and fluent English skills, with experience collaborating effectively across global time zones and matrix structures. Why Join Roche? You will step into an environment where your work has a direct, measurable impact on how executive leaders and scientific teams use data to make decisions. We offer the freedom to pursue functional interests across geographies, continuous capability building, and a culture centered on trust, innovation, and collaboration .

Ready to help us build a more reliable, data-driven future? Apply today! #RDT2026 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.