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The PositionAre you a passionate and experienced Data Product Owner ready to drive business value through innovative data solutions? Join Roche's PT Digital and Operational Excellence (PTE) organization as a Senior Data Product Owner!
At Roche, our 10-year Pharma vision is centered on delivering new data analytics solutions to scientists across Pharma Technical Operations (PT). PTE is catalyzing PT's digital transformation, activating data citizenship, and building a FAIR data ecosystem. In this role, you will be pivotal in building, maintaining, and sustaining data products that drive operational excellence and enable impactful decision-making for our patients' benefit.
In this role, you will:
- Define & Communicate Product Vision: Lead the vision and roadmap for data products, aligning with organizational goals and stakeholder needs.
- Lead Data Product Development: Manage the full lifecycle of data products, from ideation to deployment, leveraging Roche’s IT/OT ecosystems for stable, automated solutions.
- Drive Value Delivery & Prioritization: Develop prioritized product backlogs, guiding teams to deliver scalable, reusable data products that achieve measurable business outcomes.
- Ensure Governance & Compliance: Guarantee data products adhere to Roche’s data quality standards, governance policies, and regulatory requirements (e.g., data privacy, GxP).
- Champion Collaboration & Mentorship: Act as a key liaison between business and technical teams, fostering harmonization and mentoring other Data Product Owners.
Who You Are:
- 7+ years of agile experience designing and delivering complex data solutions, including 4+ years as a Product Owner or Data Analyst, preferably in the pharma or healthcare industry.
- Proven track record of data management on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake)
- Strong understanding of data architectures, data modeling, data integration (e.g., data mesh, data warehousing), and SDLC/CSV.
- Excellent ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and lead teams in an agile setting.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
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.
Skills Required
- 7+ years agile experience designing and delivering complex data solutions
- 4+ years as a Product Owner or Data Analyst
- Experience in pharma or healthcare industry
- Proven track record of data management on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake)
- Strong understanding of data architectures, data modeling, and data integration (e.g., data mesh, data warehousing)
- Knowledge of SDLC and Computer System Validation (CSV) and regulatory requirements (e.g., GxP, data privacy)
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and lead agile teams
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
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What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
