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 PositionWho We Are
At Roche Diagnostics Solutions (RDS), our mission is clear: to diagnose earlier, develop faster, and personalize treatment because every patient is unique. Within Computational Science & Informatics (CSI), we are the bridge between our origin and our future, shaping the next era of human health through precise, data-driven diagnostics and precision medicine.
We excel in delivering rigorous, clinically actionable data analysis across our diagnostics portfolio, believing that advancing computational methods and informatics solutions is essential to harnessing dynamic human health data. By listening closely to patients and physicians, and leveraging digitization and cutting-edge technologies, we work collaboratively to turn insights into impact.
This shared spirit creates an environment where ideas grow, new approaches are trialed, and competitive products reach patients faster—ultimately realizing the DIA 10-year vision and our One Roche ambitions so that everyone can access personalized healthcare solutions.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Product Owner who combines strong product ownership with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams. You will shape the product vision, own the backlog, and translate business needs into clear priorities and requirements that guide delivery. You will work closely with C#/.NET and Rust engineering teams, Scrum Masters, QA, architects, and stakeholders to ensure outcomes are aligned with business goals, technical feasibility, and delivery expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring features align with business outcomes and the overall product roadmap.
- Act as the primary contact for stakeholders, translating business needs into technical userl stories and actionable requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams throughout planning, refinement, design, and delivery to ensure requirements are understood and feasible.
- Define work packages, support estimation and sequencing, and help the team deliver stable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions.
- Support product delivery across C#/.NET and Rust-related initiatives by providing clarity, trade-off decisions, and prioritization.
- Provide transparent work status and issue reporting within the development team and to project management.
- Review solution design, functionality, usability, and performance to drive continuous improvement.
- Work through ambiguity and keep the team moving forward with prioritized decisions.
- Ensure that implemented features follow the agreed architecture, quality standards, and documentation expectations.
- Proactively track, monitor, and mitigate project risks to ensure delivery stability.
- Manage and coordinate external dependencies to prevent roadblocks and ensure alignment across teams.
Who You Are
Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Product Owner experience with proven team leadership.
- Self-organized and highly collaborative personality.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and excellent communication.
- Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments is a plus.
- Comfortable working in agile development teams.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency with development and collaboration tools, primarily GitHub. Experience with Visual Studio is beneficial for .NET-related initiatives.
- Familiarity with Rust or with technology migration initiatives is beneficial.
- Sound knowledge of prototyping/mockup tools, such as Axure RP, for creating scope proposal mockups.
- Deep experience with object-oriented software design and JSON/XML-based configurations.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and build/test environment definitions.
- Familiar with software best practices like SOLID, clean code principles, and architecture patterns/concepts.
- Experience using Agile tooling and AI-assisted development tools is an advantage.
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
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Product Owner experience with proven team leadership
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and spoken English communication
- Comfort working in Agile development teams
- Proficiency with GitHub and development collaboration tools
- Knowledge of object-oriented software design
- Experience with JSON/XML-based configurations
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and build/test environment definitions
- Knowledge of SOLID principles, clean code, and architecture patterns
- Experience with prototyping or mockup tools such as Axure RP
- Experience in regulated or enterprise environments
- Experience with Visual Studio for .NET initiatives
- Familiarity with Rust or technology migration initiatives
- Experience using Agile tooling and AI-assisted development tools
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.
Roche Insights
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).









