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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.\nThe Position\nThis role is in Analytical Data Science, a core function within Product Development Data Sciences (PDD) that provides strategic leadership and scientific rigor across Development at Roche. PDD Analytical Data Science teams are mobilized across the portfolio to generate data-driven insights, identify opportunities for scale, and implement impactful solutions.\nPDD Analytical Data Science is recognized as a leading hub for top industry talent, operating as an agile workforce to deliver regulatory commitments across the portfolio. We identify, influence, and adopt industry-leading digital and automation solutions, develop analytical approaches to support exploratory analyses, and align statistical programming practices across both early- and late-stage clinical development.\nThe Opportunity:\nThe Senior Principal DSX Data Scientistin the Data Science Acceleration (DSX) team is responsible for developing scalable tools, environments, and workflows that enable efficient, high-quality statistical computing across Product Development Data Sciences (PDD). This role focuses on creating and maintaining next-generation capabilities that support automation of programming workflows, generation of reusable coding macros, and advanced data visualization. Working closely with statistical programmers, biostatisticians, and clinical scientists, the Data Scientist translates scientific and operational needs into robust, modular, and user-friendly solutions that streamline evidence generation and support faster, more reliable decision-making across the development pipeline.\nYou provide strategic and technical leadership in the design and evolution of Roche’s next-generation statistical computing platforms, ensuring they meet the future needs of PDD and the broader organization\n\nYou anticipate emerging industry trends, technologies, and regulatory shifts, and translate them into forward-looking data science capabilities, frameworks, and standards\n\nYou lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that redefine how clinical, operational, or real-world data are processed, visualized, and interpreted for decision-making\n\nYou serve as a senior technical advisor to platform owners, programming and statistical leadership, and governance teams on complex topics involving infrastructure, automation, and scientific computing\n\nYou guide technical vision, architectural decisions, and resource planning for high-impact tooling and infrastructure projects across DSX\n\nYou resolve complex, system-level challenges across disciplines by applying deep scientific computing expertise and systems thinking\n\nYou influence internal policy and development standards, and drive adoption of best practices that scale across teams, functions, and geographies\n\nYou communicate complex technical ideas clearly to senior-level stakeholders and shape decisions on investment, tooling strategy, and portfolio priorities\n\nYou foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation through mentorship, internal community building, and knowledge sharing\n\nWho you are:\nYou hold a PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field\n\nYou have a minimum of 10 years of experience in data science, statistical computing, or platform development, with a demonstrated track record of impact at organizational or cross-functional levels\n\nYou are a recognized expert in building and scaling scientific or statistical software systems, with deep understanding of clinical research environments and regulatory implications\n\nYou bring expertise in multiple programming environments (e.g., Python, R) and development practices for reproducible, compliant, and high-performance computing\n\nYou have demonstrated leadership of major programs or cross-functional initiatives with technical complexity and strategic significance\n\nYou demonstrate capacity for independent thinking and ability to make decisions based upon sound principles\n\nYou bring excellent strategic agility including problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and agility that extends beyond the technical domain\n\nYou demonstrate respect for cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in the global workplace\n\nYou have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and explain technical strategy with clarity and confidence\n\nYou have proven experience leading global, cross-functional projects or workstreams, demonstrating effective coordination across time zones and diverse stakeholder groups\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience shaping the architecture and long-term roadmap of enterprise-scale data science platforms or statistical computing environments\n\nDemonstrated ability to influence regulatory and quality frameworks in the context of digital and analytical tools\n\nStrategic understanding of healthcare data ecosystems, including real-world data, translational pipelines, and high-dimensional data integration\n\nProven ability to drive tool adoption and cultural change through technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and thoughtful design\n\nEngagement with external scientific or developer communities (e.g., open-source contributions, industry consortia, conference presentations)\n\nExperience guiding investment and resource decisions for high-impact tooling or analytics initiatives\n\nAbility to synthesize organizational priorities and translate them into impactful, technically sound solutions at scale\n\nRelocation benefits are not available for this posting\nThe expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 148,568.00 and 194,995.50 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role.\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.\nWho we are\nA 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. 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