Engagement Lead - Data Science — Roche
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
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.
- 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.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and guide Senior Data Scientists and Data Scientists across Predictive AI and Causal & Experimentation AI sub-teams, fostering technical excellence, modular coding standards, and agile delivery practices.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and guide Senior Data Scientists and Data Scientists across Predictive AI and Causal & Experimentation AI sub-teams, fostering technical excellence, modular coding standards, and agile delivery practices.
- Strategic Business Consulting: Act as a trusted AI consultant to global business partners across to translate complex business challenges into actionable Data Science and AI strategies.
- GATE-Level Leadership & Product Development: Champion GATE-wide initiatives by actively shaping center-level AI product development strategy, contributing to talent enablement and mentorship programs, and driving standard methodologies across the GATE ecosystem.
- Rapid Prototyping & Business Value: Rapidly design and build Proofs of Concept (POCs), prototypes, and business case studies to demonstrate tangible ROI and secure executive buy-in.
- Predictive & Causal AI Solutions: Architect and oversee the development of robust predictive models, causal inference frameworks, and experimental designs (A/B testing, quasi-experiments) to drive decision-making.
- GenAI & Agentic Frameworks: Drive the strategy and implementation of enterprise Generative AI architectures, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning techniques, and Agentic AI workflows.
- End-to-End MLOps & Infrastructure: Partner with MLOps and Data Engineering teams to design, operationalize, and maintain end-to-end ML/AI pipelines, ensuring scalable model deployment, continuous monitoring, and automated lifecycle management.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with global cross-functional stakeholders in an agile environment, conducting demos, reviews, and retrospectives to continuously improve team deliverables. Who You Are
- You hold a bachelors or Master’s in Data science, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Technology or other related quantitative fields and 12&#
Company and context
- RSS is a global division operating in an agile organizational setup without extensive hierarchical structure, where all our employees lead from every seat, and inspirational leadership, and an entrepreneurial customer-centric mindset are our core values. Your Opportunity As an Engagement Lead
- Data Science , you will provide technical leadership across two sub-teams: the Predictive AI team and the Causal & Experimentation AI team.
- In this role, you will architect advanced enterprise AI solutions, mentor data science talent, and serve as a strategic consultant across global business lines including Commercial, R&D, Diagnostics etc.
- Beyond team delivery, you will play a pivotal leadership role within the broader GATE organization—actively driving GATE-level people initiatives, talent capability enablement, strategic product development roadmaps, and cross-center innovation activities.
Additional details
- Join Roche, where every voice matters. Roche Services & Solutions Hyderabad or Chennai A healthier future.
- RSS is a global division operating in an agile organizational setup without extensive hierarchical structure, where all our employees lead from every seat, and inspirational leadership, and an entrepreneurial customer-centric mindset are our core values. As an Engagement Lead
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with global cross-functional stakeholders in an agile environment, conducting demos, reviews, and retrospectives to continuously improve team deliverables.
Notes and original content
- Join Roche, where every voice matters.
- The Position
- Engagement Lead
- Data Science
- Roche India
- Roche Services & Solutions
- Hyderabad or Chennai
- A healthier future.
- RSS is a global division operating in an agile organizational setup without extensive hierarchical structure, where all our employees lead from every seat, and inspirational leadership, and an entrepreneurial customer-centric mindset are our core values.
- Your Opportunity
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