Team Lead Engineering Commercial Data — Roche

Full description

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The Position

Team Lead Engineering Commercial Data

At Roche, we believe every individual can make a difference. We are looking for a Team Lead Engineering Commercial Data to join our team in a role that sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and business impact. In this position, you will lead and grow high-performing data and analytics engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and business-critical solutions that support commercial decision-making across sales, marketing, pricing, and customer engagement .

The Commercial Data, Analytics and AI area supports Service, Marketing, Sales, and Commercial Operations across Roche Diagnostics’ global organization, enabling data-driven decision-making and operational excellence at scale. The area spans global, regional, and country-level teams and covers a wide range of commercial activities, including customer engagement, sales effectiveness, service performance, pricing, installed base management, and operational optimization.

Operating in a highly regulated, global environment, the Commercial Data & Analytics function partners closely with business, IT, Digital, and central Data & AI platform teams to deliver trusted data foundations, analytics, and AI-enabled insights. Solutions are designed to be scalable, compliant, and reusable across markets, while remaining flexible enough to address local needs.

By providing reliable data products, analytics capabilities, and advanced insights, the area plays a critical role in improving commercial effectiveness, service quality, and customer experience, ultimately supporting Roche Diagnostics’ mission to deliver innovative diagnostics solutions to patients worldwide.

The Opportunity

• Lead and develop high-performing data and analytics engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous professional growth .
• Scale engineering capabilities to support diverse Commercial use cases across Service, Marketing, Sales, and Operations through modern data modeling and transformation .
• Drive technical standards by establishing and enforcing best practices for dbt-based development, CI/CD, automated testing, and comprehensive documentation .
• Evolve data onboarding as a service to enable efficient, standardized, and scalable ingestion of new data sources while maintaining strict security and governance .
• Design robust pipelines that power advanced analytics and AI/ML solutions, ensuring all datasets are production-grade and "AI-ready" for downstream science teams .
• Collaborate with platform teams to align commercial data solutions with enterprise architecture, ensuring the reuse of platform capabilities and avoiding tool duplication .
• Manage team delivery on a day-to-day basis, translating complex commercial requirements into reliable analytics layers and high-impact insight products .
• Champion engineering craftsmanship by reviewing technical designs and guiding your team toward maintainable, cost-efficient, and scalable architectural decisions .

Who you are

• Experienced Leader: You possess 5+ years of experience in data engineering leadership or architecture, with a proven track record of building high-performing teams .
• Industry Expert: You bring 2+ years of experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated healthcare technology industry to navigate complex compliance needs .
• Formally Educated: You hold a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a similar f