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The Position

The Real-World & Clinical Data Strategy team drives data excellence and analytics across Roche Product Development, helping unlock the value of clinical, operational and real-world data to accelerate better decisions and improved outcomes for patients.

Within this team, the Medical Data Hub (MDH) Squad enables trusted, reusable and accessible data across the product development lifecycle. 

As a Data Steward, you will help ensure data is properly documented, governed and fit for secondary use, supporting transparency, consistency and scientific rigor across Roche’s development landscape. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of data governance, clinical development and innovation, helping build the foundations for future-ready, AI-enabled healthcare solutions.

You will:

• Support trusted data ecosystems by helping develop tools and processes that enable real-world and secondary use of clinical trial data.

• Contribute to platform excellence by supporting the Medical Data Hub to remain scalable, accessible and fit for purpose.

• Enable data transparency and reuse through metadata standards, cataloguing, classification and stewardship activities.

• Strengthen data quality by assisting with routine assessments across structured and unstructured datasets.

• Build stewardship capability by contributing to knowledge sharing and helping embed good governance practices across teams.

• Enable FAIR data practices by supporting traceability, accessibility and consistency across development data assets.

• Collaborate across functions including Product Development, Research, Medical and Commercial teams with management of secondary use data.

• Support compliance and trust by applying relevant privacy, security and regulatory expectations, including GDPR and HIPAA where appropriate.

Who you are

You are curious, collaborative and passionate about improving how data is managed and used to advance science and healthcare.

You have:

• A degree, advanced qualification or equivalent practical background in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Information Science, Information Management or a related discipline.

• Experience working in data documentation, metadata, quality, governance or stewardship-related environments.

• An understanding of clinical, operational or real-world data structures and foundational stewardship practices.

• Familiarity with documentation tools, spreadsheets, cataloguing approaches or version control systems.

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to work independently and adapt in evolving environments.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a broad range of stakeholders.

• A collaborative and inclusive mindset, with respect for different perspectives in a global organisation.

Preferred

• Exposure to healthcare data governance, data catalogues or classification systems.

• Familiarity with FAIR data principles or regulatory documentation expectations.

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality, consistent data practices.

Join Roche and help shape a connected, trusted and future-ready data ecosystem that accelerates innovation for patients worldwide.

 

 

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Welwyn. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

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.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.