The Position
In Roche´s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organisation (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.
Role Mission
The pRED Data & Analytics team at Roche is the bridge between digital technology and science. We help drive medical innovation and are integral to the realisation of truly Personalised Healthcare and the development of innovative treatments for our patients.
We are shaping the digitalisation of Pharma R&D at Roche, and we are growing. To continue to be the best scientific Informatics partner in the pharmaceutical industry, we need innovative, dedicated people from a wide variety of backgrounds as we realise our vision.
We are offering an outstanding opportunity for a Data Scientist with expertise in biomedical Natural Language Processing (NLP) and its applications towards drug discovery and development to work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists across departments in the organization dedicated to researching methods for the analysis of data and using these methods to actively drive science and jointly shape our future portfolio.
If you enjoy working in cross-functional teams, applying data analysis skills to develop creative solutions, and driving deliverables for early research in Drug Discovery, we want to hear from you!
Your Impact
These responsibilities capture a portion of what your work will look like:
- By combining technologies within the space of NLP text-mining, artificial intelligence, mechanistic modelling and knowledge graphs you will help scientists in early research to extract valuable insights from structured/unstructured text, rapidly and effectively, to provide decision support
- Establish and nurture effective partnerships with a wide range of researchers, clinicians, internal IT specialists and external partners to help define and answer scientific questions
- Partner with other computational scientists to ensure that NLP solutions are successfully integrated in efforts to generate powerful insights
- Propose and prototype appropriate informatics solutions and rigorously validate scientific models for answering clinically relevant questions, and collaborate with technical teams to optimise the solutions towards higher performance, robustness, and scalability to optimally support (pre-)clinical decision making
- Ensure Roche methodology remains current with respect to state of the art; proactively identify, assess, and internalize promising methods and tools from external vendors and the public domain
- The position allows you to build internal and external collaborations, provide guidance for others within your domain of expertise, explore novel data sets and methodologies, and participate in strategy discussions
Your Profile
You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You are looking for a company where you receive the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Working in a multicultural environment motivates you. As a fast learner you actively drive the quality of the requirements.
Qualifications:
- You have a university degree, preferably a PhD, in Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or similar and several years of professional experience in life science or research informatics
- You are experienced with software tools and code libraries for NLP, working knowledge of biomedical knowledge graphs, the construction and use thereof
- Deep knowledge of biomedical and clinical ontologies for mining structured/unstructured text in the literature and/or Electronic Health Records or similar
- You are a quick learner, inspired by curiosity, who enjoys entering into new areas to build expertise and courageously and creatively takes initiative to see your ideas implemented through team work in a dynamic customer oriented environment
- You have advanced knowledge and several years of experience with multi-modal medical image data analysis including the application of AI/ML/DL and statistical data analysis methods, and a profound understanding of their advantages/drawbacks for solving a given problem
- You are attracted by the challenges of managing informatics projects, and navigate consciously and fluidly between strategic conceptual thinking and detail-oriented planning, prioritisation, and task management
- You bring a broad experience of algorithm development and end-to-end informatics solution delivery using both open source and commercial solutions
- Your profile is rounded off by having very good presentation and communication skills in English
Our commitment
Roche commits to recognising talent and aptitude. We prioritize encouraging and supporting our employees in their personal journeys by providing a safe, creative space to help them reflect, make decisions and grow in their career. We are confident that we find the most innovative solutions by gaining different perspectives, asking and answering hard questions, and challenging the status quo. Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious yet enthusiastic way; we are devoted to building a team that represents a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.
Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
