Strategic Insights & Business Optimization Data Analyst

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. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold Pharma Strategy to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden. With this top of mind, Portfolio Strategy & Delivery’s (PSD) purpose is to translate Roche strategies into PD priorities and deliver PD’s portfolio with excellence. We are a strong, close, trusting community that operates from a creative mindset, providing an environment where talent can thrive and feel valued. Our organization focuses on prioritized, high-impact work, and customers draw on our expertise to help them deliver PD’s priorities with excellence.

The Opportunity

As a (SIBO) Strategic Insights & Business Optimization Data Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the team in preparing and delivering business analytics and insights, including data management activities related to insight delivery. This individual contributor role encompasses a combination of strategic insights generation, advanced data analytics, collaboration, continuous improvement, and an enterprise mindset.

• Collaborate with the SIBO team to collect analytics requirements, translate them into specifications, and deliver outputs in a timely manner using an iterative approach.
• Develop, maintain, and update a pipeline process for periodic stable analytic reports, utilizing Business Intelligence tools for customizable and eventually self-service reports.
• Handle a pipeline of requests for frequent analytics related to business performance/management, including agile project management, risk register, and a dev/val/prod approach.
• Design and deliver advanced analytics solutions, including predictive modeling, machine learning, and uncertainty analyses, applying descriptive and inferential statistical methods to uncover trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of analytical solutions, from ideation to implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Provide advice to the team on analytics architecture, infrastructure, and improved pipeline processes, and collaborate to continuously improve visualization, report design, and storytelling components.
• Acquire, aggregate, and curate high-quality primary and secondary data sources to enable accurate and meaningful analyses, acting as a technical point of contact between SIBO and Informatics teams.

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Who You Are

You are a curious, proactive, and adaptable data analyst with a strong sense of responsibility and entrepreneurial spirit. You thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional, and global matrixed environment, leveraging your consultative mindset and collaborative nature to build strong partnerships across teams. With excellent problem-solving skills, you excel at breaking down complex challenges, managing uncertainties, and anticipating interdependencies, all while asking thought-provoking questions to connect the dots and drive impactful insights.

As an advocate for data-driven decision-making, you are committed to elevating the importance of analytics, fostering data literacy within the organization, and contributing to a collaborative culture by mentoring and coaching others. You listen deeply, remain open to the input of others, and can be depended on to tell the truth regardless of the circumstance. Your expertise and passion for analytics make you instrumental in shaping solutions that deliver business value and drive scientific advancements.

• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or Physical Sciences or related field is a plus); Post-Graduate Degree is preferred. 7+ years of work experience with Bachelors; 5+ years of work experience with Masters; 3+ years of work experience with PhD, preferably within pharmaceutical or biotech industry (commercial or clinical) and/or management consulting.
• Deep expertise in at least two of the following areas:
• Data Analytics, Advanced Data Analytics, Resource Forecasting and Management, Statistics, Information Visualization, Data Science, Patient and/or Investigator Insights, and/or Competitive Intelligence. 
• Proficiency in scripting, statistical programming, and visualization languages, such as:
• Python, R, SQL, ggplot2, or other similar tools.
• Proficiency in data analytics toolkits and platforms, such as:
• Matplotlib, MatLabSAS, BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Bokeh, etc), spreadsheet software (Google Sheets, Excel), version control and collaborative tools (Git).
• Strong preference for experience leveraging sophisticated techniques and tools beyond traditional data analysis to: Discover deeper insights, generate recommendations, and make predictions.
• Solid understanding of the advantages and limitations of different analytical approaches. Considerable experience in exploratory and confirmatory data analysis techniques that drive strategic business decisions.
• Skilled in independently or semi-autonomously examining data or content to uncover insights.Skilled at integrating data sets from diverse sources and presenting findings in various formats and mediums.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of simplifying and presenting complex concepts.Strong attention to detail.
• Data Analytics, Advanced Data Analytics, Resource Forecasting and Management, Statistics, Information Visualization, Data Science, Patient and/or Investigator Insights, and/or Competitive Intelligence. 
• Python, R, SQL, ggplot2, or other similar tools.
• Matplotlib, MatLabSAS, BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Bokeh, etc), spreadsheet software (Google Sheets, Excel), version control and collaborative tools (Git).

Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you. Apply now to discover this exciting opportunity!

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.