As an IT Business Partner for the Scientific Decision Support Network in PD Informatics you will work closely with the Roche Therapeutic Area teams (PDC), developing the business understanding to effectively support opportunities enabled by Information and Technology. The mission the PDC organization is to develop and execute innovative and robust product development programs to deliver well-characterized and differentiated medicines to patients with medical need.
You will partner with business stakeholders across the TA’s and co-create technology-enabled business strategies/cases with colleagues that are company/industry aware
Provide strategic direction, prioritization, mobilization of resources aligned to shared business objectives with respective areas
Actively participate in strategy setting meetings in PD Informatics, Scientific Decision Support and across Informatics
Take leadership role that educates, advises and challenges to enrich business area strategy for the benefit of the whole
Negotiate and influence to ensure the right product managers and product owners are assigned to key initiatives
Understand the data needs of the lino sl Science community and offer data solutions to enable stakeholders answer scientific questions
Proactively identify business opportunities and work with business and informatics partners to architect, design, prototype and deliver continually improved products
The ideal candidate
Has business domain knowledge for Pharma Late Stage Clinical Science/, specifically around using different types of data to enable data driven decision making
Nurtures and develops a collaborative, consultative and value driven partnership
Has an understanding of, and practical experience applying, advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to solve Drug Development challenges
Exhibits a high degree of self-awareness, empathy, listening, active curiosity, awareness of different norms and expectations
Well-networked, has a cross-org perspective, connects the dots and adds the external perspective
Exhibits an Agile mindset in the approach to work, i.e.:
Enables a diverse group of partners to speak with a single voice
Good enough instead of perfection
Focus on “Reuse before Buy before Make” when providing direction on future solutions
Exhibits intellectual curiosity and integrity and has strong passion to bring value-adding technology to the business.
Exhibits strong soft skills typically required as a IT Business Partner (i.e.: active listening, influencing, challenging status quo)
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistics or related experience; Master/PhD a plus.
Familiarity with R, Shiny, Python advantageous
Solid understanding of global Late Stage Drug Development
Ability to travel up to 20%