Product Owner – AI & Digital Innovation (Quality Control)

2286 Hoffmann-La Roche Limited; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in Mississauga, Canada seeks a Product Owner – AI & Digital Innovation (Quality Control) to lead AI solutions across the QC network. You will translate complex lab challenges into scalable data products and prioritize high-impact use cases with stakeholders.

You will design agentic workflows, forecast deviations, and partner with lab scientists, data engineers, and software architects to boost productivity and quality metrics. This role advances Roche’s digital transformation globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related field.
• 3-5 years of professional experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or highly regulated environment.
• Strong foundational understanding of Applied and Agentic AI.
• Experience mapping scientific workflows and articulating business cases for digital/AI solutions.
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations, cGMP, CSV, data integrity (ALCOA+), and AI/ML applications.

Responsibilities

• Identify High-Impact QC AI Use Cases: Partner with stakeholders to prioritize high-value AI/digital opportunities.
• Translate laboratory challenges into structured, scalable data products.
• Architect Predictive & Agentic Workflows to analyze datasets, forecast deviations, and highlight anomalies.
• Drive proactive quality intelligence and accelerate decision-making.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure AI solutions align with business goals and improve QC metrics.

Skills

Applied AI concepts

Agentic AI concepts

Data analytics

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Bioinformatics or related field

Job description

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

We are passionate about transforming healthcare and changing patients' lives for the better. As a global leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, we commit ourselves to scientific excellence, cutting-edge innovation and sustainable growth. We believe that good business means a better world, and we achieve this by fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment where our people are empowered to push the boundaries of medical science and technology. Joining Roche means bringing your purpose to a team that values integrity, courage, and passion, ensuring that the right treatment reaches the right patient at the right time.

An integral part of achieving this vision is delivering innovative data solutions to the Pharma Technical Operations Quality and Compliance (PTQ) organization. Working at the direct intersection of Quality Control (QC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), you will champion initiatives that enable our global network to leverage both real-time and predictive data analytics using advanced digital and AI-enabled ecosystems. Specifically, this role offers a unique opportunity to identify strategic use cases and pioneer Applied and Agentic AI processes across Roche’s global Quality Control Network. Your work will empower teams not only to detect current defects, but to forecast future issues—driving faster, better-informed decisions and elevating commercial excellence.

The Oppurtunity: As a Product Owner – AI & Digital Innovation (Quality Control) in PTQ Network Quality Control, you will play a critical role in managing AI solutions and agentic workflows across commercial QC to unlock deeper insights, streamline operations, and boost laboratory productivity:

• Identify High-Impact QC AI Use Cases: Partner closely with business stakeholders and prioritize high-value opportunities for AI and digital tools.
• Translate complex laboratory challenges into structured, scalable data products that address critical business needs.
• Architect Predictive & Agentic Workflows: Translate identified use cases into functional, compliant data products. Help design and deploy agentic workflows that analyze complex datasets, detect subtle trends, forecast potential deviations and highlight critical anomalies for scientific investigation.
• Accelerate Quality Mindset Shift from Reactive to Proactive: Drive the implementation of AI solutions that transition QC from reactive quality analysis to proactive quality intelligence, accelerating time-to-resolution and improving QC efficiency.
• Champion an AI-Enabled Quality Culture: Act as a change agent at the intersection of AI and Quality Control. Promote the adoption of digital tools to foster continuous improvement, increase scientific agility and accelerate agile decision-making across global sites.
• Lead Cross-Functional Alignment: Build and maintain collaborative partnerships across multidisciplinary teams—including lab scientists, data engineers, software architects and Quality experts—to ensure AI solutions align with business objectives and measurably improve Quality metrics.
• Deliver Network QC Business: Fulfill roles and responsibilities according to department needs.

Who you are

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related scientific/technical discipline.

Industry Experience

3-5 years of professional experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or highly regulated environment. Direct, hands-on experience in QC laboratory operations is necessary.

AI & Agentic Concepts

Strong foundational understanding of Applied and Agentic AI (e.g., autonomous workflows), including the application of digital tools for data analysis, troubleshooting and issue remediation.

Use Case Discovery & Strategy

Proven ability to analyze complex QC problems, engage stakeholders, map scientific workflows and articulate business cases for digital/AI solutions.

Project & Product Management

Self-directed capacity to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, prioritizing deliverables based on business impact and strategic alignment.

Compliance Knowledge

Strong familiarity with regulatory expectations, cGMP requirements, and ICH guidelines, including evolving global guidance regarding computerized system validation (CSV), data integrity (ALCOA+), and AI/ML applications.

Cross-Functional Communication

Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to translate complex AI and technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, bridging the gap between data scientists and QC operators.

Relocation benefits not available for this position

Relocaiton benefits not available for this position

Expected salary range

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 115,328.00 and 151,368.00 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.

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. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. We are proud of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We are many, working as one across functions, across companies, and across the world. We are Roche.

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.