Digital Automation Data Science Manager

Givaudan; Kemptthal; On-site; CHF 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 hour working week

Additional paid days off

Favourable pension fund contributions

Subsidized meals in staff restaurant

Sport and leisure club on site

Discounts at company shop

Worldwide private accident coverage

Free choice of hospital

Job summary

Givaudan in Kemptthal seeks a Head of DADS to lead digitalisation, automation and data science initiatives within Fragrance S&T. You will design data pipelines, deploy predictive models and integrate AI tools to accelerate research and decision-making across the IT landscape.

Collaborating with scientists and IT, you will translate complex data into scalable solutions, mentor teams, and ensure deployment to production while improving data governance and workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• Degree (MSc, PhD) in a Life Science discipline (Chemistry, Chemoinformatic, Biology)
• 10+ years of experience in a research informatics environment
• Strong experience in software development and machine learning with Python, plus system architecture, SQL/database design, and API integration

Responsibilities

• Lead the digital transformation and evolution at Givaudan in Fragrance S&T
• Lead digitalisation, automation and data science projects with scientists and IT
• Integrate AI tools like LLMs and predictive models into applications to accelerate research and decision-making
• Align with corporate IT to deploy solutions to production
• Design data pipelines to capture, analyse and visualise data across diverse research activities
• Provide guidance and training to scientists for data analysis and visualization

Education

MSc/PhD in Life Science

Tools

Python

SQL

Linux

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Head of DADS (Digitalization, Automation, Data Science) - A Digital Automation Data Science Manager

Purpose: This role focuses on identifying manual bottlenecks in digital processes within Fragrance S&T and replacing them with automated, data-driven solutions. You will Lead a design data pipelines, deploy predictive models, and leverage modern AI tools to accelerate research and decision-making within S&T and the local Givaudan IT landscape.

You will

• Lead the digital transformation and evolution at Givaudan in Fragrance S&T
• Lead digitalisation, automation and data science projects within Fragrance S&T, in collaboration with scientists and IT.
• Integrate modern AI tools like LLM and predictive models (QSAR, QSOR) into existing and new applications to accelerate decision-making for research eg. designing new molecules, new complex systems and optimising processes for more efficient and effective solutions
• Scout and implement modeling tools facilitating scale up activities and any other research opportunities
• Align with corporate IT and collaborators to deploy the solutions to production or other Givaudan infrastructure
• Configure, deploy and integrate third party tools to facilitate daily research, development and industrialisation tasks
• Design exploration applications and data pipelines to capture, analyse and visualise data generated across diverse research activities even finding links between CoE’s
• Provide expertise, guidance and training to scientists (Fragrance S&T community) for data analysis and data visualisation.
• In close collaboration with IT, follow-up the deployment of solutions directly with end users to address change management, bug-fixing and improvements in user experience.
• Analyse and further improve existing workflow and processes
• Collaborate tightly with scientists & labs to identify and replace manual bottlenecks in digital processes with automated workflows across the research organization.
• Engage the teams in adopting new and efficient ways of working. Keep the S&T organisation up to date with latest best practice in the field

You are

• Degree (MSc, PhD) in a Life Science discipline (Chemistry, Chemoinformatic, Biology)
• 10+ years of experience in a research informatics environment. Proven track-record of successfully implementing research informatics projects
• Strong experience in software development and machine learning with Python, combined with solid expertise in system architecture, SQL/database design, and integration with complex web APIs. Capable of working effectively in Linux environments when needed
• Understanding of core cheminformatics principles (chemical structure formats, chemical structure searching, fingerprints, descriptors, complex formulations)
• Understanding of hard chemical data with human responses across psychological, physiological and sensorial, and Ontologies (knowledge graph expertise) is a plus.
• Willingness to learn new tools and technical skills
• Strong communication and decision-making skills across diverse stakeholder groups
• A knowledge of best practice within the current University ecosystem

Your Benefits In Kemptthal

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• 40 hour working week
• Additional paid days off
• Favourable pension fund contributions
• Subsidized meals in the staff restaurant
• Sport and leisure club (amenities/showers on site)
• Discounts at the company shop
• Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.