Data Governance & Strategy Leader, Global Digital Ops

Roche Products Limited; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Continuous learning

Personal development

Job summary

Roche seeks a Data Governance Strategy & Operations Lead to bridge digital strategy, analytics, and operations across Pharma Technical Operations. You will drive end-to-end program leadership, deploy data products and AI/ML models, and champion governance and regulatory compliance at scale.

You will partner with Change Management and OCM teams to implement adoption and ensure value realization across global sites, with a focus on Lean, Agile, and Design Thinking methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field; Master’s preferred.
• Minimum 6+ years leading digital, data, or operational transformations in complex environments.
• 3+ years in pharmaceutical operations, biotech, healthcare IT, or GxP industries.
• Strong consultancy background, ideally 5+ years in top-tier firms such as MBB or Big 4.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Program Leadership Support: Co-own scoping, delivery, and value realization of high-impact digital initiatives with senior stakeholders.
• Data Product Delivery: Co-lead scoping and deployment of data products, AI/ML models, and shop-floor automation.
• Value Realization & Diagnostics: Use diagnostics and metrics to build business cases and track value.
• Behavioral Change & Adoption: Collaborate with Organizational Change Management teams to scale adoption strategies.
• Quality & Regulatory Compliance: Ensure interventions meet GxP, Data Integrity, and EU AI Act standards.
• Scale & Industrialization: Move pilots to scalable enterprise data products across the global network.
• Local Support & Capability Building: Support site teams in Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking.

Skills

Data governance

Change management

Program management

Stakeholder management

AI/ML

Lean Six Sigma

Agile SAFe

Digital strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Life Sciences

Masters or equivalent preferred

Tools

WalkMe

Pendo

Job description

Roche seeks a Data Governance Strategy & Operations Lead to bridge digital strategy, analytics, and operations across Pharma Technical Operations. You will drive end-to-end program leadership, deploy data products and AI/ML models, and champion governance and regulatory compliance at scale.

You will partner with Change Management and OCM teams to implement adoption and ensure value realization across global sites, with a focus on Lean, Agile, and Design Thinking methods.