Data Consultant

Roche; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Data Consultant operating at managing-consultant level to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, framing complex problems and shaping high-impact data and AI strategies.

Reporting to the Head of Data, Digitalisation and AI, you will lead internal engagements, translate needs into technical specifications, and drive a roadmap that enhances data literacy and analytics across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in management consulting, technical advisory or strategic data leadership.
• Experience leading cross-functional, matrixed environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical specifications and business cases.
• Strong communication with executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal data advisor to senior stakeholders, diagnosing challenges and scoping large-scale data, AI and digital initiatives.
• Define the data and digital strategy for specific business units and maintain a prioritised roadmap.
• Provide broad leadership to squads of engineers, scientists and analysts.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical specifications and business cases.
• Oversee request intake and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with strategic and commercial objectives.
• Champion data quality and governance and drive change that boosts data literacy across the organisation.

Skills

Data strategy

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Problem framing

Ambiguity navigation

Education

Degree in Business, Data Science, Computer Science or Engineering

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

As a Data Consultant operating at managing-consultant level, you are a trusted strategic advisor to senior business leaders. You frame complex business problems, define high-impact data and AI strategies, and act as the primary engine for executing our data and digitalisation roadmap. You turn data into a practical competitive advantage.

Reporting to the Head of Data, Digitalisation and AI, you will lead high-profile, complex internal consulting engagements and shape strategic direction for key business areas. You will work with executive stakeholders and cross-functional delivery squads as an expert translator, portfolio manager and champion for data-led innovation, driving a cultural shift toward data literacy and advanced analytics.

The Opportunity

Your focus is to turn ambiguous business challenges into data initiatives that measurably improve performance.

• You act as principal data advisor to senior stakeholders, diagnosing challenges and scoping large-scale data, AI and digital initiatives
• You define the data and digital strategy for specific business units and maintain a prioritised roadmap
• You provide broad leadership to squads of engineers, scientists and analysts
• You translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical specifications and business cases
• You oversee request intake and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with strategic and commercial objectives
• You champion data quality and governance and drive change that boosts data literacy across the organisation

Who you are

• You bring substantial professional experience, with a significant portion in management consulting, technical advisory or strategic data leadership
• You have worked in and led cross-functional, matrixed environments
• You combine deep technical fluency in data frameworks with mastery of the consulting toolkit
• You structure problems, storyboard and communicate with executive audiences
• You work independently in ambiguity and define structure where none exists

Preferred

• A degree in Business, Data Science, Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience linking technical initiatives to financial and patient outcomes in healthcare or life sciences

Join us and turn data strategy into better outcomes for patients.

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.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.