Data Steward — Real-World & Clinical Data Governance

Roche; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche Welwyn in the United Kingdom seeks a Data Steward to document, catalog, and ensure trustworthiness of clinical and real-world data across the product development lifecycle. You will support metadata standards, lineage tracking, and FAIR data practices for transparency and reuse across teams.

Collaborating with governance, IT, and scientific teams, you will maintain data dictionaries, quality rules, and catalogs to enable data-driven decision-making and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Information Science, Information Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in data documentation, quality, or metadata-related roles.
• Understanding of clinical or real-world data structures and foundational stewardship practices.
• Basic experience with documentation tools, spreadsheets, or version control systems.

Responsibilities

• You support the creation and maintenance of data dictionaries, metadata definitions, and lineage documentation for priority data sources.
• You assist in routine data quality assessments and support the classification and cataloging of structured and unstructured datasets.
• You work within existing stewardship procedures and tools to support transparency, traceability, and reusability of development data.
• You build subject matter expertise in data stewardship practices for real-world, clinical, and operational data across Roche’s development landscape.
• You collaborate with senior team members to ensure consistent documentation and alignment with data standards.
• You contribute to knowledge-sharing activities and informal guidance for team members new to data stewardship practices.
• You ensure compliance with data privacy and security regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and other relevant standards.
• You contribute to a culture of data stewardship by following data governance principles and best practices.

Skills

Data stewardship

Documentation

Data governance

Real-world data

Education

BSc/ MSc in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Information Science, Information Management or related field

Tools

Spreadsheets

Version control systems

Documentation tools

Job description

Roche Welwyn in the United Kingdom seeks a Data Steward to document, catalog, and ensure trustworthiness of clinical and real-world data across the product development lifecycle. You will support metadata standards, lineage tracking, and FAIR data practices for transparency and reuse across teams.

Collaborating with governance, IT, and scientific teams, you will maintain data dictionaries, quality rules, and catalogs to enable data-driven decision-making and regulatory readiness.