Head - AI & Digital Solutions

Roche; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in India is assembling its AI and digital solutions capability and seeks a Head to shape the approach, lead a pilot team for one disease area, and validate solutions before scaling.

You will own vision and strategy, lead data managers, and partner with the AI Production Manager to deliver external-facing solutions from discovery through production.

Qualifications

• Healthcare understanding across commercial, clinical, or operational contexts.
• Strong grasp of AI/digital capabilities and data health fundamentals.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and build cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the initial AI/digital roadmap and identify high-impact problems.
• Lead end-to-end cycles from opportunities to prototyping, partnerships, and production.
• Build team capability through mentoring and setting standards.
• Ensure solutions address real healthcare needs and deliver measurable impact.
• Oversee data platform architecture and internal analytics strategy.
• Report learnings and shape the next phase based on what works.

Skills

Healthcare understanding

AI/digital literacy

Leadership potential

Collaboration mindset

Vendor management

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

Head - AI & Digital Solutions

Location: India (location agnostic)

About the Role

We're building our AI and digital solutions capability from the ground up. You'll shape what we deliver—defining our approach, leading a pilot team for one disease area, and proving out solutions before we scale.

You’ll own

• Vision & Strategy: Identify high-impact healthcare problems solvable with AI/digital. Frame solutions that deliver business value
• Team Leadership: Lead Data Manager(s) overseeing our data platform, analytics, and internal dashboards. Partner with AI Production Manager on external-facing solutions—from discovery through production

What You’ll Do

• Define our initial AI/digital roadmap—what problems matter, what's solvable, what's valuable
• Lead end-to-end cycles: identifying opportunities → prototyping → vendor partnerships → production
• Build team capability (mentoring, setting standards, learning together)
• Ensure solutions are grounded in real healthcare needs and deliver measurable impact
• Oversee data platform architecture and internal analytics strategy
• Report learnings and shape the next phase based on what works

What We’re Looking For

• Healthcare understanding: Commercial, clinical, or operational exposure. You understand how healthcare decisions work
• AI/digital curiosity & Data Literacy: You understand what AI can and can't do. You know data platform fundamentals and can brief stakeholders on data health
• Commercial sense: You frame problems that matter to stakeholders
• Regulatory & compliance knowledge: Understanding of medical, regulatory, and data privacy risks
• Leadership potential: You attract talent, move fast, and learn from failure. Ability to lead a small team of talented individuals and provide the needed direction and support
• Collaboration mindset: You break silos and drive collective wins
• Hands‑on: You’ll deep‑dive into problem definition, solution sketching, and delivery
• Experience partnering with tech companies/startups: You’ve dealt with and have a network in the world of AI Tech and start‑ups, and are experienced in managing vendors and structuring creative partnerships with them

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.