Associate Data Scientist - RDT Data Platforms

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Data Quality Expert to bridge IT and business stakeholders and establish end-to-end data quality frameworks across our global organization.

You will design policies, profile datasets, and translate business logic into automated data quality rules while collaborating with data creators and IT teams to ensure compliant, timely, and robust data assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3+ years IT or business systems experience with end-to-end business processes.
• 2–5 years hands-on data quality management experience.
• Domain knowledge in pharmaceutical/biotechnology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with data creators, stewards, consumers and IT teams to establish data quality dimensions, rules, and indicators.
• Design and maintain policies, methodologies, guidelines, and metrics for data quality, profiling, and cleansing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify critical data attributes, profile datasets, and translate business logic into automated data quality rules.
• Perform root-cause analysis to resolve data quality issues and improve trust in enterprise data products.
• Utilize and manage data quality platforms (Informatica DQ, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).
• Support Data Governance in deploying observability practices and ensuring compliance with data quality standards.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Communication

Agile mindset

Data quality concepts

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS

Tools

Informatica DQ

Collibra DQ

Ataccama

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 Who We Are At Roche, high-performing digital systems and life‑saving insights are built on a single essential foundation: high‑fidelity, trusted, and reliable data. As we continue transforming our global digital ecosystem into a data‑driven enterprise, ensuring the health, completeness, and fitness of our strategic data assets is a top priority. We are looking for a passionate Data Quality Expert to join our team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between IT and business stakeholders, establishing end‑to‑end data quality frameworks, observability practices, and rule sets that empower data‑driven decision‑making across our global organization.

The Role

• Business Advisory & Data Quality Consulting: Partner closely with data creators, stewards, consumers, and IT teams to establish data quality dimensions, rules, and indicators that ensure our data remains usable, timely, robust, and compliant.
• Framework & Policy Design: Design and maintain policies, methodologies, guidelines, and metrics for data quality, profiling, and cleansing.
• Rule Definition & Profiling: Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify critical data attributes, profile datasets, analyze requirements, and translate business logic into automated data quality rules.
• Root-Cause Analysis & Problem Solving: Interact directly with stakeholders to resolve data quality issues using techniques like root‑cause analysis, continuously improving trust and confidence in our enterprise data products.
• Platform Ownership: Utilize and manage enterprise data quality and cataloging platforms (e.g., Informatica DQ, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).
• Governance Alignment: Support Data Governance teams in deploying observability practices and ensuring compliance with enterprise data quality and fitness standards.

Who You Are

You are genuinely passionate about data content and love collaborating across functions and geographies to solve complex problems. You thrive in matrix environments, comfortably balancing strategic consulting with hands‑on technical analysis.

Education & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• IT / Systems Experience: 3+ years of experience in information technology, business systems analysis, or information design, with a deep understanding of end‑to‑end business processes.
• Data Quality Experience: 2–5 years of hands‑on data quality management experience, preferably in a consulting or global enterprise setting.
• Domain Expertise: Domain knowledge in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry is a distinct advantage.

Technical & Functional Competencies

• Data Tooling: Hands‑on experience with modern data quality and management platforms (e.g., Informatica DQ, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).
• Data Concepts: Deep understanding of data governance, data stewardship, data cataloging, data observability, data engineering, and data integration.
• Agile & Pragmatic Mindset: Focus on an Agile approach—valuing "good enough over perfection" and applying a "Reuse before Buy before Make" philosophy.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional communication and consultancy skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into structured, business‑ready solutions.
• Analytical & Meticulous: Solution‑oriented mindset with high attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying risks before they arise.
• Global Mindset: Cultural sensitivity and fluent English skills, with experience collaborating effectively across global time zones and matrix structures.

Why Join Roche?

You will step into an environment where your work has a direct, measurable impact on how executive leaders and scientific teams use data to make decisions. We offer the freedom to pursue functional interests across geographies, continuous capability building, and a culture centered on trust, innovation, and collaboration.

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. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. We are proud of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We are many, working as one across functions, across companies, and across the world. We are Roche.