Senior Data Scientist – AI for Drug Development

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 142,700 - 264,900; Full time

Job summary

Genentech in Boston, MA seeks an IA Senior Data Scientist to build and deploy AI/ML-powered digital solutions that transform drug development. You will partner with product managers, software engineers, and UX researchers to design scalable statistical capabilities from clinical, operational, and real-world data.

You will apply advanced ML methods to support evidence generation, trial design, and decision support across R&D, while translating scientific questions into data pipelines and

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Data Science, CS, Stats, applied mathematics, bioinformatics, or related field.
• 3+ years applying ML and statistical modeling to data-centric problems in research or product environments.
• Proficient with Python or R, including ML libraries such as scikit‑learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
• Experience in experimental design, simulation, and evaluation of model performance.
• Ability to translate scientific or business questions into model architectures and data pipelines.
• Practical experience with version control, testing frameworks, and collaborative software development.
• Experience working with RWD/RWE, decision analysis, clinical biomarkers, Bayesian inference, or interpretable ML.
• Attention to detail, quality work, and ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers, software engineers, and UX researchers to design, test, and scale statistical capabilities from diverse data.
• Apply ML methods to support tools for evidence generation, trial design, and decision support across R&D.
• Inform software products for simulation studies and evaluations of analytical approaches.
• Translate scientific problems into data science workflows and identify automatable patterns.
• Build and maintain model development pipelines with traceability and reproducibility.
• Integrate models and algorithms into production applications with engineering teams.
• Design compliant and interpretable ML architectures for clinical development environments.
• Create templates communicating modeling decisions, trade-offs, and performance to stakeholders.
• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and peer reviews within the data science function.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data analysis

Collaboration

Education

Master’s or PhD in Data Science or related field

Tools

Python

R

scikit-learn

XGBoost

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Genentech in Boston, MA seeks an IA Senior Data Scientist to build and deploy AI/ML-powered digital solutions that transform drug development. You will partner with product managers, software engineers, and UX researchers to design scalable statistical capabilities from clinical, operational, and real-world data.

You will apply advanced ML methods to support evidence generation, trial design, and decision support across R&D, while translating scientific questions into data pipelines and