• Job Description

  Req#: 202310-123865

  The Position

  In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organisation (pRED) , we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed. This position is located in Strategy and Governance, a chapter within the Data & Analytics function, which pushes boundaries of drug discovery and development, enabling pRED to achieve its goals.

  Job mission

  The mission of our team is to propagate and apply best data practices for the design, development and delivery of innovative integrated scientific informatics solutions and platforms focusing on data capture, analysis, and visualization of chemical, biological and biomedical data to support scientific decision making in all stages of the drug development processes and finally to deliver new innovative treatments to the patients.

  We are looking for a FAIR Data Expert - pRED Data & Analytics to join us in implementing a FAIR data ecosystem for pRED driving the digital transformation of research for patients.

  Your impact

  • Co-create semantic application models and terminologies for data products by applying an in-house methodology for data harmonization.

  • Apply advanced analytical skills in understanding, analyzing and modeling scientific data leveraged in pharmaceutical/ life science research.

  • Collaborate with scientists and business analysts to translate requirements into the implementation of FAIR data products.

  • Support data standardization and harmonization across different functions by applying biomedical terminologies and ontologies.

  • Contribute to strengthen FAIR Data Governance in the pRED Data & Analytics community and consult colleagues from different functions on data literacy, data standards, FAIR data, data harmonization.

  • Extend our Roche semantic model based on new business requirements in alignment with relevant external reference models

  • Implement and constantly improve the acquisition and integration of major public terminology resources.

  • Support the automation of terminology processing pipelines and implement intelligent processes for QA.

  • Interface with project teams working on semantic technologies to build a pRED knowledge graph with FAIR data and participate in pre-competitive initiatives to drive the implementation of FAIR data in the pharma industry.

  Your profile

  We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with a solid foundation in computational life science to join our team. As a successful candidate, you will have a passion for FAIRifying and harmonizing data. Additionally, we are looking for someone with a naturally curious and analytical mindset, who is intellectually inquisitive and possesses a strong desire to explore, understand, and dissect complex concepts and problems. Your ability to think critically, ask insightful questions, and continuously expand your knowledge base will be essential in this role.
  

  • You have a solid foundation in computational life science (e.g. Bioinformatician, Computer Scientist, Biologist, MD, Chemist) and are passionate about FAIRifying and harmonizing data

  • You have an excellent working knowledge of data and information architecture and good knowledge and experience with RDF, RDFS, OWL and related vocabularies for knowledge representation such as BFO, SKOS, SKOS-XL, Dublin Core, PROV-O.

  • You are familiar with REST APIs, their usage, e.g. via CURL, as well as with JSON/JSON-LD and have experience with ontology tools like Protégé and capability to write or adapt SPARQL queries.

  • You have working knowledge in a programming language, like Python, R, or JAVA and you are familiar with key semantic resources in the life sciences and data standards would be desirable, including, but not limited to, Ontology Lookup Service, Bioportal, NCIt, ICD-10, MedDRA, SNOMED, CDISC, Allotrope, OHDSI etc.

  • You are able to have a holistic view/understanding when addressing scientists’ needs in order to always propose and implement generic and harmonized solutions across systems.

  Our commitment

  Roche commits to recognising talent and aptitude. We prioritize encouraging and supporting our employees in their personal journeys by providing a safe, creative space to help them reflect, make decisions and grow in their career. We are confident that we find the most innovative solutions by gaining different perspectives, asking and answering hard questions, and challenging the status quo. Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious yet enthusiastic way; we are devoted to building a team that represents a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

  Your location

  Basel

  Who we are

  At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

  Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

  Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

  We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

  Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• About the company

  606018 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics.

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