Biostatistician / Data Scientist (f/m/d) in Personalized Healthcare

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The Position

A healthier future. That’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

With a department of more than 100 biostatisticians, data scientists and data managers at the Roche sites in Penzberg, Mannheim, Indianapolis and Sant Cugat des Vallès, we are supporting global projects to deliver new diagnostics to patients.

As a Biostatistician / Data Scientist (f/m/d) in Personalized Healthcare, you and your future colleagues will focus on applying state-of-the-art statistical and data science methods to drive innovative projects in the field of personalized healthcare and companion diagnostics.

Your key responsibilities

• You will work as a project statistician and support the development of new biomarkers.
• You are responsible for planning and analyzing analytical and clinical studies.
• You will interact closely with the project team members (R&D, Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, external cooperation partners and customers) to capture data analysis requirements and to interpret and communicate the results in an understandable way.
• You will have the opportunity to apply multivariate machine learning methods for the development of new clinical algorithms.

Your profile

• University degree in (bio)statistics or related subjects (e.g. mathematics, epidemiology, physics), ideally with a PhD and extensive experience in statistics.
• You have experience in the life science/diagnostics/pharmaceutical industry or have successfully completed clinical data analysis projects in an academic environment.
• You are familiar with common diagnostic and statistical methods (e.g. logistic regression, ROC analysis, cut-off determination) and have experience in the design, analysis and evaluation of analytical and clinical studies.
• You have experience with statistical methods such as classification, survival and longitudinal analysis models and you are enthusiastic about the application and implementation of new statistical methods.
• You have excellent knowledge of R and LaTeX, ideally knitr or R markdown.
• You have excellent communication, organization and documentation skills as well as very good written and spoken English. German is an advantage.

This position is a 2-year temporary contract.

Your application

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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.

Roche at Penzberg, near Munich, employs more than 7,000 people. The site is one of the largest biotechnology centers in Europe and the only Roche site with research, development and production for both Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics under one roof. From your beginning with Roche, our motivated team will welcome and support you. Numerous opportunities for personal development, flexible work hours, attractive compensation packages and special family assistance programs are available.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.