StarTrack - Data Science Development Program in Personalized Healthcare (2 years)

Job description

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Are you a creative problem solver and a quick learner interested in observational & quantitative research? Do you have passion and curiosity for using healthcare data to drive research and development of novel treatments for patients around the world? Do you want to use complex algorithms to generate insights from a variety of medical datasets? Do you want to start your career at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, in a team that aims to transform how we use data and advanced analytics to improve care for patients?

Then StarTrack, the program in Personalised Healthcare (PHC) Data Science, is made for you! You will join the PHC Data Science team at Roche Headquarters in Basel, Switzerlandfor a period of 24 months to work on innovative projects spanning multiple disease areas leveraging large amounts of healthcare data originating from EMRs (Electronic Medical Records), Disease Registries, Clinical Trials, Insurance Claims, Digital Health, Genomics and Imaging. You would be working side by side with other data scientists to help uncover answers to challenging clinical and business questions.

Program Content

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Duration: 24 months, starting early 2020 (some flexibility with start date)

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Location: Roche Pharmaceuticals in Basel, Switzerland

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A structured program preparing early-in-career graduates for an industry position in Personalized Healthcare (PHC) Data Science

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Opportunities for varied, challenging and innovative projects among the different functions in Roche PHC Data Science (e.g. Real-World Data, Advanced Analytics, Digital Health and Imaging).

Outcome and prospects

Develop a thorough understanding of how healthcare data could be used to generate meaningful insights accelerating research and development of new medicines.

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Hands-on experience using real-world evidence in pharmaceutical development, regulatory approval and market access contexts

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Use artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve some of the hardest problems in biomarker discovery, clinical trial design, and outcome research

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Design novel methodologies to combine multi-modal health data such as clinical, imaging, omics and digital health originating from clinical trials and other real-world data sources

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Professional development opportunities including presenting your research at conferences and participating in a variety of courses offered by the company

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Opportunities to be involved in all aspects of our work, from conceptualisation of research ideas to study design, programming and analysis, interpretation and dissemination of results through internal presentations or publications

Who we are

At Roche, 94,000 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 is an equal opportunity employer.

Desired profile

Who you are

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Recent PhD university graduate (you graduated no more than 18 months ago)

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Has a quantitative data science discipline (e.g. Epidemiology, Statistics, Bioinformatics or Computer Science)

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Extensive quantitative data experience in Neuroscience, Oncology, Infectious diseases etc, combined with may also be considered

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Previous experience utilizing longitudinal patient-level data preferred

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Statistical programming skills preferred e.g. R, SAS, Python

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Proven history of publications in peer-reviewed journals, and/or abstracts (including presentations) at scientific conferences is a plus

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Fluency in written and verbal English

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Good interpersonal and presentation skills

Application process

Phase 1: CV & Cover Letter screen, followed by Video Interview

Phase 2: Assessment Center (taking place on September 23rd 2019)

Please ensure you include aCV and cover letterwith your initial application (DO NOT USE QUICK APPLY OPTION) any application without a cover letter is automatically declined.

As part of your cover letter, Roche is keen to understand your motivation in applying for this position. You should, therefore provide responses to the following questions:

- What is your key motivation for applying for this opportunity?
- What key skills and experience will you bring to the role? - please give examples.

Your cover letter should not exceed one page.

Further information about the program you will find here

If you still have questions then please check our FAQs and videos on careers.roche.ch/faq.

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