Data & Insights Enablement - Senior Analyst

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That’s what makes us Roche.

Roche has established Global Analytics and Technology Center of Excellence (GATE) to drive analytics & technology driven solutions by partnering with Roche affiliates across the globe.

The Senior Analyst – Data Governance Product Management acts as a Technical Product Manager and Senior Data Business Analyst bridging business stakeholders, data governance leads, and data engineering teams. In this role, you will take ownership of defining, documenting, and executing the technical product roadmap for enterprise data governance assets and platforms.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to build deep expertise in the external healthcare data ecosystem and contribute to decisions that shape how Roche uses data to support commercial and strategic business needs in the U.S. market.

You will work closely with U.S. stakeholders, external data vendors, and cross-functional Roche teams. The role provides a strong platform to develop skills in data strategy, vendor evaluation, stakeholder consultation, business problem-solving, and structured communication.

• Requirements Gathering: Lead discovery and elicitation sessions with business stakeholders, data owners, and technical teams to define data governance product capabilities, workflows, and integrations
• Technical Documentation: Author detailed Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), Source-to-Target Mappings (SSTMs), user stories, data dictionary definitions, and architecture flowcharts using Confluence and Jira
• Product Backlog & Delivery: Manage feature prioritization, sprint backlogs, acceptance criteria, and user acceptance testing (UAT) in an Agile data product delivery environment

• Catalog Administration & Adoption: Drive enterprise-wide adoption, configuration, and maintenance of Data Catalog platforms (e.g., Collibra), ensuring comprehensive business glossaries, asset definitions, and critical data elements (CDEs)
• Metadata & Lineage: Map end-to-end data lineage, relationships, and metadata attributes across source transactional systems, data lakes, and downstream analytics marts
• Governance Frameworks: Partner with governance leads to establish data classification, taxonomy standards, schema validation, and access policies

• Pharma Domain Alignment: Act as the technical governance liaison for core pharmaceutical data domains, including Sales, Prescription/Claims, Healthcare Professionals (HCP), Healthcare Organizations (HCO), and Payer/Market Access datasets
• Data Harmonization: Guide cross-functional teams on standardizing master data attributes and cross-referencing domain-specific data definitions across global and regional commercial platforms

• Rule Translation: Translate functional business requirements and governance policies into explicit Data Quality (DQ) validation criteria and SQL-based logic
• Quality Framework Support: Define thresholds and metrics for data completeness, accuracy, consistency, integrity, and freshness to support automated data quality pipelines

• Stakeholder Facilitation: Serve as the primary point of contact for US commercial and analytics business users, conducting working sessions and resolving requirements ambiguities
• Time Zone Alignment: Maintain daily working hours overlap with North American business partners operating on US Pacific Standard Time (PST)

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Data Management, Engineering, or a related discipline and 5+ years of experience
• Advanced SQL Proficiency: Expert-level SQL capabilities for complex data querying, data profiling, lineage tracing, and data validation across relational and distributed data warehouse environments. (Python scripting experience is preferred but not mandatory).
• Technical & Data Requirements Elicitation : Proven track record interfacing directly with business teams to elicit, structure, and document technical data requirements (PRDs, SSTMs, data flow diagrams, Confluence/Jira documentation).
• Data Catalog Platforms: Hands-on operational experience with enterprise Data Catalog solutions, with a strong preference for Collibra (or equivalent enterprise catalog platforms such as Alation)
• Pharmaceutical Commercial Data Domains: Working knowledge of life sciences and pharma commercial data structures, including Sales, Claims/Prescription, HCP, and HCO data domains
• Data Quality & Rule Definition: Practical experience translating complex business requirements into verifiable Data Quality rules and SQL validation logic (preferred; high-level requirements and advanced SQL depth satisfy the core requirement)
• Structured Thinking & Organization: Exceptional ability to distill complex, ambiguous business problems into structured, methodical, and well-organized documentation
• Interpersonal & Verbal Communication: Clear, articulate verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to comfortably interact with director-level business stakeholders and software engineers
• Schedule Alignment: Willingness and availability to align working hours overlapping with US Pacific Standard Time (PST) first half to ensure real-time collaboration with cross-functional teams

Note: Work Hours: Flexible with required core overlap with US Pacific Standard Time (PST)

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.