Roche

Overview

The Technical Innovation Lead is responsible for developing, mentoring, and scaling a high-performing, multidisciplinary technical team. This role blends people leadership, technical vision, and strategic delivery oversight with operational excellence across the technical solution lifecycle.

About Roche

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.

Requirements & Eligibility

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Biomedical Informatics, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field
• 12+ years of experience in delivering data science, software engineering, data platform, or clinical data solutions within R&D or highly technical environments
• 3+ years of experience in leadership role (people, project, or product leadership)
• Demonstrated success leading high-performing technical teams in the development and delivery of scalable platforms or tooling in a scientific or regulated environment
• Broad expertise spanning modern software architecture, scalable computing environments, platform integration, clinical data workflows and advanced analytics
• Experience in advanced AI applications (e.g., agentic workflows, LLM enablement, automated trial review, or multimodal data integration)

Key Responsibilities

• You translate organizational strategies into executable functional roadmaps, platform designs, and scalable automated workflows
• You define and execute the technical innovation strategy for PDD China, aligning local delivery with global PDD roadmaps
• You oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle of technical solutions—guiding projects from early-stage incubation and prototyping through to robust productization, integration, and adoption
• You champion user-centric design, change management, and continuous process optimization to drive successful technology adoption across study/molecule teams
• You evaluate and optimize performance metrics to inform long-term product decisions and technical roadmap evolution
• You ensure system development adheres to necessary regulatory, data privacy, and compliance frameworks
• You own continuous improvement of internal processes to increase team efficiency, quality, and cross-functional alignment
• You keep abreast of advanced, cutting-edge AI knowledge and guide the applications