At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Data Scientist - Applied AI
At Roche Digital Technology (RDT), innovation meets purpose. As a global community of business‑minded technologists, we are shaping the future of digital healthcare. Our mission is to power Roche through cutting‑edge technologies—harnessing artificial intelligence, data, and scalable tech innovations. Driven by passion, we build digital solutions that enable smarter ways of working, unlock human potential, and drive meaningful breakthroughs for patients worldwide.
We balance flexibility with in‑person connection, averaging two days per week in the office for workshops, town halls, team meetings, and collaborative events. Because we operate across global time zones, this role requires frequent availability during late afternoons and evenings.
About Our Team: Partnering Digital Solutions
Join our Partnering Digital Solutions team, a strategic group focused on maximizing partnership impact through digital and AI‑enabled ecosystems to advance the Pharma and DIA Partnering business. We are at the forefront of innovation—building scalable data infrastructure, applying advanced data engineering practices, and integrating cutting‑edge external capabilities to accelerate decision‑making and unlock business value. Our work spans across multiple high‑impact initiatives, from developing intelligent data products to enabling end‑to‑end AI workflows. Whether it’s structuring complex data ecosystems or collaborating with external research institutions, this is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of data and AI at Roche by directly supporting key strategic decisions across our integral Partnering organization.
As a Data Scientist, you will play a critical role in shaping and delivering AI and machine learning capabilities across the Partnering Digital Solutions ecosystem.



You will work closely with product owners, data engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to develop scalable machine learning models, intelligent workflows, and data‑driven solutions that improve visibility, prioritization, operational efficiency, and strategic decision making. This role focuses on applied AI, machine learning, predictive modelling, and operational intelligence rather than purely research‑oriented AI. Machine Learning & Applied AI Solutions
Design, develop, and deploy machine learning and AI‑enabled solutions that support partnering activities such as opportunity prioritization, portfolio intelligence, forecasting, operational insights, and decision support
Apply advanced analytics, statistical modelling, machine learning, and emerging AI techniques to solve complex business problems and deliver scalable intelligence capabilities across the partnering ecosystem.
Lead exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model selection, training, validation, and performance evaluation for machine learning and AI‑enabled solutions.
Partner closely with business stakeholders and product teams to translate complex business challenges into analytical approaches, machine learning solutions, and scalable intelligence capabilities.
Support data‑driven prioritisation and strategic decision making through actionable insights, predictive models, and operational intelligence.
Collaborate with AI, data, and engineering teams to operationalise AI‑enabled capabilities and support the adoption of scalable intelligence solutions across partnering platforms and workflows.
Data & Intelligence Development
Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to support operationalisation of machine learning and AI‑enabled solutions in production environments.
Support scalable deployment, monitoring, observability, and lifecycle management of AI and machine learning capabilities aligned with enterprise AI standards
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📌 Data Scientist in Machine Learning (Madrid)
🏢 Roche
📍 Madrid