Sr. Principal Technical Program Expert, Digitization

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The Position

Our team at Roche maintains a steadfast commitment to delivering diagnostic precision that informs critical clinical outcomes in pathology. We achieve this by championing scientific innovation to enhance patient wellness and by deploying cutting-edge technologies that eliminate operational bottlenecks encountered by diagnostic laboratories on a daily basis.

As a Technical Program Expert you will serve as the Digitization Lead, spearheading the transformation of data management into discoverable digital assets for the newly formed Digitization Center of Excellence (DCoE). In this highly visible hybrid role of product ownership, platform leadership, and data architecture you will develop a master plan that guides how the organization builds and uses its data, software, hardware, and networks for seamless product delivery. It connects business goals with technology tools in alignment with global initiatives and guidelines. Your daily impact involves solving complex technical and operational challenges to unify siloed imaging and data systems through partnering with local and global cross‑functional stakeholders. You will establish new capabilities, benchmark technical excellence, and unlock exponential value and operational efficiency for our scientific and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Vision & Roadmap Execution: Act as the Product Owner for the DCoE, translating business strategy into the Development technology portfolio and maintaining full accountability for the DCoE roadmap, prioritization, and value realization.

• Technical Implementation & Innovation: Identify and solve unique technical challenges and data flow within the pathology lab portfolio, overseeing the integration of scanning operations with Image Viewers, file transfer and metadata/graph services into a robust end‑to‑end platform. Champion innovation in workflows, data models, and automation that increase throughput and reusability of our digital assets. 

• Governance & Stakeholder Management: Chair or co-chair DCoE governance and operations forums, maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional leaders across Pathology, Roche Digital Technologies (RDT), Data Science, and Quality Assurance. Ensure alignment between scanning labs and assay/IHC/scientific teams through clear service interfaces and Service Level Agreements, while maintaining strong partnerships with key business partners (i.e. IT Quality, etc). 

• Operational Excellence & Quality: Establish and monitor continuous improvement initiatives and operational metrics to ensure quality, balancing schedule and budget to maximize business impact.

• Program Scaling: Establish and scale the DCoE program, overseeing the transition from the Phase 1 pilot into a stabilized, high-throughput steady state, and eventually extending the architecture to additional global sites and functions.

• Executive Representation: Regularly interact with executive management and the Steering Committee on the progress of the DCoE, which directly impacts larger organizational goals.

• And other duties as assigned by management.
   

Who You Are:
(Required)

• You have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology with 10+ years of experience; or a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology with 8+ years of experience; or a PhD in Computer Science