Job Description

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. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Are you passionate about applying systems thinking to navigate complex digital landscapes and driving sustainable business transformation?

As our Principal Business Analyst for Data, AI & Insights, you will act as a trusted advisor to leadership, actively shaping long-term roadmaps and defining innovative technology solutions. Working with full autonomy, you will lead analysis efforts across highly ambiguous and evolving spaces, helping to translate complex organizational needs into high-value digital strategies. In this role, you will look at the big picture to manage interconnected systems, ensure cross-functional alignment, and cultivate a data-driven culture that directly impacts how we deliver excellence across our global informatics structures.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic Analysis: Define and lead business analysis efforts across highly ambiguous spaces, navigating complex frameworks while managing the quality of core analytical content.

• Shape Long-Term Roadmaps: Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, evaluating strategic solution options through advanced value analysis and risk assessments to guide future-ready technology decisions.

• Solve Complex Business Problems: Lead deep-dive root cause analyses of complex business challenges, defining the problem space and delivering sustainable, innovative technical solutions.

• Manage Stakeholders & Align Teams: Partner with key stakeholders and management across cross-functional boundaries, navigating conflicts gracefully to build consensus and drive strategic alignment.

• Oversee High-Impact Initiatives: Maintain full accountability for business analysis deliverables, managing scope effectively and anticipating macro-implications across related domains.

• Foster Community & Mentorship: Actively contribute to organizational development by championing our internal practices and mentoring senior business analysis practitioners.

Who You Are

You are a proactive, delivery-focused strategic thinker with an enterprise mindset who thrives on turning ambiguity into clarity. You excel at breaking down operational silos, building collaborative relationships across diverse teams, and guiding complex technical initiatives with confidence and autonomy.

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• Extensive Business Analysis Expertise: A proven track record of overseeing complex, large-scale initiatives with full autonomy, backed by advanced knowledge of business analysis advisory and consultancy practices.

• Systems Thinking & Problem Solving: Demonstrated mastery in domain knowledge, with the ability to apply systems thinking to provide holistic, enterprise-wide consulting advice and advanced risk assessments.

• Methodology Innovation: Strong capability to extend standard analytical approaches, tailoring and combining methodologies creatively to fit unique and evolving problem spaces.

• Exceptional Stakeholder & Change Management: Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with a proven ability to influence senior management, drive consensus, and navigate cross-functional dynamics smoothly.

• Leadership & Mentorship: A dedication to driving teamwork, acting as a collaborative role model across informatics and business teams, and supporting the professional growth of fellow practitioners.

At Roche, we aim high to deliver life-changing healthcare solutions. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you.

Who we are

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.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.