Roche · 13 hours ago
Senior Data Strategy, Annotation, and Validation Specialist
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expRoche is a leading healthcare company dedicated to advancing science and ensuring access to healthcare for everyone. The Data Strategy, Annotation, and Validation Specialist role involves building scalable digital health data assets, focusing on structuring, annotating, and validating multi-modal data to support the development of digital endpoints and AI-enabled solutions. This position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure data meets scientific and technical standards throughout the product lifecycle.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
You work independently to develop and implement structured annotation and data readiness workflows for digital health modalities such as wearables or imaging
You lead or contribute to the creation and refinement of validation frameworks for new data sources and digital endpoints
You collaborate with data scientists, engineers, product teams, and junior resources to embed data standards and quality checks into digital health solutions
You drive application of FAIR data principles to ensure digital assets are traceable, structured, and fit-for-purpose for regulatory and scientific use
You monitor performance of annotation tools or platforms to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
Qualification
Required
You hold a Master's or Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
You have a minimum of 5 years of experience supporting data annotation, standardization, or validation in digital health, clinical research, or related settings, or an advanced degree with 3 years of equivalent work experience
You are familiar with structured data models, metadata standards, and annotation tooling
You demonstrate capacity for independent thinking and ability to make decisions based upon sound principles
You bring excellent strategic agility including problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and agility that extends beyond the technical domain
You demonstrate respect for cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in the global workplace
You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, specifically in the areas of presentation and writing, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear language
Preferred
Experience working with regulatory-aligned digital data or platforms
Exposure to annotation workflows, data quality assurance, or ML-based validation methods
Experience contributing to technical documentation and structured metadata libraries
Familiarity with collaboration across cross-functional and global teams
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (12)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and VP of Software and Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
Recent News
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