Digital Endpoints and Patient-Centered Solutions TA Lead, Ophthalmology

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This role is based in the Digital Endpoints and Patient-Centered Solutions (DEPCS) team, an innovative digital, AI, and tech function within Roche Product Development Data Sciences (PDD). Operating across the Science of Medicines and Operations, DEPCS embeds patient-centered and AI-enabled digital solutions into clinical research. By integrating data science, measurement science, and digital product thinking, DEPCS delivers scalable and regulatory-ready innovations that enhance trial design, evidence generation, and clinical value of Roche medicines.

• Provide strategic direction and cross-functional leadership to advance digital, AI, imaging, and patient-centered strategies supporting the therapeutic area.
• Act as the primary DEPCS partner to stakeholders in Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Regulatory, GPS, pRED, and gRED, ensuring digital and measurement strategies are aligned with program needs and embedded into development decision-making.
• Lead TA-specific DEPCS planning, contribute to portfolio execution, and oversee cross-functional delivery in alignment with broader PD-DSA and Roche strategies.
• Align digital, AI, imaging, and patient-centered strategies for Ophthalmology with Roche’s broader PD-DSA, One Pharma goals, and other enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Champion and integrate the 3
  
  Ds – Data, Digital/AI, and Design – into TA-level decision-making, product development, and clinical delivery.
• Promote scientific rigor, practical feasibility assessment, operational excellence, and a learning mindset as a role model for digital health leadership.
• Ensure clear accountability and cross-functional alignment in the execution of TA-level innovation priorities.
• Translate enterprise and functional priorities into TA-specific roadmaps and initiatives, providing strategic leadership for DEPCS within Ophthalmology.
• Guide the integration of patient-centered solutions, digital endpoints, imaging algorithms, and AI capabilities into the drug development lifecycle.
• Align DEPCS strategy for Ophthalmology within cross-functional and enterprise governance frameworks, contributing to PD-DSA strategy execution.
• Anticipate scientific, regulatory, and technological trends and steer portfolio planning to maximize impact and value.
• Represent the TA in DEPCS and cross-functional forums, shaping investment cases, resourcing needs, and platform alignment.
• Influence decision-making in TA-level governance bodies (e.g., Development Boards) through delivery of validated and impactful digital innovations.
• Serve as the single point of contact and DEPCS lead for Ophthalmology, ensuring cohesive and responsive engagement with Clinical, Regulatory, GPS, Biostats, pRED, and gRED.
• Build strong relationships with TA-aligned leaders across PDD to support seamless integration of digital, design, and data strategies into the therapeutic portfolio.
• Collaborate with DEPCS internal capability leads (Imaging, PCOR, AI/ML, Data Validation) to enable fit-for-purpose innovation.
• Foster partnerships with external collaborators (technology providers, academic institutions, regulators, and patient groups) to strengthen delivery and credibility.
• Ensure TA representation in DEPCS and PDD planning processes and advocate for TA-specific needs in functional strategies.
• Oversee assessment, validation, and implementation of DEPCS solutions across Ophthalmology, including digital endpoints, PROs/COAs, imaging tools, and health technologies.
• Drive reuse, scalability, and lifecycle governance of digital tools, in alignment with DEPCS productization strategy.
• Support integration of digital modalities into platform trials, decentralized studies, and evidence generation frameworks.
• Monitor emerging trends and lead adaptation of state-of-the-art digital/AI methodologies for clinical application.
• Provide functional leadership and direction to TA-aligned DEPCS team members…