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# Data Consultant

- **Company:** Roche
- **Location:** Welwyn, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Information Technology, Integration Frameworks
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/4BB00BA144AB4AE090AEC6E2DBE104F3/job/

## About the Role

* You bring substantial professional experience, with a significant portion in management consulting, technical advisory or strategic data leadership.
 * You have worked in and led cross-functional, matrixed environments.
 * You combine deep technical fluency in data frameworks with mastery of the consulting toolkit.
 * You structure problems, storyboard and communicate with executive audiences.
 * You work independently in ambiguity and define structure where none exists.

Preferred:

 * A degree in Business, Data Science, Computer Science or Engineering.
 * Experience linking technical initiatives to financial and patient outcomes in healthcare or life sciences.

## Description

As a Data Consultant operating at managing-consultant level, you are a trusted strategic advisor to senior business leaders. You frame complex business problems, define high-impact data and AI strategies, and act as the primary engine for executing our data and digitalisation roadmap. You turn data into a practical competitive advantage.

Reporting to the Head of Data, Digitalisation and AI, you will lead high-profile, complex internal consulting engagements and shape strategic direction for key business areas. You will work with executive stakeholders and cross-functional delivery squads as an expert translator, portfolio manager and champion for data-led innovation, driving a cultural shift toward data literacy and advanced analytics.

The Opportunity:

Your focus is to turn ambiguous business challenges into data initiatives that measurably improve performance.

 * You act as principal data advisor to senior stakeholders, diagnosing challenges and scoping large-scale data, AI and digital initiatives.
 * You define the data and digital strategy for specific business units and maintain a prioritised roadmap.
 * You provide broad leadership to squads of engineers, scientists and analysts.
 * You translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical specifications and business cases.
 * You oversee request intake and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with strategic and commercial objectives.
 * You champion data quality and governance and drive change that boosts data literacy across the organisation.


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