GATE Strategy & Product Roadmap: Drive GATE-wide center initiatives, shaping AI product development strategy, talent enablement programs, and standard methodologies across the ecosystem.
Rapid Prototyping & ROI: Design and build Proofs of Concept (POCs), prototypes, and business cases to demonstrate tangible value and secure executive buy-in.
Advanced AI Architecture: Architect robust predictive models, causal inference frameworks (A/B testing, quasi-experiments), and Enterprise Generative AI solutions (RAG, fine-tuning, Agentic AI workflows).
End-to-End MLOps & Delivery: Partner with Data Engineering and MLOps teams to design, operationalize, and maintain scalable ML/AI pipelines, ensuring automated deployment and monitoring.
Agile Collaboration: Collaborate across global cross-functional teams, facilitating reviews, demos, and retrospectives to continuously enhance solution delivery.
Who You Are
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, AI/ML, Computer Science, Quantitative Analytics, or a related field. Professional certifications in Data Science, Cloud AI, or GenAI are advantageous.
12+ years of overall experience in Data Science/AI, including 5+ years leading AI product lifecycles and mentoring data science teams.
Proven track record in predictive modeling, causal inference, LLMs, RAG, and Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI).
Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, modern pipeline tools (dbt, PySpark), MLOps platforms (MLflow, Kubeflow, AWS SageMaker), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and AWS.
Exceptional communication and consulting skills with a demonstrated ability to present business cases to executive leadership (pharmaceutical or healthcare domain experience is a plus).
Must be currently based in Costa Rica or hold valid work authorization for San José.
No relocation benefits are offered for this position.
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.
