Discovery Scientist – Neural Retina & Ocular Disease

Become part of our team to lead early-stage drug discovery projects focused on retinal disease, utilizing your expertise in neural retina biology and ocular pathology to identify and validate therapeutic targets. At Roche, you are valued for your unique qualities and encouraged to thrive both personally and professionally, as we aim to prevent, stop, and cure diseases and ensure access to healthcare for all generations.

• Utilize and establish advanced in vitro and in vivo models of ocular disease, and leverage patient sample datasets to identify, validate, and characterize novel therapeutic drug targets.
• Identify and evaluate optimal therapeutic modalities for selected targets.
• Independently lead and manage drug discovery projects from target initiation through early clinical development stages (up to Phase II readiness).
• Partner with interdisciplinary teams across pRED, including bioinformatics, safety, and translational medicine, to advance pipeline programs.
• Initiate and lead external collaboration projects to bolster internal efforts.
• Manage CRO activities, including project design, timelines, and quality of deliverables.
• Present research findings at internal decision-making meetings, author high-impact publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, and represent Roche at international scientific conferences.
• Support and coordinate safety, health, and environmental processes in the lab.