Scientific Data Product Manager

About the role

As a Scientific Data Product Manager in Nestlé Research’s Computational Sciences department, you will own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of scientific data products spanning agriculture, packaging, clinical research, food safety and health & nutrition. You will translate scientific needs into high‑impact data solutions and drive their adoption across the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Define product vision, roadmap and success criteria, aligning scientific, data and technology goals.
• Partner with researchers to improve data quality, enrich metadata and enable FAIR‑compliant data discovery.
• Design and deliver scalable data products for bioinformatics, clinical and omics pipelines from concept to adoption.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of scientists, data engineers, architects, AI specialists and external partners to accelerate delivery.
• Champion AI‑enabled automation to turn trusted data into faster, smarter insights.
• Maintain long‑term product stewardship, using adoption metrics and user feedback for continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Advanced degree (BSc, MSc or PhD) in Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science or Engineering.
• Proven experience delivering data products in scientific settings, preferably food, life‑science or pharma.
• Strong product ownership skills: roadmap management, backlog prioritisation, user‑centric design and adoption tracking.
• Deep understanding of data engineering concepts, pipelines, ETL/ELT, APIs, metadata, governance and analytics architectures.
• Familiarity with modern data ecosystems – cloud platforms, Snowflake, Linux, containers, Airflow and DevOps practices.

Required skills

• Bioinformatics, Clinical data, Omics
• Data engineering, ETL/ELT, APIs, Metadata management, Data governance
• Cloud platforms, Snowflake, Linux, Container technologies, Airflow, DevOps
• Semantic modeling, Ontologies, Knowledge graphs, RDF, SPARQL
• FAIR data implementation, Lineage tooling
• AI, Automation, Reporting tools (DASH, Streamlit, Power BI)

What we offer

• Hybrid working model with flexible office options.
• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements and generous parental leave.
• Performance‑based bonus and strong pension contribution.
• Learning and development programmes, health‑care contribution and employee assistance.
• Employee discounts across Nestlé products and services.