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Roman Affentranger

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Executive Director, Global Head of Products, Data & Digital at Novartis Biomedical Resarch
📍 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Roman Affentranger is the Executive Director and Global Head of Products at Novartis Biomedical Research, where he leads digital transformation in R&D. With a Ph. D. in Biochemistry from ETH Zürich, he has extensive experience in scientific informatics, automation, and product management, previously holding leadership roles at Roche.

Roman is passionate about applying technology to solve significant global health challenges. This is highlighted by his key role in the "Scientists Against Malaria" initiative, where he helped establish a collaborative, virtual organization for drug design and discovery. He frequently speaks at industry conferences on digital transformation and R&D.

He was instrumental in the "Scientists Against Malaria" initiative, a collaborative project focused on designing novel antimalarial drug candidates.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Executive Director, Global Head of Products, Data & Digital
Job Level
Senior
Location
Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Digital R&D Transformation
His career at Novartis and Roche is focused on aligning technology, data, and scientific insight to accelerate research and development in the life sciences.
Scientific Product Management
He leads global product teams, focusing on building products for scientists that reduce complexity and drive innovation in drug discovery.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Executive Director, Global Head of Products, Data & Digital
Novartis Biomedical Resarch
5-2022 - 6-2025
Executive Director, Head of Product Management
Novartis BioMedical Research
11-2019 - 4-2022
Section Head Automation Technologies, Lead Discovery, pRED
Roche
1-2014 - 10-2019
Head of Small Molecule Discovery Informatics
Roche
7-2013 - 7-2018
Small Molecule Workflows Service Manager
Roche
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Education
2002 - 2006
Dr. sc. nat
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
1997 - 2002
Dipl. Natw.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
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