Stefan Datz, PhD

Regional Service Lead for Core Lab & Hospital Point of Care | Driving customer-focused service excellence by connecting field operations, support, and commercial teams

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experience

  • Roche (8 yrs 7 mos)
    • Regional Service Lead for Core Lab & Hospital Point of Care
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      Leading field service operations across Bavaria for Core Lab and Hospital Point of Care, with a strong focus on customer impact, service excellence, and cross-functional alignment. Bridging field operations, technical support, and commercial teams to improve responsiveness, streamline communication, and ensure high-quality service delivery for laboratories and hospital partners. Focused on: Strengthening customer partnerships through proximity and understanding of on-site needs Driving alignment and clear ownership across service and support functions Enhancing service effectiveness by anticipating issues and shortening feedback loops Leading the service team in delivering reliable, high-quality service in complex healthcare environments

    • Head of Molecular Diagnostics & Pathology Technical Support - EMEA Customer Support Center
      Mar 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      - Leading a highly skilled team of professionals covering Technical Product Management, Case Handling & Troubleshooting, On-site Support and Customer Training for the Roche Molecular Diagnostics and Pathology portfolio achieving a best-in-industry customer satisfaction rate of 94 % - Responsible for our customers in DACH, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Turkey and our low-volume customer segment (Baltics, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina) in the EMEA customer support center - Pricing responsibility for Molecular Diagnostics Service in Germany - Leading the EMEA-LATAM expert support network Molecular Diagnostics Technical

    • Subchapter Lead - R&D Services Germany
      Jan 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      - Part of the global R&D Services Leadership Team - Development and implementation of a new operating service model for all R&D Diagnostic units in Germany (serving >1600 employees) - Responsible across all four major R&D sites in Germany (Penzberg, Mannheim, Ludwigsburg, München) with satellites in China & Spain - Hiring, leading and developing a new team (Senior Experts, Project Managers, Lab Managers) with expertise in lab and equipment management, logistics and sample management, IT projects and SHE support, Outsourcing and Vendor management - Accelerating R&D efficiency and output by negotiating new service contracts, centralizing activities and digitalizing lab processes - Representing global R&D in various committees - Responsible for large CAPEX projects (> 10 Mio €)

  • Dozent für Labortechnik und Enzymdiagnostik at IHK für München und Oberbayern
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (München und Umgebung, Deutschland)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Jul 2017 - Jan 2018 · 7 mos

      Nanomaterials for Sensing and Drug delivery

    • Ph.D. Student
      Jan 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications In vitro/in vivo/ex vivo Experiments Cancer therapy, Immunology Physicochemical Characterization Biotechnology

  • Visiting Researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Jeffrey I. Zink at University of California, Los Angeles
    Oct 2014 - Dec 2014 · 3 mos

    Research Project: Superparamagnetic Nanocomposites for Drug Delivery Applications

  • Student Trainee at BSH Home Appliances Group
    Aug 2008 - Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Working Student in the Material Development Department