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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

In Roche´s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organisation (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicine. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.

In the PS Business Excellence Chapter, we support together all Pharmaceutical Sciences Chapters, Portfolio Squads, and Communities, enabling scientists to focus on science. Collaboration and flexibility, paired with a can-do attitude and a growth mindset, are critical for success in this team. You will partner closely with your Business Excellence colleagues to provide key operational support to around 550 colleagues in the Pharmaceutical Sciences organization. Our team’s success depends on working well with both people and technology, bringing the strengths of humans and AI together.

Our PS mission is fundamentally scientific. To be effective in this position, it is crucial to cultivate a comprehensive understanding of Safety, DMPK/PD (Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics), and Biomarkers. Within our Chapter, we enable the intersection of scientific understanding with business processes and operational skills. This approach will enhance our ability to measure impact and resource investments, track progress, and make data-driven decisions using operational data for PS.

The Opportunity

The ideal candidate brings sound experience, motivation and drive to pursue the areas below:

Scientific Program Manager for the PS Strategy

• Ensure an overview across all strategic outcome workstreams to ensure alignment with the overarching PS strategy, identify synergies and gaps among work packages.

• Partner with the strategic outcome product owners and the PS Scientific Strategy Lead to develop goals and roadmaps as well as KPIs to measure success and impact of activities.

• Coordinate strategic outcome plans and schedules, monitor and document outcome progress, and maintain an overall view of budget and resource requirements and status.

• Prepare and support regular engagements with senior stakeholders and maintain the PS Strategy communication channels to ensure transparency.

• Organize and coordinate deep dive sessions, as well as symposiums, including content co-creation, chairing, and facilitation. 

Business Manager for PS Portfolio Squads

• Derive insights from and utilize scientific and operational data and metrics to analyze portfolio line of sight, portfolio impact, portfolio prioritization, and resource investments, collaborating with Portfolio Squads, the PS Portfolio & Strategy Insights Team, the PS Data & Digital Network, and Chapter Leads.

• Track and measure performance metrics for squad accountabilities to drive operational process improvements, ensuring the efficient operation of the portfolio squad and implementing enhancement strategies.

• Enhance communication flow within the portfolio squad, between squads, across PS, and with Scientific Business Managers from DTAs/TMo.

• Simplify, harmonize, and automate processes to leverage synergies across portfolio squads.

• Organize and harmonize squad data, information, and knowledge; oversee marketplace completeness and follow up on gaps.

General Project Management 

• Provide comprehensive project management to ensure the timely delivery of scientific and operational initiatives.

• Collaborate closely with project leads to define goals, structure information, and maintain a holistic view of project content.

• Aid in developing project narratives and presentations by maintaining an overarching perspective on project information and progress.

• Serve as Business Manager for PS Governance Meetings, e.g. TSC (Translational Safety Committee), PS DevGo (Development Go).

• For Due Diligences and Pre-Due Diligences involving PS, ensure close connectivity to the partnering organization, for example, participating in bi-weekly Partnering & DTA meetings.

• Address operational gaps and drive continuous improvement of the due diligence processes within PS, while ensuring an overview and transparency of all Due Diligences.

Who you are

• You hold a university degree in Science, preferably at the PhD level, with at least 3 years of relevant experience, ideally within the pharmaceutical industry. Alternatively, you bring a Business or Engineering degree with equivalent experience.

• You have prior experience in consultancy, which is considered a plus.

• You possess a strong understanding of drug development, with robust knowledge of scientific methodologies and principles.

• You bring a minimum of 3 years of experience in leading global or complex projects, organizing and optimizing resources, and establishing clear priorities.

• You hold a Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification, which is a plus.

• You demonstrate strong conceptual and analytical thinking with the ability to translate strategy into action.

• You are skilled in data analytics and proficient in deriving actionable insights from data to inform project decisions and strategies.

• You develop and apply a digital mindset to stay at the forefront of leveraging emerging technologies (e.g. AI, RPA). You continuously update your knowledge of the latest AI developments to enhance business processes and outcomes.

• You are experienced in facilitating face-to-face and virtual meetings and workshops for decision-making, strategy implementation, and process improvement.

• You create fit-for-purpose solutions and get things done with a “can-do” attitude, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

• You possess a strong track record of building collaborative relationships, with demonstrated influencing and networking skills, high emotional intelligence, and excellent interpersonal abilities.

• You demonstrate a customer-centric mindset, able to radically simplify and prioritize for impact.

• You embody a team-centric mindset that fosters a culture of expertise and best practice sharing.

Position Facts

FTE%: 100%

Type of Contract: Permanent

Location: Basel

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.