Job Description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

This position has the mindset of a business leader and entrepreneur. You will act as a strategic architect for the Mexico affiliate. You are responsible for translating long-term business strategy into "fit-for-purpose" P&C initiatives that drive organizational agility and accelerated growth. You will partner flexibly across leadership areas to foster VACC leadership, advance organizational design, and secure future talent capabilities. In this role, you also serve as the Country Connector for Mexico, managing external system shaping and internal cultural stewardship for the site. Legal entity representation for the organization. The Mexico Pharma affiliate is home to +280 collaborators and generated CHF 423 million in revenue in 2025.

The Opportunity:

Business Acumen

• Aligns P&C strategy, goals, and objectives to overall business strategies and objectives; translates P&C strategies to drive key business results; provides guidance on talent management, workforce strategies, organization design and reward and recognition in partnership with Business Partners (Enterprise), other Chapters and subject-matter experts to develop high quality solution

• Maintains broad-based knowledge of multiple leadership areas across the organization and its operations; uses knowledge of business and P&C insights, metrics, expertise, and decision principles to effectively diagnose topics with a wide range of complexity

• Recommends business practice/work process improvements to identify opportunities for leveraging human capital; ensures all P&C initiatives have ROI that adds to organizational value

• Maintains knowledge of external environment and other related information on peer and comparison groups to effectively diagnose and implement strategies to help drive business decisions

Leadership

• Strategic Coaching: Act as a trusted partner and coach for senior leaders to foster a leadership culture aligned with the Roche Leadership Framework

• HPO Leadership: Drive High-Performing Organization (HPO) transformations to evolve organizational behaviors, mindsets, and ways of working

• Translates the business vision, mission, and strategy along with the 10 year ambition and P&C Aspirational Goals into projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules; leads or participates i n WPTs/squads to effectively meet planned objectives; develops clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success; drives alignment and buy-in within multiple leadership areas as part of a network

• Diagnoses P&C needs and identifies interventions that address issues of retention, change leadership, employee engagement, and leadership development, partnering with Enterprise Business Partners, WPTs/squads and other P&C Chapters as appropriate; uses appropriate tools for leadership competency and skills assessment.

• Engagement & Culture: Continuously improve the employee experience, driving measurable increases in satisfaction (eSAT) and fostering a diverse, inclusive culture.

• Drives and implements change with proven ability to influence business leaders and P&C professionals to required outcomes

Strategic P&C Insights & Innovation

• Gathers and analyzes internal and external data, evidence-based research, benchmarks,

• P&C and business metrics to make critical decisions; shares insights with leaders and recommends innovative solutions based on the P&C decision principles that support the culture, strategic direction and resources

• Diagnoses root causes of work environment issues, disruptive team dynamics and ineffective organizational setups; initiates interventions and shapes solutions in collaboration and co-creation with key stakeholders across multiple leadership areas

Who you are

• 8+ years of broad and progressive strategic P&C Business Partnering experience required, preferably within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) preferred, and/or equivalent work experience, advanced degree preferred

• Exemplifies strong leadership skills, with or without direct reports and demonstrates the potential to take on broader and more impactful P&C enterprise roles

• Systems thinker, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, teams and key leadership areas in a fast paced environment

• Passion for and focus on building a diverse and inclusive work culture

• Proven ability to lead with a creative mindset, acting as a coach and mentor for leaders

• Ability to influence with courageous authenticity and build trust with individuals at all levels within the organization, challenging the status quo when appropriate

• Effectively diagnosing long term P&C needs, and shaping and leading initiatives to address them

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to effectively address all organizational levels

• Biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, or sales organizations experience are preferred

• Fluent in English and Spanish is a must

The position may be elegible for relocation benefits.

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.