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

The Roche group is a founder of the biotechnology industry, dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Within the Pharma Technical Operations (PT) function, we bridge the gap between scientific innovation and patient access, ensuring that our life-saving products are manufactured and delivered with the highest quality and resilience.

The Opportunity

• Lead and manage a portfolio of cross-functional product strategy teams across technical, finance, supply chain, regulatory, and manufacturing.

• Design and implement resilient, end-to-end supply chains for the full product lifecycle. Special focus on late stage development through the launch of new products and line extensions.

• Translate disease area and product visions into actionable PT execution plans and strategic objectives.

• Direct investment proposals by prioritizing product supply initiatives based on time, cost, and business value.

• Manage product health by overseeing supply resilience, process robustness, and sustainability KPIs.

• Integrate external customer insights and competitive landscape trends to shape lifecycle and disease area strategies.

• Predict and articulate the implications of strategic decisions while managing holistic end-to-end risks.

• Support long-range planning with assumption-driven forecast scenarios to connect product and network strategies.

• Mentor and coach colleagues to expand technical skills and leadership capabilities across the organization.

Who you are

You are a strategic thinker who operates at an enterprise level, capable of translating complex product strategies into actionable results with significant patient impact. As a resourceful problem solver, you anticipate and navigate complex challenges with ease and strategic insight. You are a natural leader in matrix environments, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, and possessing the ability to build trustful relationships globally. You are a persuasive communicator who can anticipate objections and influence stakeholders at all levels, while serving as an exemplary coach to develop the next generation of leaders.

In addition, you have the following qualifications and experience:

• BS or MS Degree in life sciences, engineering, or business disciplines.

• At least 10+ years of multi-disciplinary work experience in the Pharma / Biotech industry, with a broad understanding of manufacturing and technical operations.

• At least 7+ years of experience in senior people management or senior matrix team leadership.

• Proven track record in designing and implementing successful product supply chain strategies, with on-going risk management, resilience and evolution.

• Experience in leading new product launches and/or line extensions; exposure across biologic, synthetic molecule and device supply chains beneficial

• Demonstrated ability to understand disease areas, market access and other demand-side drivers of business value and volume; experience in the Roche strategic disease areas beneficial (i.e. cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, oncology, neuroscience, ophthalmology, immunology, infectious disease)

• International/global experience (strongly preferred).

• Ability to travel globally (approximately 10% or lower).

Does this sound like you? We look forward to receiving your application. Join us at Roche!

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Basel. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

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.