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

As Roche continues to look for ways to optimize its funds for investment into R&D, Finance needs to take a strong leadership role in the business. Moreover, as our innovation pipeline grows in its disease therapeutic diversity and technology platforms, Finance must play a critical role in ensuring relentless investments in areas that will drive step change, and be multiplicative rather than additive. Our R&D Finance Network supports all the core Research business units (pRED, gRED & PD) and is focused on Finance Enterprise Partnering, advocating strong, trustful relationships based on a shared commitment to delivering greater impact for patients. Our newly created R&D Finance operating model enables Finance Enterprise Partners to work as a network in one team.

R&D Finance Enterprise Partners are business-savvy professionals who can put themselves in the shoes of their stakeholders, as we collectively strive for integrated solutions that bring together elements of our broad offering across Pharma, Diagnostics, and Insights. They catalyze cross-collaboration between R&D units - which continue to operate autonomously to maximize innovation - and bring a holistic, end-to-end view across the enterprise. Their touch points along the whole value chain combine with a network that can make things happen. Drawing from a deep well of relevant technical skills, as well as communication and storytelling, they challenge the status quo, have eye-level conversations, and help stakeholders to navigate the polarities of a complex world.

The Opportunity

• Serve initially as a Finance Enterprise Partner to functions in pRED with the expectation that you may also support molecule teams and over time go on to support other development functions in early and/ or late stage.
• Serve as thought partner and leader in driving value creation, while also driving productivity and transformation initiatives across the teams. Drive transparency and insights to make good business decisions in support of our ambition.
• Actively question resource allocation, portfolio choices, and cost assumptions across functions and molecule teams to ensure capital is deployed for maximum patient impact.
• Embrace our R&D Finance Network model and advance the collaboration model between eCOE and other Finance units.
• Seek opportunities to align interests with business need and impact, while committing to action.

To Be Successful in This Role

• Serve as a dynamic business-savvy professional who puts themselves in the shoes of stakeholders to craft integrated cross-functional solutions.
• Catalyze cross-collaboration between R&D units and bring a holistic, end-to-end enterprise view.
• Boldly challenge business assumptions and status quo thinking; speak truth to power by offering transparent guidance and objective financial rigor to shape critical strategic decisions.

Who You Are

• Bachelor degree is required; MA/MBA is a plus.
• A minimum 5+ years of relevant finance experience, ideally including several years of experience as business partner or global controller (previous R&D experience a plus).
• Excellent ability to interact with and influence decision-making at senior management levels, strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to develop flexible scenarios and solutions; anticipate changing internal and competitive landscapes, envision the future state of finance and the business and lead team(s) to develop and execute long-term initiatives.
• Passion for the drug development process and ability to work with ambiguity, balancing risk and reward and to take smart risks.
• Proven record of providing financial stewardship and ensuring Financial governance.
• Proven leadership and coaching skills with a passion to develop and nurture talent.

Be part of our R&D Finance team in Basel, apply now !

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.