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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 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.

Strategy, Portfolio & Operations (SPO) is a newly built function that aims to encompass several business partner functions for pRED including strategy & portfolio, program & project management excellence, clinical operations, sites and laboratory management, capability development and external operations. SPO is set up leveraging a hub and spoke design with a clear mandate for core capabilities that are mirrored by the respective spokes in disease therapeutic areas and functions across pRED. SPO’s mission is to deliver excellence in operations, ensure patient centricity and enable high-quality decision-making. As a trusted partner across pRED, SPO contributes to pRED’s research and development excellence.

The Opportunity

The Asset Manager for Infrastructure & Asset (I&A) cluster is an exciting development opportunity for someone to contribute to pREDs' long-term objectives and productivity goals. The Asset Manager works very closely with the Asset Manager team in I&A, the pRED Ops Manager network, and other stakeholders for Asset Management (AM) within and outside pRED (i.e gRED, PTD, PS).

Your task is to support and drive different initiatives to implement a ToC (total cost of ownership) vision for pREDs asset portfolio to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Further, you represent pRED in global Roche Asset initiatives, such as the Pharma Excellence Initiative in workstream 6, and you will be accountable for the sustainable implementation of those initiatives.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Driving and further evolving infrastructure programs and activities in alignment with the pRED strategy, and in line with R&D Productivity and R&D Excellence

• Defining and setting Asset Management (AM) priorities in collaboration with cluster peers and the cluster lead I&A, prioritize key outcomes/impact projects for pRED and enable strategic and operational implementation

• Co-leading and supporting asset-related projects within and outside the cluster. Build efficient project teams with feedback culture and psychological safety measures. Aid the team in conflict resolution and trust building by leading by example and encouraging open dialogue.

• Strategic and operational business alignment across the organization to ensure efficiency, harmonization and value-add across the asset portfolio. Assure communication to and alignment with customers and stakeholders and leverage synergies.

• “Connecting the dots” across the different asset-related initiatives and projects to ensure and improve end-to-end alignment.

• Close and trusting collaboration with local Site organizations (i.e. but not exclusively BAS/ KAU) to ensure performance across offerings within asset management (projects, products, services)

• Preparing and presenting consolidated dashboards to monitor metrics and performance across the asset portfolio

Who you are

To be successful in this role you bring high energy, adaptability, collaborative mindset and the potential to succeed in a challenging environment. You are comfortable operating in a highly dynamic world and adjusting to changes in priorities and/or team dynamics. You are not afraid to challenge and speak your mind to partner with the SPO LT, teams and key stakeholders for Asset Management to achieve its goals. You need to exhibit strong active listening skills to be able to connect the dots and be willing to work on both strategic initiatives and operational tasks to ensure that the cluster I&A and other groups are effective and focused on achieving their priorities:

• You hold a master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, MBA or similar

• You have a track record of leading projects and (lateral) team leadership

• You have more than 3 years of experience in project management and/or business process improvement

• You bring a profound experience with standard project management tools and practices

• You have a strong background in lab/infrastructure planning and in-depth knowledge of key space concepts of pRED

• You are a highly collaborative person with a customer-centric mindset and a “can do” attitude. You also master working in a highly dynamic environment and demonstrate strong enterprise thinking.

Unwavering focus, collaborative teamwork and exceptional delivery are key behaviours that drive our mission of doing now what patients need next. Together, we can be transformative.

If you are passionate about contributing to a committed team and are dedicated to partnership and innovation, Roche is the place for you! Every role at Roche plays a part in making a difference in patients’ lives. Apply now and join us in making an impact!

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more .

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.