Digital Application Manager (m/f/d)

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The Position

At Roche, we strive to deliver more benefits to our patients as part of our 10-year Pharma vision. The Basel Drug Substance manufacturing organization is responsible for the production of commercial biotech active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs, e.g., Avastin, Tecentriq, or Vabysmo) in modern and highly automated production facilities.

An integral part of achieving our 10-year ambition is implementing new and innovative digital solutions to increase operational efficiency and radically simplify our daily work. Within the Unit Manufacturing Technology & Support, the Process Automation & Digital chapter is responsible for digital transformation and implementing digital solutions to support our large molecule drug substance site in Basel.

As a Digital Application Manager, you will be a pivotal leader responsible for owning and driving the digital roadmap within the site. Your role involves evaluating and quantifying the value of implemented digital use cases and creating robust business cases for future digital applications. You will lead the deployment of new applications and bring the value realization of digital use cases to scale through the business.

The Opportunity

• Vision Translation: Translate the digital vision into actionable business opportunities and support the digital roadmap to meet consumer needs

• Digital Roadmap Ownership: Develop, maintain, and effectively communicate the strategic digital roadmap aligned with business needs

• Strategic Partnerships: Align the digital roadmap with business processes and global stakeholders, translating business value and user feedback into data products

• Business Case Development: Create compelling business cases for new digital applications, identifying potential benefits, consumers, costs, risks, and timelines according to strategic priorities. Convert business objectives into technical specifications, collaborating with technical stakeholders during development

• Deployment Leadership: Lead the deployment of new digital applications from concept to implementation. Define success criteria and KPIs for digital solutions to track their effectiveness and impact. Continuously measure and improve the value of digital solutions to ensure they achieve desired outcomes.

Who you are

• Product Delivery and Roadmap Development: Extensive knowledge and experience in managing product delivery and developing roadmaps.

• Analytical and Translational Skills: Proficient in analyzing business objectives and requirements, and translating them into user stories and data design features.

• Collaboration and Teamwork: Highly effective in cross-functional collaboration, teamwork, and individual contribution. Strong communication skills for conveying technical concepts clearly, with experience in stakeholder management and engagement.

• Educational and Work Background: Degree of higher education in Informatics (data sciences, data engineering or business informatics) or Engineering (or equivalent) and substantial experience in working in a GxP environment for the biopharmaceutical industry, with fluency in German and English.

Special Skills

• You have Change Management experience in crafting a long term vision for an organization in alignment with business strategy and priorities

• You have an Ambitious mentality with focus on continuous improvement, end-to-end thinker and problem solver, applying lean and agile methods

• You have phenomenal communication skills at both, a global and local level to technical and non technical audiences

If you have a passion for digital transformation and meet the criteria above, we invite you to apply for the Digital Application Manager position and help us shape the future of our digital landscape.

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.

Please note that the global grade displayed is a target grade based on the position and the actual global grade offered to a candidate depends on several factors, such as the scope and breadth of the role, and may vary accordingly. Further information on global grading at Roche can be found on the Global Grading GSite . Local regulations continue to apply.

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.