Global Head of Medical Device Industrialization & Sustaining Engineering (m/f/d)

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Owns E2E device industrialization and sustaining engineering strategies by:

• Ensuring manufacturing readiness by executing robust industrialization strategies through pilot plant and manufacturing scale-up and proactive sustaining engineering activities.

• Providing senior strategic and finance leadership for E2E device industrialization and sustaining engineering strategies and robustness governance.

Global Device MSAT ensures timely market introduction and robust manufacturing by:

• Leading and steering all aspects of E2E device industrialization at internal Sites as well as for Suppliers and CMOs.

• Ensuring early engagement with development and manufacturing teams acting as the critical interface and influencing product/ part designs in alignment with industrialization requirements..

• Expanding Sustaining Engineering capabilities as a Single Point of contact for commercial combination product and medical device ownership and management.

• Implement and further strengthen the PT device industrialization process.

Ensure uninterrupted supply and business continuity of critical components and final products through collaboration with multiple functions of the Device Community:

• Accountable for the performance of industrialization and sustaining engineering projects and marketed products through the correlation of critical process parameters and functional device performance in collaboration with Site Manufacturing network.

• Leading an organization of Medical Device Technical Leads for industrialization and sustaining engineering projects (located globally and at sites).

• Partnering to plan and execute device industrialization and sustaining engineering projects including investment and product strategies and standardization within the network.

Active and standing member of the Global Device MSAT Leadership Team. As a member of the PT Device Community, advocate and collaborate for entire Pharma TechOps and beyond (Product Franchise, Procurement, etc...).

Accountable for demonstrating as a role model and realizing Roche’s core values, behaviors and DE&I Leadership Commitments.

Accountable for crafting & developing a strong sense of belonging in all functions contributing to the Device Community with focus and collaborative mentality and behaviors. Coordinating the progress of Device Community activities and acting as a coach.

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.