Senior Adapt Program Lead - Pharma Technical Operations

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The Position

We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love. At Roche, we thrive to deliver more benefits to our patients as part of our 10-year Pharma vision. An integral part to achieving this vision is to deliver new and innovative data analytics solutions to our colleagues across Pharma Technical Operations (PT). To do so, we have formed an organization called PT Digital and Operational Excellence (PTE) that’s building industry-leading digital and lean operations across functions and our entire manufacturing footprint.

PTE catalyzes the global development and execution of PT’s Digital and Operational Excellence strategy to enable PT to realize our performance promises. We build a strong cross-functional and inclusive community, put the power of data into the hands of our people, further develop the Lean and Digital skills across PT, and scale up our Digital and Advanced Analytics solutions, for the benefit of our colleagues and patients.

The Opportunity

An important pillar of PT’s digital portfolio is the “Advanced Data Analytics Pharma Technology” (Adapt) program. This initiative provides services and digital products that improve the efficiency and robustness of our processes, e.g., increasing titer and yield of our biological drug substance manufacturing processes. The broad portfolio of advanced analytics initiatives spans across our global production network and includes drug substance & drug product manufacturing processes for established products as well as new lunches, for internal sites and CDMOs. Our cross-functional community of “analytics translators” supports the implementation of these AI initiatives by bridging deep technical process expertise with AI & data science capabilities.

Main Responsibilities:

This role is responsible for driving the digital technology strategy through the delivery of key AI-driven digital initiatives and use cases in the area of the above-described Adapt program, including matrix leadership of the global analytics translator community.

• Architect key strategic digital transformation initiatives related to the application of advanced analytics to improve process efficiency and robustness
• Drive Digital / Technology strategy & scouting and define impact aspiration
• Conduct prioritization of use cases and initiatives, and setup teams for prioritized efforts
• Lead Advanced Analytics as a service and as a product for the PT Manufacturing network while defining a value-based use case and AI enabling technologies roadmap
• Closely collaborate with other critical PTx (PTT, PTD, PTQ..) functions to leverage domain expertise and ease use case selection and deployment
• Ensure scalability across global footprint
• Facilitate solution shaping process across PTx for data and digital products
• Scout / identify potential alliances / partnerships with tech companies
• Build an ecosystem of partners around strategic pillars
• Assume global product owner role and catalyze the implementation of key digital use cases
• Define and manage user requirements / backlog for product enhancements and sustainment
• Ensure and track value delivery
• Coordinate the build-up of capabilities
• Coach teams that are developing and deploying digital use cases (share best practices, agile ways of working, ensure full impact capture & coordination between different initiatives)
• Support build-up and management of a digital community that's focused on value realization, initially focused on the global community of analytics translators
• Other duties as needed to support process improvement, portfolio management, data management, workforce strategy, product delivery, support strategy, partnership and collaboration with IT, PTx and externals

Who you are

Do you bring experience (7 or more years) in architecting and implementing digital transformations in the pharma industry and are looking for an impactful role? We are seeking an individual with strong knowledge of the pharma data ecosystem, informatics systems, tools, and techniques with a focus on the customer. This requires a thorough understanding of biological drug substance manufacturing processes, along with the associated challenges and objectives within a manufacturing and operations environment

Further competencies and qualifications:

• MS/PhD in Science or Engineering Field with a minimum of 15 years of related experience
• Strong Experience in various PTx functions and in particular in pharmaceutical manufacturing including process design and oversight, control strategy, and asset monitoring
• Experience in deploying Advanced Analytics for process and product health oversight
• Demonstrate leadership skills and a history of successfully managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships in a complex organization
• 5+ years of experience with managing team(s). Excellent people, leadership, interpersonal, analytical, and written/verbal communication skills
• Experience in systems/data management and informatics strategy development and execution
• Focus on results and be proactive in identifying solutions
• Ability to inspire and lead cross-functional project teams
• Strategic and analytical thinking

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.

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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.