Executive Sourcing Partner - EMEA

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

Shape the future of leadership at Roche

At Roche, we are driven by a vision of a healthier future. Our innovation advances science and ensures access to healthcare for generations to come. As an Executive Sourcing Partner, you will play a crucial role in shaping our leadership pipeline, ensuring we continue to attract and engage top-tier executive talent that drives our success.

The Opportunity

As part of our Executive Recruitment & Pipelining team, you will be responsible for identifying and engaging with the most senior talent in the market—typically the top 0.5% of roles at Roche. Your expertise will ensure that we secure outstanding leaders who align with our company’s vision and values.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Executive Talent Sourcing – Identifying and connecting with senior external leaders, ensuring a qualified, high-caliber and inclusive talent pool.
• Market Expertise – Conducting in-depth talent mapping using innovative sourcing strategies, and story-telling through market knowledge and market data.
• Strategic Partnering – Advising Executive Recruitment Partners and Hiring Managers on sourcing strategies and leadership competencies.
• Assessment & Selection – Ensuring best-in-class selection methodologies to recruit resilient, high-performing leaders.
• Collaboration – Working across Executive Recruitment, Talent Strategy, Market Analysts, and senior leadership teams to build a world-class hiring function.

Who You Are

You are a strategic problem solver with a proven background in executive search, passionate about identifying and securing top leadership talent.

You bring:

• Significant experience in executive recruitment (life sciences/healthcare industry preferred).
• A track record in Executive Search, either in-house or within a top-tier search firm.
• Deep expertise in cultivating relationships, sourcing using an inclusive range of methodologies and building highly qualified shortlists at the senior executive level.
• Advanced market mapping skills, ensuring full market coverage for leadership roles.
• Strong consultative skills, advising partners on leadership talent strategies.
• Proficiency in ATS/CRM systems, using data for executive talent insights.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, able to engage and influence senior leaders.
• Fluency in English (additional languages a plus).

Join us and help shape the future of Roche’s leadership. Apply today.

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.

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, with beautiful countryside surrounding the area. Supported by major motorways & airports as well as being a 30 minute train ride to London, access is easy. Our award-winning office, known as Hexagon Place, was opened in 2005 and provides a modern, flexible working environment with facilities that are second-to-none. Around 2,000 people work at our Welwyn office in Global Early Development (pRED), Global Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our Corporate functions.

Roche offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation. There is a fully equipped gym on-site, a library and information centre, and an active sports and social club. We also have a subsidised staff restaurant providing foods to cater for every taste throughout the day. At the heart of the building is an informal meeting area known as The Street which features a coffee shop, snack machine and cashpoint. A second building on-site, called The Hub, contains modern meeting room and conference facilities. Roche promotes personal well-being and work-life balance. Therefore, flexible working options will be considered for all roles at Roche UK. Roche is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.