Global Program Manager

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.

At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold Ambition to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden by 2030. The Portfolio Strategy & Delivery (PSD) function sits within Pharma Product Development (PD) and encompasses several business functions, including Molecule Program Management (MPM). The MPM purpose is to be key partners in co-creating and delivering the portfolio, effectively and efficiently for the benefit of patients. 

We want you to join our passionate, collaborative and trusting global community. You will join a function experienced in drug development and with a high level of expertise in program management, utilising and embedding new ways of working to ensure business excellence. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward innovation at speed.

The position provides an outstanding opportunity to influence R&D, across many therapeutic areas. It requires interactions with partners across the organisation, including Clinical Development, Regulatory and Commercial organizations. The ideal candidate will be an independent team worker with a growth mindset and a background that combines science, strategy and business, to be part of a cross-functional team bringing transformative medicines to patients.

The Opportunity

As a Global Program Manager you will:

• be a core member of one or more molecule/disease area teams and drive drug or disease area development programs to maximize efficiency, portfolio value and patient benefit. 

• be accountable for Program Oversight and Planning, Team Management, Communication, Portfolio Context, and Strategic Thought Partnership.

• You provide strategic program management to project teams, framing and assessing options, and identifying inflection points and critical factors for project delivery, decision-making and governance

• You guide molecule teams,  in close collaboration with the respective team leader

• You build and maintain highly functioning project teams by observing team dynamics, building trust, addressing issues and encouraging open dialogues.

• You keep teams on track to deliver short-, mid-and long-term activities to achieve team objectives and drive key program/project meetings & workshops, team communication and documentation

• You may lead and contribute to functional or company-wide initiative workstreams

• You contribute to portfolio management by reporting and proactively maintaining key project information to support portfolio overview and decisions

• You maintain program and project management guidelines, standards, and tools as required

• drive implementation and execution of program strategy identification and mitigation of program risks 

• leverage molecule development and market expertise to accelerate high quality decisions, lead effective ways of working, and catalyze change.

• Within the MPM community, the PSD chapter and teams, you will foster a teaching, coaching, and learning culture and embody One Roche leadership principles such as VACC - Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach

Who You Are

• You hold a Bachelor's Degree in Science or higher (MS, PhD, etc.)

• You are talented and passionate, inspired by our shared purpose of being key partners in  translating Roche strategies into PD priorities and beyond and delivering our portfolio with excellence. 

• You are experienced in using different Project Management, Change Management, Business Management or related tools, methodologies & approaches to drive the team’s development of a strategy and achieve the desired outcomes for a program/project/function, effectively and efficiently.

• You have significant drug development and potentially commercial experience

• You believe in the principles of: 

• Learning / Growth: We are curious, intentional learners upgrading our knowledge and capabilities everyday. We ask for feedback and act on it.

• Enabler: We are the network, we intentionally share knowledge/learnings across the network. We leverage and re-purpose with pride.

• Value Creation: We share our Purpose and Vision to deliver together more innovations

• Enterprise Mindset: We are ecosystem citizens working towards a shared purpose. We build a culture of trust, integrity, and inclusion.

• You thrive in environments of ambiguity and collaboration where authority and accountability is distributed between all of the people involved and where advice seeking is foundational. 

• You are results-oriented in an ambiguous environment, ensuring clarity of objectives and a clear and easily understood plan/roadmap. Drives teams toward action and impact.

• You are a systems thinker, understanding the landscape & interconnectedness of activities within the project/program and outside in the wider business, connecting the dots and asking the right questions to clarify the project strategy or scope.

• You are an effective communicator who shares information transparently and strategically,  and is able to influence and connect with key stakeholders, gaining alignment on outcomes.

• You can build strong relationships, collaborate across functions, and influence without authority  at various organizational levels.

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $118,000 - $219,100.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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