Project Manager

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Roche Services & Solutions (RSS) aims at "transforming the way Roche operates.'' As a global organization of over 3,500 colleagues, we enable Roche to operate in a competitive and ever-changing business environment. We provide our partners with end-to-end business services and solutions, enabling them to focus on patient-centric activities. Embracing a OneRoche mindset, we leverage our global network located in Budapest (Hungary), Riga (Latvia), Chennai & Hyderabad (India), San José (Costa Rica), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and our other sites to remain customer-centric 24/7 and co-create solutions together.

The Opportunity

As Project Manager you will be part of the RSS Project Management organization and report to the Chapter Lead for Methodology Coaching. Are you a project management enthusiast and want to provide best in class project management services to partners across Roche? Then you are the candidate we are looking for.

In this role you will be responsible for successful Project Delivery using agile or traditional project management methodology. Your work will include but will not be limited to:

Engagement Delivery

• Business Value & Success Factors: Understanding the business goals and value of the project to deliver defined organizational benefits, while ensuring critical success factors (reliability, compliance, efficiency, sustainability, time-to-value) are managed throughout the entire lifecycle.

• Methodology & Execution: Using the appropriate methodology (Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) to manage dependencies and set clear priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Global Team Leadership: Leading or participating in global project teams by ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and precise resource assignment to project plan deliverables.

• Stakeholder & Change Management: Effectively managing stakeholders and understanding their organizations to establish key relationships, while applying organizational change management practices and ensuring effective project communication.

• Facilitation & Coaching: Designing and leading workshops, acting as a proactive facilitator, and serving as a comfortable coach for project squads.

• Planning & Risk Management: Generating, maintaining, and tracking an accurate and realistic project plan alongside a project risk and issue log, ensuring the project status remains timely and transparent.

• Governance & Reporting: Preparing and presenting to relevant governance meetings as required by the chosen project methodology and good project management practice.

• Financial Control: Tracking project financials and seeking governance approvals whenever needed.

• Business Development: Contributing to business development opportunities where appropriate

Capability Building 

Be an active member of the Methodology Coaching Chapter by  

• Continuously improve the project management capabilities, service offerings and community engagement leveraging latest developments and market dynamics

• Supporting the development of training content and toolkits for our team

• Actively managing your project management upskilling

• Applying your learnings during engagements and sharing them with your chapter colleagues

Who You Are

You possess the following qualifications, experience and personal attributes

• Appropriate university degree and 5+ years of project management related work experience 

• Deep understanding of project management fundamentals (Waterfall) and agile ways of working (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), alongside related tracking and planning tools. 

• Experience in leading global/complex projects, organizing and optimizing resources and establishing clear priorities

• Ability to motivate and lead a project team or team members if required

• Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated proficiency in influencing, negotiating, and effective global collaboration.  

• Ability to effectively communicate across various levels of a complex, matrix organization. Ideally exposure to an additional field related to project management, such as project change management, business consulting, methodology coaching.

• Experience in project management financials and resource management

In addition, the following skills will make you successful in your position and create the foundation for career growth at Roche:

• Customer centricity

• Collaborative ways of working

• Presentation and influencing skills

• Business acumen & systems thinking

• Entrepreneurial and growth mindset

In Exchange we provide you with 

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. 

• Excellent benefits: Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. 

• Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days/week on average). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.

• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

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Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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