At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The PositionProject Manager
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 an 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.
As Project Manager you will be part of the RSS Project Management organization and report to the Chapter Lead for Project Management. 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.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will champion impactful global initiatives while actively shaping our internal project management practice, delivering tangible solutions that transform healthcare delivery.
- Drive end-to-end delivery of critical global projects from conception to completion, applying Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies tailored to project needs.
- Lead cross-functional teams across international borders, establishing clear roles, milestones, and sustainable resource plans to achieve defined business outcomes.
- Cultivate trusted partnerships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring proactive alignment, transparent communication, and thoughtful change management throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage project health and governance by maintaining realistic timelines, mitigating risks, tracking project financials, and presenting transparent updates to steering groups.
- Elevate community capability as an active chapter member, contributing to training toolkits, service offerings, and continuous process enhancements.
- Champion continuous learning by exploring emerging market practices, adopting modern PM tools, and mentoring peers across the organization.
Who You Are
You are an adaptable, collaborative project leader with a passion for delivering sustainable results and building strong relationships across global teams.
- Experienced project driver: You bring 5+ years of project management experience leading complex initiatives, managing project budgets, and optimizing resources across the full project lifecycle.
- Methodology versatility: You possess strong, practical knowledge of project management frameworks (including Waterfall, Scrum, and Agile frameworks) and modern collaboration tools.
- Influential communicator: You excel at translating complex ideas into clear narratives, building trust with diverse partners, and navigating matrixed environments with empathy and diplomatic negotiation skills.
- Educational background: You hold a university degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and professional practical experience.
- Growth mindset: You have an interest or exposure in related disciplines—such as organizational change management, business consulting, or methodology coaching—and thrive when developing others.
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 & flexibility: 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. We also ensure flexibility, to help you find your balance: home office is a common practice (2 office days/week). 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. That’s what makes us Roche.
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Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of project management experience leading complex initiatives
- Experience managing project budgets and optimizing resources across the full project lifecycle
- Strong practical knowledge of Waterfall, Scrum, and Agile frameworks
- Experience with modern collaboration tools
- University degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent education and professional experience
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, diplomatic negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Interest or exposure to organizational change management, business consulting, or methodology coaching
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
Roche Insights
What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
