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 PositionAt Roche, we are passionate about transforming healthcare and changing patients lives. As a global leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, we focus on driving scientific excellence and delivering innovative solutions that address some of the world’s most complex medical challenges. We believe that doing now what patients need next requires a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative environment where every individual is empowered to contribute to our shared purpose. Quality is at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that our life-saving treatments meet the highest standards of safety, efficacy, and compliance across the globe.
The Opportunity
Critical senior leadership role in the Pharma Technical (PT) Global Learning Hub, responsible for driving network-wide adoption of Learning solutions based on business needs. Also responsible for PT wide, strategic learning topics, like the transition from our legacy based Read & Understand approach to Competency Based Learning. This position has the direct leadership and operational execution of the PT Learning Business Partners (LBPs) and Learning Experience Architects, and directly partners with the most senior leaders across PT on strategic learning topics.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, aligning long-term organizational capability strategies directly with core business objectives.
- Orchestrate and prioritize global capability needs gathered across diverse manufacturing sites into a unified enterprise delivery pipeline.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of learning partners and experience architects, fostering expertise in consultative stakeholder management and performance analytics.
- Establish and lead a global Community of Practice to drive knowledge sharing, standardize consulting playbooks, and scale successful capability solutions enterprise-wide.
- Drive the adoption of modern adult learning methodologies—such as Competency-Based Learning, performance support, and experiential training—moving away from legacy text-heavy materials.
- Collaborate closely with Quality and Operations leaders to reframe capability development as a direct driver of operational performance and excellence.
Who You Are
- You possess a Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree in Education, Organizational Psychology, or Human Capital Management preferred) alongside 10-12 + years of progressive leadership experience in strategic capability development or organizational learning.
- You bring extensive domain expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, technical operations, quality systems, and regulatory standards.
- You hold a proven track record of leading large-scale learning transformations, replacing passive compliance training with modern, performance-centered solutions.
- You excel at root-cause analysis, seamlessly diagnosing performance gaps to differentiate between true learning needs and operational process adjustments.
- You demonstrate exceptional executive presence and consultative skills, with a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead matrixed, global teams.
**The role is not eligible for relocation**
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This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Who we areA 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
- Bachelor’s degree
- Advanced degree in Education, Organizational Psychology, or Human Capital Management
- 10–12+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic capability development or organizational learning
- Extensive expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, technical operations, quality systems, and regulatory standards
- Experience leading large-scale learning transformations and replacing passive compliance training with performance-centered solutions
- Root-cause analysis skills to distinguish learning needs from operational process issues
- Exceptional executive presence and consultative stakeholder-management skills
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading matrixed, global teams
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).
