Quality Governance Lead

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.

At 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.

As the Global Quality Governance Lead, you will support the implementation and operational execution of the Management Review of Quality (MRoQ) governance framework within the global PT Quality organization. Your core responsibilities and impact will include:

• Drive Governance Strategy: Define and execute the global MRoQ governance strategy, ensuring full alignment with enterprise quality objectives, business priorities, and global regulatory expectations.

• Orchestrate Global Review Cycles: Lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of global MRoQ cycles across diverse sectors, including Internal/External Manufacturing, Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP), and Cell & Gene Therapy.

• Facilitate Senior Decision-Making: Enable leadership and key decision-making forums by synthesizing complex quality performance data into high-quality, data-driven materials and executive-level insights.

• Standardize Frameworks and Tools: Establish, maintain, and continuously improve standardized MRoQ frameworks, templates, and digital tools to enable scalable, efficient, and consistent execution across the network.

• Manage Forum Outputs: Orchestrate governance review forums to ensure clear, documented outcomes, and establish robust systems for tracking accountability, actions, and risk-mitigation commitments.

• Foster Collaboration & Community: Build and lead a highly connected, cross-functional MRoQ governance community that champions transparency, process harmonization, and a strong culture of quality.

• Support Inspection Readiness: Act as a key delegate for MRoQ and quality governance responsibilities, providing vital support and presentation-ready documentation during regulatory inspections and internal audits.

Who you are

You are a disciplined, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a matrixed multinational environment. You bring the following qualifications, skills, and experience to the team:

• Educational Background: You possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or a related scientific discipline.

• Industry Experience: You bring 7 years++ of dedicated experience in a Quality (GxP) environment, with specific expertise in Quality Governance, QA, or Compliance within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

• Regulatory & Domain Knowledge: You maintain a strong working knowledge of GMP, GCP, and/or GDP regulations across multiple domains, such as clinical supply or commercial manufacturing.

• Governance Expertise: You have hands-on experience supporting, coordinating, or facilitating management reviews, quality council forums, or complex multi-tiered corporate governance processes.

• Analytical & Communication Capability: You are skilled at analyzing complex quality data and translating these insights into clear, actionable executive reporting and strategic messages.

• Stakeholder & Matrix Collaboration: You excel at partnering cross-functionally and managing stakeholders across global sites, functions, and leadership levels to drive organizational alignment.

• Project Management & Leadership: You possess solid project management skills, an aptitude for driving continuous improvement, and emerging leadership capabilities such as mentoring teams or leading complex workstreams.

**Relocation benefits not availabel for this position**

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This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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.