Senior P&C Project Manager

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 People Support Solutions (PSS) organization brings its purpose to life by providing our colleagues worldwide with integrated HR solutions tailored to their needs. We are a team that works very closely together to ensure good employee relations, anticipate our customers' future needs, and proactively develop solutions.

The Opportunity:

As Senior P&C Project Manager & Agile Coach you are part of the PSS organization and Customer Experience Area of Practice and  responsible for People & Culture (HR) projects globally or regionally. You take projects from original concept through completion, create and maintain detailed work plans, resource plans and budget. You have the end to end responsibility for project execution using the most suitable methodology, you track project tasks, identify and handle risks and issues, maintain all collaborator relationships, ensure adherence to quality standards and review project deliverables to ensure compliance with current business strategies, relevant standards and legal constraints.

You lead the project team of local and remote team members to successfully deliver business value, provide methodological guidance to the project team, provide coaching/mentoring.

• Delivering the end to end project meeting agreed quality and encouraged business benefits as defined in project baseline and selecting the most suitable methodology which could vary from traditional waterfall to agile practices i.e. scrum, SAFE, design thinking, etc.

• Setting up a robust project governance structure, defining project scope and key objectives in collaboration with project sponsor, steering committee or Product Owner and identifying all relevant project collaborators, proactively managing relationships and ensuring customer view is reflected in the execution of the project

• Preparing and implementing effective communication, change management and training plans for all levels of stakeholders including senior management and creating baseline project schedules and tracking the completion of project deliverables, tasks, activities and milestones

• Actively and effectively handling project spending, resources, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) by carefully assessing potential impacts in collaboration with project teams and dependencies and proposing appropriate mitigation actions and risk acceptance.

• As an Agile Coach coaching/mentoring project teams or teams in the organization through their agile journey to establish and strengthen the agile mindset and put agile methodologies in practice and leading project team by example in line with Roche Leadership commitments, People Practices and policies

• Coaching and providing training to the project team on tools, techniques, and systems used to control and complete projects

Who you are:

•  We are seeking an individual with Master’s Degree in focus business area such as Human Resources and 5-7 years of experience managing projects/programs with a high degree of complexity and scope as well as large budget and business impact

• 2-3 years experience in agile/team coaching and guiding project teams as well as teams within the organization to increase performance, and experience in agile transformation preferred

• Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken) is essential. Additional languages are a plus, based on region/customer requirements.

• Knowledge of project management practices including waterfall and agile i.e. scrum, SAFE, design thinking, lean, etc.

• Strong cross-cultural communications, influence, leadership, conflict/problem management and negotiation skills

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).

• 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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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.