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Roche's Product Development (PD) organization is dedicated to delivering outstanding therapies to patients who need them. We conduct global clinical trials, analyze results, monitor safety, and work with regulatory authorities to provide truly differentiated medicines to patients.
At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold Pharma Strategy to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden. With this top of mind, Portfolio Strategy & Delivery’s (PSD) purpose is to translate Roche strategies into PD priorities and deliver PD’s portfolio with excellence.
The Opportunity:
With an ever growing need for prioritization and proper resource allocation, the PD leadership team has approved reconstructing a simplified yet unified PD approach towards resource mgmt and utilization enabling oversight, PD and eventually R&D wide-resource planning and scenario projections.
As a Strategic Insights & Business Optimization (SIBO) Lead a key priority of this role will be to architect, deliver and sustain a PD-wide resource management capability, including governance, technology and leading the associated business process implementation. All so that PD is enabled to improve the value its resources deliver and ensure that PD is equipped to understand, anticipate and manage resource demand of today and the future.
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You will develop and maintain a global PD (end eventually an R&D) wide resource management approach to support strategic decision making, ultimately impacting the direction and resource allocation for strategic program, business priorities and the absorption of BD deals
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You will focus on developing and implementing a repeatable process for reporting and monitoring many of PD’s functional operations in order to enable oversight of their systemic performance, identify areas of improvement and overall drive our productivity.
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You will develop resource optimization through an agreed architecture - Ensure decision quality by architecting the path to a decision, the decision making model, and the prioritization proposals.
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You will be a trusted strategy insights partner with Pharma Leaders (PDLT, PD Functions, Finance, the REDs and other colleagues in PSD, etc) to provide critical metrics & key performance indicators providing insightful analytics to PD’s E2E performance - all while also providing market benchmarking metrics.
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Portfolio assessments and impact assessment - Manage and communicate portfolio dynamics (risk, value, mix, competitive positioning, performance, tracking, etc.) to inform relevant portfolio decisions and strategy updates.
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Construct & inaugurate frameworks to analyze and examine the performance of our internal R&D processes, systems and projects, preferably covering E2E of the evidence generation process, to provide context and benchmarking for PDs competitive position so that our strategy is tested and frequently adapted to stay abreast of the changing competition.Leverage these insights to connect current performance to shape future capabilities and priorities.
Who you are
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15 or more years in pharma/biotech industry experience with at least a couple of years in early/late stage development focusing on resource mgmt & forecasting.
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You have a Bachelor’s degree in science, business, data analytics, math or a related field. Advanced degree and/or Masters in a relevant area (e.g. MBA, PhD, PharmD, Data Analytics) preferred.
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Extensive pharma/biotech industry with a profound expertise and a proven record of leading strategic level project & insights generation.
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"self-starter" with a strong sense of responsibility and demonstrable comfort in an entrepreneurial environment, able to work effectively in a fluid, cross-functional, global matrixed environment and stand out as a successful collaborator - able to lean in and manage effectively through change
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Critical thinking and sound judgment, with the ability to make informed decisions by synthesizing detailed information, assessing risks, and balancing priorities effectively.
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Outstanding influencing and negotiation skills with an enterprise approach and demonstrated effectiveness at conflict resolution. Proven ability to effectively work in a global, cross-functional matrix organization.
Preferred Qualifications
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Ability to critically evaluate scientific data with a working knowledge of the Product Development long-range plan and experience with cross-functional departments
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Advanced understanding of Phase I – IV of drug development and their resourcing needs.
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Critical thinking and sound judgment, with the ability to make informed decisions by synthesizing detailed information, assessing risks, and balancing priorities effectively with broad impact on global organizations
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Proven ability to effectively work in a global, cross-functional matrix organization
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Demonstrated track record of leadership skills in building teams to consistently meet or exceed team’s goals and objectives.
Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA $187,800.00 - $348,800.00 USD Annual. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
Benefits
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, mental health, and prescriptions, supported by HSAs/FSAs and broad wellness resources. On‑site fitness and health centers, mental‑health clinicians, and specialized programs like fully covered preventive cancer screenings and menopause support deepen the offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits feature a 401(k) with up to a 4% company match plus an additional annual 6% company contribution to eligible pay. Additional financial protections such as life and accident insurance complement salary, bonuses, and stock options.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes about 20 paid vacation days, paid holidays, personal days, and a year‑end shutdown. A paid six‑week sabbatical every six years notably expands long‑term time‑off flexibility.
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