Sr. Manager, Strategy & Activation

Why Genentech 

​​​​​​​We’re passionate about delivering on Our Promise to improve the lives of patients and create healthier communities for all. We foster a culture of inclusivity, integrity and creativity while boldly pursuing answers to the world’s most complex health challenges and transforming society.

About this Strategy & Activation Role

This role will drive the strategic execution of key initiatives through meticulous planning and proactive management, ensuring rigorous adherence to established timelines, defined scope, and strategic objectives. The incumbent will provide oversight of daily operational execution, fostering close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to facilitate seamless initiative activation and sustained progress. This will involve the identification and resolution of complex interdependencies and potential impediments. Through astute risk anticipation and the development of actionable mitigation strategies, the role will contribute to the achievement of successful project outcomes, while ensuring timely escalation of critical issues. Furthermore, the incumbent will cultivate and leverage robust relationships with key functional stakeholders, fostering a culture of collaborative excellence and ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and contribute to the detailed design of comprehensive initiative delivery frameworks, encompassing meticulous timelines, clearly defined roles and responsibilities, structured operational cadences, and standardized procedural templates.

• Oversee and facilitate the daily operational execution of designated strategic initiatives, ensuring strict adherence to established timelines, project scope parameters, and overarching strategic objectives.

• Drive the activation of specific initiatives by fostering collaborative partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including Business Owners, Activation Teams, and Build Teams, ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment and execution

• Proactively monitor and analyze intricate interdependencies between concurrent initiatives, pinpointing potential overlaps and identifying critical bottlenecks that may impede progress.

• Identify and communicate potential delivery risks at an early stage, developing proactive mitigation strategies and escalating critical impediments to appropriate stakeholders for timely resolution

• Effectively navigate a complex, matrixed organizational structure by cultivating and sustaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across the CMG, thereby facilitating seamless cross-functional coordination and collaboration.

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree 

• +8 years of experience in program or project management, strategy execution, or operations support in a cross-functional or matrixed environment

• Strong critical thinking, attention to detail, and comfort with unstructured problem-solving

• Proven ability to manage initiative delivery, track timelines, and support teams in resolving execution challenges

Additional Desired Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in the managed care, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, or similar regulated industries

• Background in management consulting or similar field 

• Experience in supporting experimentation, agile methodologies, and innovation-driven transformation

• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or similar operational methodologies to improve initiative execution and efficiency

• Strong understanding of business intelligence tools, reporting platforms, and data visualization techniques to enhance initiative tracking

Location

• This position is based in South San Francisco, CA

• Relocation assistance is not available at this time.

Roche Operating Principles

• Put Patients First: I always act as if patients I know are in the room and do what’s best for them

• Follow the science: I seek answers through experiments, data and debate, and act on facts

• Act as one team: I care, collaborate and commit without boundaries, and trust others to do their part

• Embrace differences: I seek diverse perspectives, invite opposing views, and challenge myself and others

• Accelerate learning: I push to learn new things even if difficult, and openly share my successes and failures

• Simplify radically: I eliminate complexity, reuse with pride, and accomplish more with less

• Make impact now: I take accountability to do what’s right, deliver value fast, and don’t wait for certainty

• Think long term: I choose actions today that benefit future generations

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $143,800 - $267,000.  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 

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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