Capability Development Partner

at  Roche

The Position
In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicine. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.
Strategy, Portfolio & Operations (SPO) is a newly built function that aims to encompass several business partner functions for pRED including strategy, portfolio, program and project management office, clinical operations, sites and laboratory management, capability development and external operations. SPO is set up leveraging a hub and spoke design with a clear mandate for core capabilities that are mirrored by the respective spokes in disease therapeutic areas and functions across pRED. SPO’s mission is to deliver excellence in operations, ensure patient centricity and enable high-quality decision-making. As a trusted partner across pRED, SPO contributes to pRED’s research and development excellence.
This position is located in the Capability Development Chapter (SPO) contributing towards bringing the pRED culture to life by engaging as trusted partners within all layers of the organization to embed strategic capabilities that will provide the foundation to deliver on the pRED strategy.

• Responsible for embedding core mindset shifts to bring to life the pRED strategy in designated areas. Connecting stakeholder’s challenges and barriers with key capabilities by designing, implementing and measuring integrated solutions.
• Team coaches key priority teams to accelerate team formation, address team dysfunction or support creativity and innovation through agile practices or systemic practices and tools.
• Leads and is responsible for the content of a pRED-wide cultural initiative from end to end, ensuring progress and adoption becoming the point of reference for senior leadership. Manages timelines, budgets, and resources in coordination with chapter support services.
• Responsible for managing the change management of priority strategic initiatives in partnership with leadership ensuring that change is effectively planned, communicated, and implemented with minimal disruption to the business