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GPS Portfolio Operations and Strategic Projects

Inseriert am: 21.11.2018

GPS Portfolio Operations and Strategic Projects


Switzerland, Basel-City, Basel Headquarter


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  • Job facts


GPS (Global Product Strategy) drives the business strategy at Roche from research to commercialization. GPS collaborates closely with teams across the organization to bring new therapies to the market and maximize the launched product portfolio. GPS Business Insights and Operations (BIO) is a driver of product and business excellence challenging the status quo and bringing indispensable expertise to decisions and processes.


We are currently looking for a Head GPS Portfolio Operations & Strategic Projects who will have the responsibility for providing the Roche Global Product Strategy Leadership Team with strategic agenda leadership and facilitation, strategic and operational project support, and leadership of GPS portfolio projects including people and culture projects, cross-portfolio, cross-Pharma engagement projects, IT portfolio management, quality and compliance project and sustainability portfolio management, risk management, site management, and key interface with cross-functional partners.


In this role you will report into the Head of Business Insights Operations (BIO) and participate on both the BIO and GPS Leadership Teams. You will act as the “general advisor” for GPS cross- functional management to GPSLT, teams and functions, including leading specific cross-functional projects to achieve GPS goals. You will also be responsible for leading or independently preparing strategic assessments for GPSLT, which includes systematically evaluating opportunities and needs, providing input into goals evaluations, guiding feasibility and related studies for new initiatives, and leading cross-functional strategic initiatives across a team of operations and portfolio experts in GPS and beyond.


In this position, you will be primarily accountable for:



  • Making significant contributions to the long-range vision, strategy and plans for GPS and its company-wide role in articulating and driving the Pharma vision and agenda

  • Measure progress across GPS ensuring we are learning and adapting our organization in alignment with Pharma transformation goals and for future success

  • Establishing and chairing a cross-functional portfolio and operations strategy community with senior cross-functional stakeholders and their staff to ensure a harmonized strategy across the enterprise

  • Works with the stakeholders to align on setup and deliverables for specific management and GPS leadership meetings such as GPS Leader’s Summit

  • Prepares & supports the GPS Leadership team meetings (agenda, pre-reads, minutes, follow-up items)

  • Setting own goals and goals for direct reports and multi-functional teams

  • Ensuring a robust, actionable portfolio-wide overall strategy and consistency across GPS programs and projects

  • Scoping, overseeing and ensuring timely and targeted delivery of GPS projects to assure these fulfill needs

  • Overseeing and guiding our deliverables to other stakeholders and ensure the GPS organization is compliant with initiatives such as CoreMap, Risk Management, Quality, MAPS and other necessary training and compliance deliverables

  • Keeping relevant partners and stakeholders abreast of GPS strategies, key projects, progress, milestone achievement, risks, new opportunities, etc. through routine and ad hoc reporting, presentations and other communications (i.e. presentations to senior multi-functional stakeholders, external audiences, and Senior Management)


You’re someone who wants to influence your own development, looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.


To be successful, we believe 4-5 years of experience in Strategy Consulting (role of a Project Leader or more senior) and Pharma experience, working within or for Roche or one of Roche’s direct competitors will be needed.


To be considered for this role, you should also possess:



  • MBA , PhD or similar university degree

  • Proven track record working with and delivering strategic projects for Corporate or Divisional Executive Level Leaders, including experience in facilitating workshops and presenting in front of Senior Level Executives

  • Profound experience in leading though ambiguity

  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to lead teams in a complex, international matrix environment

  • Ability to quickly grasp, analyze and provide a recommendation on complex scientific and business questions. Strong analytical skills and business sense

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills (incl. Power Point); ability to transfer complex analysis, concepts and ideas into simple and convincing communication

  • Highly flexible, with proven ability to consistently meet multiple ambitious deadlines


Are you ready to apply? We are looking for someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a rare springboard to many other opportunities at Roche.


Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.



  • Who we areAt Roche, 94,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

    Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

  • Job facts

    • Location Switzerland, Basel-City, Basel Headquarter

    • Function Business Support

    • Subfunction General Business Operations

    • Schedule Full time

    • Job level Manager with direct reports

    • Job type Regular

    • Division Roche Pharmaceuticals

    • Posted since 2018/11/23

    • Posted until 2018/12/04

    • Job-ID 201808-117905


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