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Future ERP - Global IT Senior Program Manager

Inseriert am: 06.02.2019

Future ERP - Global IT Senior Program Manager


Switzerland, Aargau, Kaiseraugst
United States of America, California, South San Francisco


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  • Job facts


The Future ERP Roadmap is a multi-year program which aims at enabling Roche to be sustainably successful in the future by streamlining and simplifying its business model and systems globally covering the following aspects:



  • Harmonizing and standardizing processes and global master data

  • Simplifying the system landscape and interfaces

  • Optimizing supply chain to realize efficiencies

  • Digitalizing and automating procurement processes


As the Future ERP Senior Program Manager you are responsible for driving alignment across all functional and technical streams, internal and external partners to ensure Future ERP solutions are consistent and compatible with each other and collaborate with stream leads to resolve solution compatibility issues.


This role reports to the Global Head of Future ERP Program Operations.


Your primary responsibilities include:



  • Drive and lead team members and efforts of functional and technical areas to deliver cross-functional solutions as defined and planned by the program according to Roche standards and procedures

  • Drive the delivery of solutions consistently across the Future ERP Roadmap

  • Collaborate closely with all workstreams to create a program framework to ensure seamless delivery

  • Prioritize program and associated projects demand, evaluate options, assess impacts, issues and risks and resolutions. Act as escalation point of contact and drive resolution of escalated issues

  • Ensure smooth delivery and transition across program phases, from initiation through requirements, design, build and rollout, aligned with Future ERP IT principles

  • Performs integrated change control (across ERP pillars) and conducts impact assessment of changes leveraging SAP Solution Manager

  • Work closely with PMO heads to ensure tracking, reporting and timely execution of activities, deliveries of the solutions according to plan

  • Manage SI (Systems Integrator) resources and other external partners working on the program


You bring the following qualifications:



  • Educated to Master’s, MBA degree level or equivalent in business or IT

  • 12+ years of experience in a global enterprise in the Pharma industry, delivering SAP ERP solutions in transformational projects

  • 12+ years of hands on experience in delivering of 2 or more areas of SAP ERP, preferably in Pharma/healthcare industry with excellent business process knowledge in these areas

  • 12+ years of hands on experience in project management, focusing on implementation projects, typically in the area of Lifesciences and IT, business innovation or laboratory information systems (ERP, MES, QMS, Clinical Systems, Finance, Sales, Distribution, Supply Chain Planning…)

  • Good knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA desirable

  • Experience in consultancy, strategy design and change are a strong advantage

  • Experience in presenting and negotiating effectively whilst building strong partnerships

  • Outstanding communication skills are essential with the ability to communicate credibly at all levels; influence key stakeholders in a highly complex cross-functional environment and build collaborative relationships to ensure seamless program and project delivery

  • Excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills in large multi-national enterprise as well as experience in delivering projects using Roche project management methodology (PMM) or equivalent

  • Project management certification is a must (e.g. IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2)

  • Strong organizational, analytical, methodological and influential skills  

  • Strong leader with excellent record tracking of team management (both direct and indirect line management)

  • Ability to capture complex problems, analyze them and translate them into solutions

  • Autonomous, structured and goal-oriented working methods and a good team player

  • C-level fluency in English


You’ll have the opportunity to join the team in an exciting moment of business transformation, where Roche ERP is driving multiple digital activities with the overarching need of simplification, standardization. You’ll have the opportunity to interact with an array of stakeholders within Roche. You will be familiar with the stakeholder landscape and be able to influence decisions regarding adoption of future solutions, concepts and standards.



  • 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 and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

  • Job facts

    • Location Switzerland, Aargau, Kaiseraugst | United States of America, California, South San Francisco

    • Function Information Technology

    • Subfunction IT Project Management

    • Schedule Full time

    • Job level Individual contributor

    • Job type Regular

    • Division Corporate Administration

    • Posted since 2019/02/06

    • Posted until 2019/03/01

    • Job-ID 201901-102905


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