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We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love. At Roche, we thrive to deliver more benefits to our patients as part of our 10-year Pharma vision. An integral part to achieving this vision is to deliver new and innovative data analytics solutions to our scientists across Pharma Technical Operations (PT). To do so, we have formed a new organization called PT Digital and Operational Excellence (PTE) with the aspiration to build industry-leading digital and lean operations across functions and our entire manufacturing footprint.
PTE is the organization that catalyzes global development and execution of PT’s Digital and Operational Excellence strategy to enable PT to realize our performance promises. We build a strong cross-functional and inclusive community, put the power of data into the hands of our people, further develop the Lean and Digital skills across PT, and scale up our Digital and Advanced Analytics solutions, for the benefit of our colleagues and patients. We aim to activate data citizenship and digital mindset, revolutionize our FAIR data ecosystem and systems landscape, re-design excellent processes, and generate transformative insights.
This role is responsible for driving the digital technology strategy through the delivery of key digital initiatives and use cases in the Supply Chain domain, e.g. Network Optimization, Warehouse Capacity Forecasting. As the Digital Strategy Delivery Lead you will take the role of an Agile Product Owner (PO) to partner with stakeholders / customers across PT functions to architect the planning (e.g. diagnose), execution (e.g. design & build), and sustainment of digital solutions to achieve the PT Digital Aspirations.
Strategic Digital Transformation: Architecting key initiatives and acting as a digital translator between business needs and technical roles by navigating across both domains seamlessly.
Impact: Defining impact aspirations (e.g. product vision, roadmap, value assessments, business cases) as well as leading deployment of a global solution in a function or site. Enable significant improvements in quality management processes through innovative digital solutions, confirmed through the measurement of key business metrics.
Scalability: Utilize your broad Supply Chain end to end Business understanding to perform detailed requirement analyses with the team, with a strong focus on network scalability.
Requirements Analysis: Utilize your broad Quality end to end Business understanding to perform detailed requirement analyses with the team, with a strong focus on balancing process requirements, stakeholder requirements with digital product simplicity, network scalability and sustainability.
Prioritization and Team Setup: Conducting use case prioritization and assuming the product owner role to catalyze the implementation of key digital use cases. Coach teams that are developing and deploying digital use cases, e.g. share best practices, agile ways of working, backlog management, sprint planning and ensure full impact capture & coordination between different initiatives. Lead cross-functional project teams with digital experts and SMEs across multiple sites and time zones.
Compliance and Solution Shaping: Facilitating compliant solutions for data and digital products in the GxP environment.
Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks associated with digital quality initiatives and develop strategies to mitigate these risks.
Innovation and Improvement: Continuously explore and assess emerging digital technologies and industry trends. Drive innovation and process improvements within the Quality domain to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Capability and Community Building: Coordinate the development of essential skills and foster a digital community focused on value realization, e.g. through facilitating OCM activities. Act as a mentor and leader within the product management team, fostering a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and collaboration.
Other duties: Support process improvement, portfolio management, data management, workforce strategy, product delivery, support strategy, partnership and collaboration with IT, PTx functions and externals
Do you bring 10+ years of experience in architecting and implementing digital transformations, preferably in the pharma industry and are looking for an impactful role? We are seeking an individual with excellent knowledge of the pharma digital & data ecosystem, in-depth expertise in regulatory, supply chain and quality information systems, tools, and techniques. This entails a good understanding of the customers’ business’ challenges, goals and operations environment.
Further competencies and qualifications:
Education & Experience: Requires an MS/PhD in a Science or Engineering field paired with 15+ years of experience leading digital transformations or technology-focused organizations.
Domain & Industry Expertise: Demands a solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, specifically within Supply Chain, Technical Operations (Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality), and Computerised System Validation (CSV).
Leadership & Agile Product Ownership: Calls for 5+ years as an Agile Product Owner or leadership role, with a proven track record in Organizational Change Management (e.g., ADKAR), IT collaboration, and influencing senior leaders.
Technical Skills (GenAI & Data): Requires a strong grasp of GenAI technologies (NLP, predictive analytics, automation) alongside systems and data management expertise.
Project & Risk Management: Demands a strategic, analytical, and proactive approach to leading cross-functional project teams, driving transformation initiatives, and managing risk, compliance, and audits.
Core Skills & Languages: Requires exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and value assessment skills, with fluency in English (German is a plus).
Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you. Apply now to discover this exciting opportunity!
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