Clinical Operations Portfolio Leader (Country Leader in Pharma Development Global

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As a Clinical Operations Portfolio Leader you will provide guidance and support to diverse, locally and globally located PDG communities accountable for delivering across the span of Roche’s global development organization.  

• You may lead a combination of the sub-communities that comprise the larger PDG Community to enable clinical trial delivery that focuses on value delivery for patients and investigators, through addressing emergent needs through:

  • Clinical Operations Disease Area Community (CODAC):  accountable for the delivery of the PD portfolio of clinical programs and studies in your Disease Area, providing strategic direction to the teams and architecting the development of the Disease Area Operational Strategy to enable trial execution

  • Clinical Operations Portfolio Enabling Community (COPEC):  accountable for architecting, providing strategic direction, and leading for innovative clinical trial delivery through addressing emergent, high impact needs that arise across multiple CODACs.  

  • Countries Lead:  accountable for leading one of the many countries that comprise the global PDG community in an inclusive manner so that PDG operates as one larger community.  Serving as a partner to local internal and external stakeholders in the country and helping support local business needs.

• DRIVE PATIENT-CENTRICITY (MINDSETS, BEHAVIOURS AND ACTIONS) THROUGHOUT YOUR COMMUNITY by always putting the needs of the patient and the investigator first. Cultivating meaningful peer-to-peer interactions to drive a deeper understanding of patient needs, and in doing so nurture a culture of curiosity to enable faster, simpler and more patient centric ways of operationalizing our studies. 

• DRIVE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL CLINICAL OPERATIONS through the bold pursuit of the Pharma Vision and PDG Shared Purpose. This will be achieved by the provision of servant leadership, the embedding of radically simpler ways to do high impact work, and the successful delivery of the study portfolio and transformational enabling projects.

• INSPIRE AND EMPOWER TALENT through transformational leadership to maximize total value towards achieving our vision by creating a customer-focused organization where every employee can make meaningful progress for patients every day.  This includes serving the organization through roles of Visionary, Architect, Coach and Catalyst (VACC), taking accountability to continue developing your leadership capabilities, skills and capacity whilst actively modeling and practicing new ways of working, and inspiring others to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

• As a Country Leader you will also serve a second role as one of the following options: Regional Therapeutic Area Leader, Country Leader for Oncology (ONC), Country Leader for Immunology/Ophthalmology/Neuroscience (ION), Country Leader Analytics & Portfolio Optimization (APO), Country Leader Center of Excellence (CoE). 

Who you are

• You are a talented and passionate human. You are inspired by our ambition to innovate clinical trial delivery in order to transform the patient, caregiver and site experience with Roche to bring better trials to more patients

•  You believe in the principles of;

  • Customer-Centricity: Obsessed with meeting the needs of patients & investigators.

  • Human-Centricity: Connecting with every colleague as a unique person not a resource.

  • Growth Mindset: Always curious and looking for opportunities in each situation & for each person.

  • Enterprise View: Leading across Clinical Operations & the broader Enterprise, making connections & sharing ideas beyond. Always seeking the greater good.

  • Diversity & Inclusion: Cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment

• You have experience leading large teams or organizations through inspiring positive change in those who follow

• You have leadership experience in drug development, including operational, commercial, strategic, and/or analytical experience or equivalent experience in strategic consulting, pipeline management, strategic analytics, or the broader healthcare industry 

• You possess fluent written and oral English and German language skills

• You are able to work from the Roche Grenzach affiliate, being present at the campus for more than 50% of your working time.

Join The Team

If you are a motivated and collaborative individual with a passion for driving success and fostering cross-functional collaboration, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. 

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At Roche, more than 100,000 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.

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