Business Manager: gRED Governance Office

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

42d

About The Position

We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love. As a Business Manager for the gRED Governance system (DB/BB, ESPC) you will play a pivotal role in enabling high-quality decision making across gRED. This individual will report to the gRED Head of Governance in the PSM organization. You will serve as a partner to the governance board Chairs and functional leadership to facilitate scientific, technical, and business decision reviews and execution. The business manager will have a primary role within DB/BB or ESPC and will act in coordination with their business manager colleagues to cover each other and coordinate. This position requires a blend of strategic acumen, operational excellence, and systems thinking to connect people, processes, and insights across the organization. The Opportunity: As a valuable member on the Translational Medicine team you will be: Governance Ensuring seamless decision-making processes and coordination across other boards Partnering with governance chairs, members, and portfolio teams to design optimal review and endorsement pathways that enable timely, high-quality decisions. Developing engagement models with governance leads to ensure consistency, transparency, and effective advice-seeking. Creating and continuously improve resources, tools, and frameworks that enhance governance clarity, traceability, and impact. Championing the evolution of the community as an interconnected system with shared accountability, continuous learning, and a unified approach to governance. Leading or contributing to cross-enterprise change initiatives, embedding learning loops and continuous improvement practices into governance operations. Operations and Leadership Accountable for board operations: agendas, briefing preparation to decision documentation and communication. Partnering with Asset Teams and project leaders to ensure materials and discussions are strategic, concise, and decision-ready. Brief Chairs and participants on critical topics, ensuring inclusive, well-informed, and action-oriented dialogue. Capturing discussions and decisions with accurate meeting minutes, ensuring outcomes are clearly communicated, documented, and acted upon in a timely manner. Driving strong cross-functional collaboration across various governance committees and portfolio teams. Collaborating closely with Business Managers across Roche to enable integrated and coordinated governance. Serving as a central hub for board-related inquiries, communications, and stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MS, MPH, MD) preferred.
Broad understanding of drug development across stages; commercial or therapeutic area knowledge is an asset.
Demonstrated experience in governance, portfolio management, business operations, or enterprise process design.
Extremely high attention to detail: meeting minutes fully reflect discussion and action items
Communication Mastery: Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to distill complexity into actionable insights.
Facilitation Excellence: Exceptional ability to manage high-stakes discussions with diverse scientific and business leaders and able to partner with senior leaders and Board Chairs
Operational Rigor: Strong organizational and project management discipline with a bias for clarity, follow-through, and accountability.
Collaborative Mindset: Skilled in fostering alignment across boundaries with humility, curiosity, and trust.

Nice To Haves

Curious Learner: Seeks continuous growth and intentionally develops self and others.
Connector: Actively shares learnings and leverages knowledge across networks.
Enabler: Encourages distributed accountability and empowers decision-making.
Strategic Communicator: Balances transparency with discretion, ensuring clarity of intent and message.

Responsibilities

Ensuring seamless decision-making processes and coordination across other boards
Partnering with governance chairs, members, and portfolio teams to design optimal review and endorsement pathways that enable timely, high-quality decisions.
Developing engagement models with governance leads to ensure consistency, transparency, and effective advice-seeking.
Creating and continuously improve resources, tools, and frameworks that enhance governance clarity, traceability, and impact.
Championing the evolution of the community as an interconnected system with shared accountability, continuous learning, and a unified approach to governance.
Leading or contributing to cross-enterprise change initiatives, embedding learning loops and continuous improvement practices into governance operations.
Accountable for board operations: agendas, briefing preparation to decision documentation and communication.
Partnering with Asset Teams and project leaders to ensure materials and discussions are strategic, concise, and decision-ready.
Brief Chairs and participants on critical topics, ensuring inclusive, well-informed, and action-oriented dialogue.
Capturing discussions and decisions with accurate meeting minutes, ensuring outcomes are clearly communicated, documented, and acted upon in a timely manner.
Driving strong cross-functional collaboration across various governance committees and portfolio teams.
Collaborating closely with Business Managers across Roche to enable integrated and coordinated governance.
Serving as a central hub for board-related inquiries, communications, and stakeholder engagement.