Business Manager: gRED Governance Office

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

As a Business Manager for the gRED Governance system (DB/BB, ESPC, RRC) 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, RRC 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 PSM team you will be: Governance Ensure seamless decision-making processes and coordination across other boards. Partner with governance chairs, members, and portfolio teams to design optimal review and endorsement pathways that enable timely, high-quality decisions. Create and continuously improve resources, tools, and frameworks that enhance governance clarity, traceability, and impact. Champion the evolution of the community as an interconnected system with shared accountability, continuous learning, and a unified approach to governance. Contribute 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. Partner 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. Capture discussions and decisions with accurate meeting minutes, ensuring outcomes are clearly communicated, documented, and acted upon in a timely manner. Drive strong cross-functional collaboration across various governance committees and portfolio teams. Collaborate closely with Business Managers across the organization to enable integrated and coordinated governance. Serving as a central hub for board-related inquiries, communications, and stakeholder engagement. Who You Are You have a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MS, MPH, MD) preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MS, MPH, MD) preferred.
• One year experience managing a governance committee.
• 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: 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

• Ensure seamless decision-making processes and coordination across other boards.
• Partner with governance chairs, members, and portfolio teams to design optimal review and endorsement pathways that enable timely, high-quality decisions.
• Create and continuously improve resources, tools, and frameworks that enhance governance clarity, traceability, and impact.
• Champion the evolution of the community as an interconnected system with shared accountability, continuous learning, and a unified approach to governance.
• Contribute 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.
• Partner 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.
• Capture discussions and decisions with accurate meeting minutes, ensuring outcomes are clearly communicated, documented, and acted upon in a timely manner.
• Drive strong cross-functional collaboration across various governance committees and portfolio teams.
• Collaborate closely with Business Managers across the organization to enable integrated and coordinated governance.
• Serving as a central hub for board-related inquiries, communications, and stakeholder engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager