Digital Strategy Delivery Specialist

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

16d

About The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche. 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 digitally transform and to become a lean organization. The Opportunity PTE is the new organization that will catalyze the global development and execution of PT’s Digital and Operational Excellence strategy to enable PT to realize our performance promises. We will 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 mind, revolutionize our FAIR data ecosystem and systems landscape, re-design excellent processes, and generate transformative insights. We collaborate closely with global functions to deliver impactful value to our patients. Major Responsibilities PTE will work in partnership across major global business functions, establishing and implementing an overall Digital / Technology strategy and driving the delivery and scale of key data & digital solutions in support of our vision. This role is responsible for driving the digital technology strategy through the delivery of key digital initiatives and use cases. You will partner with stakeholders across IT and PT functions to plan, execute, and sustain digital solutions to achieve the PT Digital Aspirations.

Requirements

BS/MS in Science or Engineering Field with a minimum of 5 years related experience.
Experience in systems/data management and informatics strategy development and execution.
Outcome focused and proactive in identifying solutions.
Customer centricity; understand the customers' business, challenges, and goals.
Excellent people, leadership, interpersonal, analytical, and written/verbal communication skills.
Skilled in managing cross-functional partner relationships in a complex organization.
Ability to inspire and lead cross-functional project teams.
Strategic and analytical thinking required.

Nice To Haves

Do you bring experience as a digital product owner or digital translator and have delivered digital use cases that include advanced analytics technologies?
We are seeking an individual with good knowledge of the pharma data ecosystem, informatics systems, tools, and techniques.
Experience in leading a (matrix) team is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Assume product owner or digital translator role and drive the implementation of key digital use cases.
Define and manage user requirements / backlog.
Coordinate implementation teams consisting of data scientists, data engineers, UX/UI designers, IT specialists and/or SMEs.
Act as a digital translator.
Ensure and track value delivery.
Coordinate the build-up of capabilities.
Lead deployment of a global solution in a function or site.
Build digital product owner and translator best practices.
Engage with a community of product owners and digital translators to build and share best practices. Radiate those to the broader organization, e.g., by delivering trainings and coaching.
Other duties as needed to support process improvement, portfolio management, data management, workforce strategy, product delivery, support strategy, partnership and collaboration with IT, PTx and externals.
Scope of role: projects primarily in PT Manufacturing and PT Quality