Global Ecosystem Insights Beyond TA Portfolio Insights Leader

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Roche, we are committed to advancing science to give people more time with the ones they love. Our Global Pharma Strategy (GPS) team is central to Pharma, setting the direction and ensuring our portfolio delivers meaningful innovation to patients worldwide. By integrating scientific, commercial, and market insights, GPS drives enterprise-wide strategy, portfolio prioritization, and business model innovation to maintain Roche’s leadership in the evolving healthcare landscape. Within GPS, the Portfolio, Strategy, and Insights (PSI) team acts as a strategic thought partner and trusted advisor, guiding Roche’s product, disease area, pharma, and corporate strategy. The PSI team, which includes Advanced Analytics for Business Insights (AABI), Competitive Intelligence, Ecosystem Insights (EI), Partnering Commercial Assessment Leads, and Pharma Portfolio & Strategy, delivers consistent, targeted, and technology-enabled insights to inform decision-making across the enterprise. The Global Ecosystem Insights (EI) team is seeking a Beyond Therapeutic Area (TA) Portfolio Insights Leader to help shape Roche's Pharma strategy through market, portfolio, and customer-centric insights. This role functions as an internal consultant and strategist, collaborating with commercial and cross-functional leaders to generate insights that span Therapeutic Areas and influence cross-portfolio decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree preferred) and a minimum of 10 years (or equivalent with advanced education) of Pharma/Biotech portfolio analytics and strategy experience required.
Top-tier consulting experience is a strong plus.
Extensive experience applying analyses and modeling/forecasting to solve portfolio business problems.
Comprehensive knowledge of the Pharma/Biotech value chain.
Demonstrated ability to analyze emerging industry trends to shape portfolio planning.
Critical thinker capable of navigating TA, portfolio, and enterprise level complexities.
Ability to translate research and analysis into concise, compelling business recommendations.
Proven ability to connect disparate data points from across the enterprise to form a cohesive strategic narrative.
Adept at shaping commercialization strategies by influencing senior stakeholders without authority.
Expert at bridging various functional and geographic groups to build strong partnerships.
Experienced in developing, generating buy-in and piloting innovative solutions or novel tools and systems.
Ability to generate new ideas/approaches that address business needs and drive creation/adoption of best practices.
Comfortable translating high-level intent into actionable roadmaps and leading initiatives confidently through uncertainty and resistance.
A track record of transformation impact through initiatives at the department/functional level, and/or broader organizational level.

Responsibilities

Analyze the Global Pharma portfolio to evaluate commercial attributes, identify risks/opportunities, and anticipate the impact of landscape shifts to shape strategic decisions.
Partner extensively within EI and other PSI teams to develop insights and realize the full value of recommendations.
Navigate a complex global matrix to align cross-functional partners around high-impact, insight-driven deliverables.
Develop sophisticated analytical frameworks and models to evaluate the global portfolio and inform long-term planning.
Provide a quantitative commercial foundation for commercialization and R&D strategic decisions.
Evaluate diverse data sources to identify emerging trends and shifts in the healthcare landscape.
Lead the development of cohesive "outside-in" perspectives to navigate an evolving competitive environment.
Assess cross-portfolio performance to identify high-potential growth drivers and critical trade-offs.
Highlight potential gaps in the collective strategy and recommend interventions to strengthen our portfolio position.
Act as a specialist consultant for strategy projects, translating complex portfolio analytics into concise, high-impact recommendations.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, turning technical complexity into clear, actionable business strategies.
Integrate individual Therapeutic Area insights into a single, cohesive "Beyond TA" commercial narrative.
Provide a holistic view of the portfolio’s collective commercial strength and strategic direction.