Global Program Manager

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

1d • $118,000 - $219,100

About The Position

At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold ambition to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden by 2030. The Portfolio Strategy & Delivery (PSD) function sits within Pharma Product Development (PD) and encompasses several business functions, including Molecule Program Management (MPM). The MPM purpose is to be key partners in co-creating and delivering the portfolio, effectively and efficiently for the benefit of patients. We want you to join our passionate, collaborative and trusting global community. You will join a function experienced in drug development and with a high level of expertise in program management, utilising and embedding new ways of working to ensure business excellence. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward innovation at speed. The position provides an outstanding opportunity to influence R&D, across many therapeutic areas. It requires interactions with partners across the organisation, including Clinical Development, Regulatory and Commercial organizations. The ideal candidate will be an independent team worker with a growth mindset and a background that combines science, strategy and business, to be part of a cross-functional team bringing transformative medicines to patients.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant experience in pharma, device, biotech or a similar industry.
• Experienced in using different Project Management, Change Management, Business Management or related tools, methodologies & approaches to drive the team’s development of a strategy and achieve the desired outcomes for a program/project/function, effectively and efficiently.
• Significant drug development and potentially commercial experience.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Science preferred (BS, MS, PhD).

Responsibilities

• Be a core member of one or more molecule/disease area teams and drive drug or disease area development programs to maximize efficiency, portfolio value and patient benefit.
• Be accountable for program oversight and planning, team management, communication, portfolio context, and strategic Thought Partnership.
• Provide strategic program management to project teams, framing and assessing options, and identifying inflection points and critical factors for project delivery, decision-making and governance.
• Guide molecule teams, in close collaboration with the respective team leader.
• Build and maintain highly functioning project teams by observing team dynamics, building trust, addressing issues and encouraging open dialogues.
• Keep teams on track to deliver short-, mid- and long-term activities to achieve team objectives and drive key program/project meetings & workshops, team communication and documentation.
• May lead and contribute to functional or company-wide initiative workstreams.
• Contribute to portfolio management by reporting and proactively maintaining key project information to support portfolio overview and decisions.
• Maintain program and project management guidelines, standards, and tools as required.
• Drive implementation and execution of program strategy.
• Identification and mitigation of program risks.
• Leverage molecule development and market expertise to accelerate high quality decisions.
• Lead effective ways of working, and catalyze change.
• Within the MPM community, the PSD chapter and teams, foster a teaching, coaching, and learning culture and embody One Roche leadership principles such as VACC - Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

What This Job Offers

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