Head of Network Strategy

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

At Roche, the culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, valuing, accepting, and respecting individuals to help them thrive personally and professionally. The company's aim is to prevent, stop, and cure diseases, ensuring access to healthcare for current and future generations. The Roche Pharma Vision focuses on preventing, stopping, and curing diseases while improving outcomes and reducing costs for patients and healthcare systems globally. Pharma Technical Operations (PT) has defined a strategic response, the North Star Performance Promise and the Network of the Future, to achieve this vision. Roche's network is expanding in breadth and complexity, evolving from a largely Biologic network for large volume products to a more agile multi-platform network capable of delivering both large volume and highly personalized medicine. Additionally, Roche is entering the obesity treatment space, which necessitates large volume manufacturing.

Requirements

Visionary leader and a self-starter who takes the initiative to identify critical business needs.
Possess an innovative mindset, are willing to take calculated risks, and create solutions in complex environments.
Role model for Roche’s core values and Operating Principles, excel in VACC and Lean leadership.
Ability to lead cross-functional strategic initiatives and drive meaningful change through influence and partnership.
Over 20 years of experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals.
Minimum 6 years of experience in pharma end-to-end supply chain management with strong enterprise accountability.
Proven experience sitting on Enterprise leadership teams and managing P&L responsibilities.
Strong strategic thinking, quantitative, and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information for senior executive leaders.
Demonstrated track record in managing direct reports and leading in a highly matrixed, global setting.
Ability to travel approximately 30% to meet business needs.

Nice To Haves

Preferred Senior Operational (Site Head or similar) experience.

Responsibilities

Delivery of the Network of the Future Design (multi-billion CHF investment), including strategic work packages across multiple modalities.
Driving the annual Strategy Operating model for the Pharma Technical Operations Leadership team.
Shaping the future vision of the network strategy with a clear roadmap for delivery across both internal and external networks.
Translating long-range probabilistic forecasts into meaningful strategic choices and defining product allocation guidance for sourcing.
Connecting across the organization to support the introduction of innovation, advanced manufacturing technologies, and new platforms.
Leading and managing the PTLT Strategy Days, fostering a focus on Key Strategic Questions within the organization.
Owning the Product Sourcing governance process through the Product Network Committee and defining inputs for Strategic Workforce planning.
Synthesizing product strategies into a portfolio-level vision and facilitating aspirational product lifecycle targets with global partners.
Defining Risk at the PT Level, ensuring delivery of initiatives to reduce and mitigate risks as well as translate Risks into business continuity activities that ensure a resilient manufacturing network.