Head, Resourcing & Metrics

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

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. This role is based in Business Strategy & Operations (BSO) which serves as the strategic backbone and operational enabler for Product Development Data Sciences (PDD). The function ensures organizational excellence through robust quality frameworks, optimized resourcing, and aligned strategic execution. BSO brings together cross-functional capabilities across quality and compliance, workforce planning, and strategic operations to empower leaders and teams to deliver with focus, transparency, and accountability. By connecting enterprise priorities with operational realities, BSO drives consistency, clarity, and coordinated progress across PDD and the broader development organization. The Opportunity: The Head of Resourcing & Metrics within the Business Strategy & Operations (BSO) function is accountable for overseeing enterprise-wide resourcing, budget tracking, and impact measurement strategies across Roche’s PDD portfolio. This role provides leadership in resource planning, workforce analytics, and metrics-driven performance management, supporting senior functional leadership in data-informed decision-making. The Head of Resourcing & Metrics plays a critical role in ensuring organizational agility, financial transparency, and operational excellence, and maintains strong partnerships with Finance, HR, and other enabling functions. You provide strategic direction for a team of leaders responsible for designing and driving the oversight and management of resourcing and financial tracking to ensure accurate visibility into headcount, contractor usage, and financial allocations across all functions and geographies You drive end-to-end planning governance across PDD in partnership with Finance, HR, Portfolio, and other enterprise stakeholders, ensuring consistent standards, data integrity, and transparent accountability You drive various cross-functional and partnership governances to bring the R&M team and stakeholders together to maintain a single source of truth for financial and resourcing performance and enable executive decision-making and resource optimization You engage heavily with your direct team and stakeholders, and also with leadership — specifically with the Head of BSO and Head of PDD — to ensure high-quality, data-driven, and proactive insights You lead your direct team to develop and execute departmental plans to ensure alignment with business and organizational priorities You shape and govern enterprise-aligned metrics frameworks (e.g., OKRs, KPIs) that measure the performance, productivity, and strategic impact of BSO and other PDD functions You lead multi-year planning and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring alignment of headcount and budget forecasts with evolving portfolio and business priorities You establish and oversee cross-functional operating rhythms that ensure the alignment of resource data with program timelines, study demand, and investment trade-offs You set strategic direction for data governance, audit compliance, and quality controls related to resource and budget information, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and alignment with Roche policies You influence enterprise-wide workforce planning efforts by delivering robust analytics, capacity modeling, and actionable insights to senior leadership You identify and drive innovation opportunities in automation, analytics tooling, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Tableau, Adaptive Insights) to increase planning efficiency and quality You lead and develop a multi-layered team of leaders, resource planners, financial analysts, and metrics experts across diverse geographies You ensure appropriate team structure, skill mix, and capacity to deliver strategic priorities and day-to-day operational excellence in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment You provide coaching and leadership development to direct reports, empowering them to operate autonomously and thrive in an evolving business environment You set clear expectations and accountabilities for excellence in planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration You represent the BSO function in enterprise-level forums and negotiations related to budget, workforce, and investment prioritization You act as a thought partner to the Head of BSO and PDD LT on operational and strategic decisions related to planning, performance, and resource optimization You balance operational delivery with longer-term capability-building, ensuring that BSO evolves in line with future business needs and industry standards

Requirements

You have an advanced degree in Business, Finance, Data Analytics, Organizational Strategy, or a related field (preferred)
You have 15+ years of progressive experience in business operations, enterprise planning, or resource and financial governance
You have 6+ years in senior leadership roles, including managing senior professionals or people leaders across functions and locations
You have proven success in driving resource planning and analytics strategy across complex, matrixed organizations, ideally in life sciences, R&D, or healthcare
You have demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional initiatives with high organizational impact and visibility
You are proficient with enterprise planning and reporting tools (e.g., Anaplan, PowerBI, Tableau) and financial modeling for large-scale functions
You have strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior executives and enterprise leadership
You have capacity for independent thinking and ability to make decisions based upon sound principles
You exhibit excellent strategic agility including problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and agility that extends beyond technical domain
You demonstrate respect for cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in the global workplace
You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, specifically in the areas of presentation and writing, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear language

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Roche’s PDD or PD organizational structure and planning processes
Experience designing and implementing metrics frameworks or impact measurement strategies in scientific or technology-driven environments
Track record of embedding planning best practices and building scalable operations in global teams
Deep understanding of the interplay between portfolio governance, workforce strategy, and enterprise financial cycles
Demonstrated success in aligning operational resources to scientific, digital, or innovation-led priorities

Responsibilities

Provide strategic direction for a team of leaders responsible for designing and driving the oversight and management of resourcing and financial tracking to ensure accurate visibility into headcount, contractor usage, and financial allocations across all functions and geographies
Drive end-to-end planning governance across PDD in partnership with Finance, HR, Portfolio, and other enterprise stakeholders, ensuring consistent standards, data integrity, and transparent accountability
Drive various cross-functional and partnership governances to bring the R&M team and stakeholders together to maintain a single source of truth for financial and resourcing performance and enable executive decision-making and resource optimization
Engage heavily with your direct team and stakeholders, and also with leadership — specifically with the Head of BSO and Head of PDD — to ensure high-quality, data-driven, and proactive insights
Lead your direct team to develop and execute departmental plans to ensure alignment with business and organizational priorities
Shape and govern enterprise-aligned metrics frameworks (e.g., OKRs, KPIs) that measure the performance, productivity, and strategic impact of BSO and other PDD functions
Lead multi-year planning and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring alignment of headcount and budget forecasts with evolving portfolio and business priorities
Establish and oversee cross-functional operating rhythms that ensure the alignment of resource data with program timelines, study demand, and investment trade-offs
Set strategic direction for data governance, audit compliance, and quality controls related to resource and budget information, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and alignment with Roche policies
Influence enterprise-wide workforce planning efforts by delivering robust analytics, capacity modeling, and actionable insights to senior leadership
Identify and drive innovation opportunities in automation, analytics tooling, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Tableau, Adaptive Insights) to increase planning efficiency and quality
Lead and develop a multi-layered team of leaders, resource planners, financial analysts, and metrics experts across diverse geographies
Ensure appropriate team structure, skill mix, and capacity to deliver strategic priorities and day-to-day operational excellence in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment
Provide coaching and leadership development to direct reports, empowering them to operate autonomously and thrive in an evolving business environment
Set clear expectations and accountabilities for excellence in planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration
Represent the BSO function in enterprise-level forums and negotiations related to budget, workforce, and investment prioritization
Act as a thought partner to the Head of BSO and PDD LT on operational and strategic decisions related to planning, performance, and resource optimization
Balance operational delivery with longer-term capability-building, ensuring that BSO evolves in line with future business needs and industry standards