Manager, gRED Portfolio Strategy and Planning

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

2d • $92,600 - $172,000

About The Position

The Portfolio Strategy and Planning team is part of Genentech’s Research and Early Development (gRED) organization and serves as a strategic partner in shaping R&D priorities and advancing innovative therapeutics. This role has broad exposure and impact across R&D, from early research through Phase II and across multiple therapeutic areas. It collaborates with senior leaders across Research, Clinical Development, Development Sciences, Regulatory, and Commercial to inform strategic decisions and guide portfolio investments.

The position sits at the intersection of science, strategy, and business, with the opportunity to influence R&D direction and accelerate development of medicines for patients. It contributes to portfolio-wide insights, strategic planning and analytics, internal and external data efforts, competitive insights, and molecule-team clinical development strategy. The role also facilitates discussions and alignment among leaders, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Passion for drug development, life sciences, and the patient-centric mission.
• Advanced degree in a scientific field (PhD/MD), quantitative field (master’s in mathematics/statistics or engineering), and/or business (MBA).
• Strong background knowledge in the biotech R&D environment.
• 0–2 years of work experience after an advanced degree.
• Demonstrated analytical, planning, and organizational skills from previous work or studies.
• Personal integrity and aptitude for collaborative work.
• Exceptionally high attention to detail.
• Ability to distill complex or abstract problems into succinct strategic frameworks and tactical plans.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, quantitative modeling, and complex problem-solving ability.
• Ability to influence leaders through active listening, communication, and facilitation.
• Ability to clearly articulate objective analytical findings to senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in management consulting, market research, market planning, investment banking, competitive intelligence, business development, R&D drug development, data science, public health, health economics, or statistics.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating portfolio-wide insights on molecule-specific drug development, portfolio throughput, timelines and milestones, risk assessments, R&D productivity, and innovation strategies.
• Collaborate to develop portfolio insights that guide near- and long-term planning by senior leadership.
• Work with project leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to develop recommendations that translate strategy into tactics and execution.
• Support internal data generation and external data acquisition efforts to improve analytics.
• Synthesize insights from major competitors for the gRED senior leadership team and assess potential application to Genentech’s R&D practices.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to project team leaders for gRED molecules, framing and assessing clinical development options from Lead Optimization to Phase 2, identifying decision factors, and presenting risk assessments by clinical phase.
• Develop strategic frameworks and tactical plans for complex system-wide problems, using analytical and logic-based skills to drive decisions and action.
• Influence leaders in Research, Development, and Commercial through active listening, communication, and facilitation.
• Clearly communicate objective analytical findings to senior leadership.
• Facilitate discussions with gRED leaders, cross-functional teams, and key stakeholders to develop insights and align on strategic decisions.
• Act as a servant leader and force multiplier, finding ways to elevate others.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available.
• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• The position qualifies for company benefits, as detailed at a linked benefits page.

What This Job Offers

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