People & Culture Business Partner

Roche • Indianapolis, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Roche, we foster a culture where individuals can express themselves authentically, are embraced for their unique qualities, and are valued, accepted, and respected. This environment encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, enabling personal and professional growth. Our mission is to prevent, stop, and cure diseases, ensuring universal access to healthcare for current and future generations. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Opportunity:
Roche Diagnostics Quality, Regulatory & External Affairs (QR&E) is a global organization with approximately 1,500 employees across 18 countries. This division operates across the entire diagnostic value chain, focusing on maintaining our right to operate, influencing the global regulatory landscape, and accelerating the availability of our diagnostic solutions to customers and patients worldwide.

Within People & Culture (HR), our vision is to bring the Roche purpose to life by unlocking the potential of our people and organization. We act as a catalyst for high performance, fostering a sense of belonging and an inclusive culture where innovation thrives, leading to groundbreaking ideas and truly innovative solutions for patients and Roche's future success.

This role requires a business leader and entrepreneur mindset, operating flexibly within a highly networked, cross-border structure to support multiple global leadership teams. As the P&C Business Partner for QR&E, you will be based in the USA but maintain a global perspective. This position is ideal for an HR professional who is energized by supporting diverse, global teams and eager to expand their expertise in international P&C and employment landscapes. You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders in the USA and abroad, navigating a complex matrix organization to translate business priorities into impactful global people strategies. You will be an integral part of a dedicated, international team of P&C Business Partners, collaborating across borders and time zones to share insights, align initiatives, and provide unified support to the global QR&E organization. As a trusted strategic partner and coach, you will be responsible for promoting the Roche leadership framework, enhancing international organizational design and effectiveness, and ensuring future talent and capability readiness across regions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of broad and progressive HR experience in or with organizations recognized for best HR practices.
• Experience working in a Diagnostics or Pharmaceuticals organization and/or international matrix structures is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) preferred, and/or equivalent work experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• Based in the USA with a proven track record of working successfully with global teams and senior leaders outside the US.
• A collaborative team player who thrives in a peer network of international P&C colleagues, actively contributing to and learning from a global team dynamic.
• Demonstrated experience navigating complex, matrixed corporate structures where influencing without formal authority is key.
• A strong curiosity and eagerness to learn about international HR practices, global labor landscapes, and cross-cultural team dynamics.
• Ability to influence with courageous authenticity and build trust with individuals at all levels within the organization, challenging the status quo when appropriate.
• Effectively diagnosing long-term P&C needs, and shaping and leading initiatives to address them.
• Ability to travel [domestically/globally] as required by the business.
• This position is on site in Branchburg or Indianapolis. A remote option is not available.
• Travel required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a Diagnostics or Pharmaceuticals organization and/or international matrix structures is preferred.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Aligns P&C strategy, goals, and objectives to overall business strategies and objectives, translating P&C strategies to drive key business results.
• Provides guidance on talent management, workforce strategies, organization design, and reward and recognition in partnership with Business Partners, other P&C Chapters, and subject-matter experts to develop high-quality solutions.
• Maintains broad-based knowledge of multiple leadership areas across the organization and its operations, using business and P&C insights, metrics, expertise, and decision principles to effectively diagnose topics of varying complexity.
• Recommends business practice/work process improvements to identify opportunities for leveraging human capital, ensuring P&C initiatives add organizational value.
• Maintains knowledge of the external environment and related information on peer and comparison groups to effectively diagnose and implement strategies that drive business decisions.
• Acts as a strategic sparring partner and coach for fostering a leadership culture in line with the Roche leadership framework.
• Translates the business vision, mission, and strategy, along with the 10-year ambition and P&C Aspirational Goals, into projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules.
• Leads or participates in Work Product Teams and squads to effectively meet planned objectives, developing clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success.
• Drives alignment and buy-in within multiple leadership areas as part of a network.
• Diagnoses P&C needs and identifies interventions that address issues of retention, change leadership, employee engagement, and leadership development, partnering with Business Partners, Work Product Teams, squads, and other P&C Chapters as appropriate.
• Uses appropriate tools for leadership competency and skills assessment.
• Drives and implements change with a proven ability to influence business leaders and P&C professionals to achieve required outcomes.
• Influences, develops, mentors, and provides leadership to networks and work product teams/squads in partnership with Advisory Business Partners.
• Gathers and analyzes internal and external data, evidence-based research, benchmarks, P&C and business metrics to make critical decisions.
• Shares insights with leaders and recommends innovative solutions based on P&C decision principles that support the culture, strategic direction, and resources.
• Diagnoses root causes of work environment issues, disruptive team dynamics, and ineffective organizational setups; initiates interventions and shapes solutions in collaboration and co-creation with key stakeholders across multiple leadership areas.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for this posting.
• 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