People & Culture Business Partner

Roche • Indianapolis, IN

3d • $139,000 - $258,200 • Onsite

About The Position

At Roche, we foster a culture where individuals can express themselves authentically, embracing unique qualities and building genuine connections. Our aim is to prevent, stop, and cure diseases, ensuring universal access to healthcare. The People & Culture (HR) team at Roche Diagnostics Quality, Regulatory & External Affairs (QR&E), a global organization of approximately 1,500 employees across 18 countries, is dedicated to bringing the Roche purpose to life by unlocking the potential of our people and organization. We strive to be a catalyst for high performance, nurturing belonging and an inclusive culture where innovation thrives. This role embodies a business leader and entrepreneur mindset, operating flexibly within a highly networked, cross-border structure to support multiple global leadership teams. Based in the USA, this position requires a global perspective and is ideal for an HR professional energized by supporting diverse, global teams and expanding their expertise in international P&C and employment landscapes. You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders, navigating a complex matrix organization to translate business priorities into impactful global people strategies. As an active member of an international P&C Business Partner team, you will collaborate across borders and time zones to share insights, align initiatives, and provide unified support to the global QR&E organization. You will be accountable for fostering 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.
• Based in the USA with a proven track record of working successfully with global teams and senior leaders outside the US.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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 knowledge of business and P&C insights, metrics, expertise, and decision principles to effectively diagnose topics with a wide range of 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 other related information on peer and comparison groups to effectively diagnose and implement strategies to help drive business decisions.
• Serves 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 proven ability to influence business leaders and P&C professionals to 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