People & Culture Business Partner - Product Development

Roche•South San Francisco, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

People & Culture Business Partner (P&C Business Partner Wide Scope, Product Development) We are looking for a Genentech People & Culture (P&C) Business Partner to support the Roche Global Product Development (PD) organization. This position reports directly to the Vice President People & Culture (PD P&C Business Partner Enterprise) Product Development Overview The PD mission is to improve patients’ lives around the world with unique medicines that have meaningful impact. We conduct global clinical trials, analyze results, monitor safety, and work with regulatory authorities to provide truly differentiated medicines to patients. Our primary disease focus areas are Oncology, Hematology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases & Ophthalmology (I2O), and Neuroscience. We attract, develop, and retain the most talented people in the industry, and have Development centers in Basel, Switzerland; South San Francisco, California; Welwyn, England; Mississauga, Canada; and Shanghai, China, as well as operations in many other countries. The Opportunity This senior director-level position partners flexibly across leadership areas in the PD and P&C organizations. While primarily based within the Genentech network, this position will contribute to global, highly matrixed work and teams that span countries. This position partners heavily with PD and P&C leaders and stakeholders (globally and at Genentech) to develop, set and optimize P&C priorities which positively impact business outcomes. This position collaborates closely with other PD Business Partners, P&C Chapter stakeholders & relevant business leaders to understand long term business needs and strategic P&C priorities. This position then translates PD business strategy into P&C strategies for their leadership areas and drives fit for purpose implementation. This position leads and drives change initiatives, people streams, work product teams (WPTs), and squads to embed and implement the overall P&C strategies for their leadership areas. This position can also support WPTs/squads or initiatives in other parts of the business based on overall priorities. This position is accountable as a trusted strategic partner and coach, advancing organizational design and effectiveness (including driving transformation in mindset, behaviors and ways of working), for building a diverse and inclusive work culture, and securing future talent and capabilities.

Requirements

15+ years of broad and progressive HR management or consulting experience in or with organizations recognized for best HR practices
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) preferred, and/or equivalent work experience.
Exemplifies strong leadership skills, with or without direct reports and demonstrates the potential to take on broader and more impactful P&C enterprise roles
Passion for and focus on building a diverse and inclusive work culture
Proven ability to lead with a creative mindset, acting as a coach and mentor for leaders
Systems thinker, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, teams and key leadership areas in a fast paced environment
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
Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to effectively address all organizational levels
Fluent in English
Ability to travel (including global travel) approximately 10% of the time

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred
Biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, or sales organizations experience are preferred

Responsibilities

Aligns P&C strategy, goals, and objectives to overall business strategies and objectives
Translates 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
Uses 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
Ensures P&C initiatives adds organizational value
Maintains knowledge of external environment and other related information on peer and comparison groups to effectively diagnose and implement strategies to help drive business decisions
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 goals into projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules
Leads or participates in WPTs/squads to effectively meet planned objectives
Develops 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, WPTs/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 VACC leadership to Strategic Business Partners and across other P&C chapters
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 the 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