Product Strategy Leader

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At Roche, we foster a culture where individuality is embraced, and personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections are encouraged. We value, accept, and respect everyone for who they are, enabling personal and professional growth. Our mission is to prevent, stop, and cure diseases and ensure universal access to healthcare for present and future generations. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Roche group is a pioneer in the biotechnology industry, committed to advancing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for individuals facing serious and life-threatening illnesses. Within the Pharma Technical Operations (PT) function, we serve as the crucial link between scientific innovation and patient accessibility, ensuring the high-quality and resilient manufacturing and delivery of our life-saving products.

Requirements

• BS or MS Degree in life sciences, engineering, or business disciplines.
• At least 10+ years of multi-disciplinary work experience in the Pharma / Biotech industry, with a broad understanding of manufacturing and technical operations.
• At least 7+ years of experience in senior people management or senior matrix team leadership.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing successful product supply chain strategies, with on-going risk management, resilience and evolution.
• Experience in leading new product launches and/or line extensions; exposure across biologic, synthetic molecule and device supply chains beneficial
• Demonstrated ability to understand disease areas, market access and other demand-side drivers of business value and volume; experience in the Roche strategic disease areas beneficial (i.e. cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, oncology, neuroscience, ophthalmology, immunology, infectious disease)
• Ability to travel globally (approximately 10% or lower).

Nice To Haves

• International/global experience (strongly preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a portfolio of cross-functional product strategy teams across technical, finance, supply chain, customer experience, regulatory, and manufacturing.
• Design and implement resilient, end-to-end supply chains for the full product lifecycle, with a special focus on late-stage development through the launch of new products and line extensions.
• Translate disease area and product demand into actionable PT strategic objectives and execution plans.
• Direct investment proposals by prioritizing product supply initiatives based on time, cost, and business value.
• Manage product health by overseeing supply resilience, process robustness, and sustainability KPIs.
• Integrate external customer insights and competitive landscape trends to shape lifecycle and disease area strategies.
• Predict and articulate the implications of strategic decisions while managing holistic end-to-end risks.
• Support long-range planning with assumption-driven forecast scenarios to connect product and network strategies.
• Mentor and coach colleagues to expand technical skills and leadership capabilities across the organization.

Benefits

• Pay transparency details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Basel. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

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