Strategy Lead

Roche•Pleasanton, CA

About The Position

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. The Position Strategy Lead A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche. The Opportunity: Customers are more empowered than ever, with more data to support their decision making, and lower barriers to switching loyalties. This has created an imperative for us to structure and build our organization around our customers to ensure we listen and understand their needs and respond at speed. As part of this new focus, we are searching for a Head of Strategy and Business Operations (Molecular Lab Customer Area) to support the Head of Molecular Lab Customer Area in the daily operations and shaping the strategic direction together with the Molecular Lab Leadership team. This role offers a unique perspective with exposure to a broad range of topics, functions and senior management. This is a highly visible position that requires executive presence, exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, analytic detail and rigor, and ability to operate at most senior levels of the company.

Requirements

Advanced degree in life sciences with typically with 5+ years of experience in the life science sector that may be directly comparable to Diagnostics and/or Pharmaceuticals is an advantage
Strategy consulting background and skill set would be desirable
Strong leadership experience, preferably with experience leading diverse team and/or highly complex matrix leadership of enterprise-level projects
Strong business sense with a solid understanding of the healthcare industry and experience operating in a regulated environment
Translate divisional strategy into clear BA priorities and initiatives
Strong project management and ability to operate across functions and global teams
Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to simplify complex topics
Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills and ability to connect cross-functional impacts
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively
Self-starter with strong stakeholder management skills; builds trust and influences senior leadership
As this position is a global role, international business travel maybe required depending upon the business location of the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

Act as a strategic advisor to the Head of Molecular Lab Customer Area in collaboration with the senior leadership team
Drives the strategic planning for this team together with the Molecular Lab leadership Team and in conjunction with the RDS strategy leader
Ensures clear responsibilities for defined actions of the Molecular Lab strategic plan and tracks implementation
Collaborates effectively with the Strategy & Transformation Office
Drive the Molecular Lab leadership meetings and plan the agenda and support the team in timely, well-informed decision making
Design and facilitate effective meetings by selecting relevant topics, balancing content review with discussion, and moderating dialogue. Increase LT effectiveness and cohesiveness.
Track and monitor LT decisions and actions; hold LT members accountable to decisions and actions
Lead, supported by Molecular Lab administrative staff, on all aspects of logistics and planning of LT meetings
Collaborate with Head of RDS and subject matter experts to develop strategic communications and presentation materials for various speaking engagement
Lead high impact strategic initiatives relevant to Molecular Lab in partnership with the other Customer Area
Work with Customer Area Head and LCLs on Investor Relations Strategy and Slide Decks
Work to enable better cross Customer Area relations and strategy heads and Functions as well as with RDS, RIS, Function and the Strategy & Transformation Office
Strengthen communication flows from the leadership team to the employees and vice versa