Supervisor, Assay Transfer Development

Roche•Tucson, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Roche, you are encouraged to express yourself and are valued for your unique qualities, fostering a culture of open dialogue and genuine connections. This environment allows individuals to thrive personally and professionally, contributing to the company's mission to prevent, stop, and cure diseases, ensuring access to healthcare for current and future generations. The role involves managing the Assay Transfer team, overseeing budgets, resource allocation, and process characterization to ensure products are robust and sustainable. The supervisor will set high standards for efficiency to drive the seamless transition of complex assays throughout their lifecycle.

Requirements

BS (with 6+ yrs), or a MS (with 4+ yrs), or PhD (with 2+ yrs) in relevant engineering or scientific disciplines.
Experience in Product design/development.
Experience in software development.
Experience in instrument or reagent systems integration.
Experience in chemistry/reagent design/development.
Experience in project management of new products.
Experience in marketing management of new products.
A proven track record of driving advanced multiplexing project deliverables; expert in spearheading experimental design and data analysis while maintaining stakeholder alignment across high-complexity initiatives.
Strategically guided Assay Transfer’s transition to the Agile framework; currently serves as Product Owner/Team Coach, overseeing planning and navigating organizational change.
Expertise in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) with a disciplined approach to deadline management, strategic planning, and cross-functional problem-solving.
Highly effective at translating complex technical data into actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

Previous people management experience
Prior technical project management experience
Knowledgeable of the end-to-end development process and linkages

Responsibilities

Works with Assay Care Team leadership to establish overall team direction and goals, and direction of resources toward completion of goals.
Provides an open, collaborative environment focused on teamwork during reagent product development.
Establishes and maintains design transfer project milestones and timelines.
Communicates with product development and operations teams to share information and implement lean, standard development practices.
Manages production of Pilot Reagent lots used for verification and validation studies at varying scales.
Interfaces with other Business Units if new products designed in Tucson will be manufactured at other sites.
Actively explores new methodologies, equipment, processes to improve reagent quality and reduce product cost.
Manages staff; provides staff with coaching, training and opportunities to develop skills, and gives ongoing, constructive and timely feedback on performance and progress toward goals and expectations.