Strategy Lead

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The Position

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Our Global Product Strategy (GPS) team plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare by driving the strategic direction of our innovative product portfolio. As a member of the GPS team, you will be at the forefront of transforming groundbreaking scientific discoveries into accessible and impactful healthcare solutions for patients worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about making a difference.

The Strategy Lead reports to the Head of Strategy in the Global Product Strategy (GPS) organization. This position sits at the crux of GPS, the strategic engine of Roche’s Pharma Division. The Strategy Lead plays an essential role in providing strategic thought partnership to Pharma Division leaders as well as catalyzing and supporting the development of strategies at both the Therapeutic Area and above Therapeutic area levels.

The role offers a wide range of development and collaboration opportunities both within GPS and across the Roche Pharma enterprise. Within GPS, the Strategy Lead will work closely with the Ecosystem Insights and Competitive Intelligence teams as well as with the Therapeutic Area teams. Across the Roche Pharma enterprise, the Strategy lead will work with Therapeutic Area experts inpRED, gRED, PD and PI. The Strategy lead will also work closely with Portfolio groups across the enterprise, including Finance, the Portfolio Advisory Team, the Group Corporate Strategy organization and the Pharma CEO Office. 

Key responsibilities

• Catalyze and orchestrate the development and the review of strategies (in close collaboration with enterprise experts), including (but not limited to): our One Pharma Strategy, the Therapeutic Area Strategies and Disease Area Strategies 

• Provide a perspective on the portfolio health and priorities, ensuring these translate into informed decisions on GPS resourcing (including re-balancing and trade-off requirements) 

• Integrate industry context and trends (in collaboration with Ecosystem Insights and Competitive Intelligence) 

• Identify the potential implications external trends and the external competitor landscape to Roche, helping to shape and identify topics that are required to inform senior Pharma Division leadership decision making decisions to be taken by senior Pharma Division leadership 

• Provide the strategic context to finance counterparts in the development of the annual business planning exercise 

• Drive Pharma Division and Pharma Medicines priority strategic initiatives 

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required, MBA/ PhD desirable 

• Minimum 5 years of working experience with a clear understanding of business strategy and the Pharma industry; familiarity with Roche’s portfolio and strategy is a plus 

• Strategy consulting and/or Investment Banking experience is a plus

• Experience in interacting with and developing presentation materials for Senior Management is a plus

• Strong interpersonal skills: has proven abilities to work effectively and efficiently in cross-functional, often virtual and matrix teams and develop important relationships across the company

• Strong influencing skills: can ensure the accomplishment of goals and targets through indirect leadership

• Strong communication skills: ability to transfer complex analysis, concepts, and ideas into convincing and clear communication

• Strong English competency

We are recruiting for 8 positions and are planning to hire candidates at different seniority levels. We are intending to hire some more experienced people at the higher grade and some less experienced at the lower grade. 

Join us in our mission to advance science and deliver hope to those who need it most.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.