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The Position

As the Business Manager, you will serve as a member of one of the Informatics Domain Leadership teams, where you will provide strategic support as a development opportunity to grow skills and capabilities in a leadership team environment. You will support the Domain Lead and the Leadership Team to be better organized for them to focus on higher value work and be responsible for the effective working of the Leadership group. You will develop/co-create the overarching operations framework, measure organizational effectiveness and foster collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. As such, you are recognized as a thought partner for the members of the organization and their respective leadership teams to maximize efficiency with minimal change management.

The Opportunity

To provide Strategic Support you:

• Design, plan and drive, the execution of organizational strategies

• Lead cross-functional activities and strategic initiatives, as needed

• Bring a neutral perspective into a management team (act as a sounding board - bring voices of the org to the team)

To contribute to Leadership Effectiveness, you:

• Work with Domain Lead and LT to plan and execute Core and Extended Leadership activities and drive the realization of our organization’s vision

• Agenda building for topic focus, prioritization, and strategic purpose

• Facilitate effective LT meetings, following up on outcomes

• Challenge and support the leadership team to live the mindset & culture and keep the LT accountable for role modeling the behaviors

To provide Operational Support on a day-to-day basis you:

• Manage special and/or cross-functional projects well and help navigate through uncertainty and risk

• Discuss potential issue areas ensuring all are addressed properly, efficiently, and judiciously, and keep track of progress until resolved

• Establish and maintain effective systems for alignment to goals, help deliver relevant KPIs/OKRs to monitor the progress

• Ensure financial planning takes place at the right level and cadence, supporting our finance partners in driving the team toward the set milestones

To focus on and support Cross Informatics Enablement you:

• Act as an integrator and bridge-builder, and manage special initiatives and projects and/or connect workstreams together

• Help drive strategy & strategic initiatives across Informatics in a truly integrated way

• Partner across Informatics to foster alignment, the use of synergies, and team spirit

Who You are:

• 3-5 years of experience or related in pharmaceutical, biotech, informatics or engineering industry

• Exhibits strong proactive characteristics with a confidence to think and act independently whilst ensuring consistent alignment with the LT and beyond

• You have worked in a global environment, and have familiarity in leading complex, high-impact projects from design to execution and lead teams in a matrix setting

• Clear goal orientation, energy and drive with the commitment to implementing change

• Exceptional prioritization skills, especially with regards to tasks, meetings and initiatives

• Experience in meeting facilitation and agenda setting to ensure efficient and effective decision making

• Excellent verbal and written communication (English a must, other languages a plus)

• Bachelor's degree in business management or project management is preferred

• Positioned in either Madrid or Warsaw, as regular office visits are preferred

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.