Head of Program Management Office

As a member of the Global Program Management Lead Team, in this role, you lead the Program Management Office. As the Global Head of the Program Management Office, you are responsible for several critical areas that are core to the effective performance of Global Research and Development including:

Main contribution of the role

• Ensure visibility to the R&D activities including timelines, budgets, scope, risks, and interdependencies

• Drive strategic initiatives allowing for product development productivity

• Manage and monitor R&D resource management and budgeting

• Ensure continuous harmonization and simplification of program management tools

• Manage an Agile Program Management Office

Main responsibilities

• Identify and implement new Project Management tools to assist in the decision making of resource allocation and R&D investments.

• Lead and participate in global project review meetings

• Manage the activities of the program management team to achieve on time and on budget product development projects

• Provide mentoring for the program management office, including communication, technical, and interpersonal skills critical to successfully managing projects. Develop and grow people and attract / retain key talent to enable a fit-for-future organization

• Work with cross functional teams to acquire and implement new tools for improving project management functions in alignment with organizational needs

• Track and document project successes, failures, and lessons learned across projects to continuously improve the program success

• Act as a project manager for high-priority and strategically important projects

• Establish strategic goals and objectives in line with supporting the vision and mission of Global R&D and Roche Diabetes. Manage project management office to maximize work that can be accomplished in conjunction with business priorities

• Manage the Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure visibility to Solution Development Projects, Core Projects, and Strategic R&D Projects timelines, budgets, scope, risks, and interdependencies. Provide long term vision of projects scheduled, identifying and mitigating potential risks

• Drive strategic project initiatives that allow to overall R&D and program efficiency and productivity and foster overall R&D operational excellence

• Create and monitor program and overall R&D key performance metrics, and drive data analysis and associated process improvement and risk mitigation activities. Use both internal and external sources to provide the resulting information and recommendations for both everyday decision making, as well as input into the iPDM strategy.

• Work closely with development teams, the lean agile center of excellence, communities of practice, and release train engineers.

• Partner closely with SCS, R&D, Quality, Operations, OneMedical to provide agile Diabetes Care portfolio operations.

• Facilitate and continuously improve on R&D business processes feeding into the overall End to End Process

• Establish a reputation of being a reliable partner organization who meets their commitments and delivers value while focusing on people

• Partner with the organization to proactively identify decision criteria, clear hurdles, and conduct health checks to ensure ways of working reflect agile practices

• Lead in a manner that is consistent with the Roche Values and leadership capabilities within the Creative Leadership and the VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) framework and more broadly if required, ensure individuals and teams are developing and growing in line with their passion and the needs of the Organization

• Create an environment of strong team spirit and one which promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, timely & effective communications, a sense of purpose and urgency, high motivation and inspires the team to achieve goals in the immediate and longer term

• Provide mentoring for colleagues, including communication, technical, and interpersonal skills critical to successfully deliver reliably and efficiently

• Lead and manage all aspects of people processes - organization, staffing, talent management, development and performance management to meet strategic and operational objectives
  

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (engineering or science)

• A minimum of 5 years of product development experience with an additional 3 years of Project Management related experience in a highly regulated product development environment operating with Design Control procedures, preferably within the medical device industry.

• Strong system thinking skills with ability to synthesize information quickly

• Demonstrated aptitude for successfully managing multiple projects, of varying complexity, within the specified guidelines, timeframes, and budgets

• Deep and proven strength in persuasive communication and negotiation skills

• Proven skills and practice in use of agile methods in difficult multidisciplinary context

• Extensive technical, business acumen, and customer acumen with strategic, conceptual and holistic thinking

• A self-starter with ability to work independently and deal with ambiguity

• Possesses strong interpersonal skills to effectively and successfully manage stakeholders

• Demonstrated leadership skills with capability to guide, coach, motivate, influence and empower others across different hierarchical levels within international project set-up

• Deep project management skills – demonstrated track record of project planning, execution, tracking and post-mortem analysis.

• Strong reputation for integrity and ethics.

• Proficient in SAFe and agile methodologies with proven skill set in scrum and lean principles

• Business level fluency in English

Preferred

• Advanced, multi-disciplinary degree preferred

• 10-15 years related business experience, with at least 8 years’ experience leading global teams and negotiating conflicting needs

• Proven management or supervisory experience in leading people and/or a project team demonstrating consistently the Roche Leadership Commitments

• Demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion efforts

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.

Unless entitled to a reasonable accommodation under applicable law, employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with customer requirements, the company’s health and safety obligations and/or applicable law or guidelines.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the on-line application proc ess, please email us at US.Accommodation@roche.com.

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