Portfolio Strategy & Delivery Lead, Asset Study Management

Roche seeks a Portfolio Strategy & Delivery Lead in Basel to direct pRED Clinical Operations strategy, manage discovery delivery areas, and lead a global matrixed team.

This senior leadership position sits within Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development (pRED) organization. The incumbent is responsible for leading one or more Discovery & Delivery Areas (DTAs) and holds accountability for the strategic execution of pRED Clinical Operations. The role serves as a key decision-maker for prioritizing operational strategies and driving the implementation of advanced business information systems.

Responsibilities

• Convert eSPC and DTA strategies into a unified pRED Clinical Operations portfolio plan that aligns business objectives with available budgets and resources.
• Act as the primary authority for prioritizing strategic operational decisions within Discovery & Delivery Areas.
• Utilize data analytics, informatics, and artificial intelligence to support evidence-based decision-making processes.
• Build and sustain collaborative partnerships with senior internal leaders across the Roche enterprise.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, including patient advocacy groups, therapeutic experts, health authorities, vendors, and development partners.
• Lead one of the core functional areas (Asset, Study Management, Data & Technology, or People) to promote a culture of performance, ownership, and innovation.
• Define the strategic vision for the assigned functional area, emphasizing talent growth, efficient resource allocation, and future capability building.
• Manage organizational change to integrate new operating models that enhance productivity, speed, and quality.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance environment across Clinical Operations.
• Conduct ongoing performance assessments, providing continuous feedback, coaching, and management to employees.
• Lead and develop a large matrixed workforce, including direct reports who may also hold people leadership roles.
• Drive the development and implementation of an industry-leading strategy for business information systems and technologies within pRED Clinical Operations.
• Represent pRED Clinical Operations as the main decision-maker on tools and technology at key internal committees.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent professional experience, with a preference for life sciences backgrounds.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical clinical operations.
• At least 10 years of experience in global clinical operations strategy leadership.
• Deep understanding of early-phase clinical development in international pharmaceutical settings.
• Strong knowledge of clinical operations trends, issues, and the competitive landscape globally.
• Proven experience managing large matrixed organizations and groups of direct reports, including other leaders.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required by business needs.

What the company offers

• The chance to contribute to the development of transformative medicines that address unmet healthcare needs.
• A workplace culture rooted in curiosity, responsibility, and humility, where employees are empowered and inspired.
• The ambition to deliver 20 transformative medicines targeting diseases with the highest societal burden by 2029.

About the company

Roche is a global health company with more than 100,000 employees dedicated to advancing science. The organization’s mission is to transform science into medicines, with the goal of preventing, stopping, and curing diseases while ensuring everyone has access to healthcare. The culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections among its workforce.

• Culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections.
• Mission is to transform science into medicines.
• Mission is to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare.
• More than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science.