Portfolio Strategy & Delivery Lead, Data Insight Technology

Roche seeks a Director-level Portfolio Strategy & Delivery Lead in Basel to shape clinical operations strategy, lead DTA delivery, and manage a matrixed team driving innovation and efficiency.

This senior strategic leadership position sits within Roche pRED Clinical Operations, acting as a key decision-maker for the department's direction. The role is responsible for defining and executing an industry-leading Clinical Operations Data Transformation & Acceleration (DTA) strategy. By leading one or more Discovery & Delivery Areas, the incumbent drives productivity, efficiency, and innovation while managing a large, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Convert enterprise eSPC and DTA strategies into a unified pRED Clinical Operations delivery portfolio, ensuring alignment with business goals, budget constraints, and resource availability.
• Act as the primary authority for prioritizing strategic operational decisions within the DTA framework.
• Utilize data analytics, informatics, and artificial intelligence to support and enhance data-driven decision-making processes.
• Build and sustain collaborative partnerships with senior leaders throughout the Roche Enterprise.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders, including patient advocacy groups, therapeutic area experts, health authorities, vendors, and development partners.
• Lead a specific functional area (such as Asset, Study Management, Data & Technology, or People) to cultivate a culture focused on performance, ownership, and innovation.
• Define the strategic roadmap for the assigned functional area, emphasizing talent growth, efficient resource allocation, and future capability building.
• Manage organizational change to implement new operating models that improve productivity, speed, and quality.
• Promote cross-functional engagement by fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance work environment.
• Lead and develop a complex matrixed workforce, including direct reports who may also hold people leadership roles.
• Conduct ongoing performance assessments, providing continuous feedback, coaching, and management to ensure individual and team impact.
• Cultivate a broad network of internal expertise to leverage for the success of the assigned area of responsibility.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent professional experience, with a preferred focus in life sciences.
• 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-stage clinical development in international pharmaceutical settings.
• Strong knowledge of clinical operations trends, issues, and the competitive landscape on a global scale.
• Proven experience managing large matrixed organizations and groups of direct reports, including other people leaders.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required by business needs.

Nice to have

• A university degree or equivalent experience with a specific focus in life sciences.

About the company

Roche is a global organization with more than 100,000 employees dedicated to advancing science. The company’s mission is to transform science into medicines. Its culture is built on curiosity, responsibility, and humility, encouraging personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections where every individual is valued, accepted, and respected.

• The organization values personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections.
• Employees are valued, accepted, and respected within the workplace.
• The culture is defined by curiosity, responsibility, and humility.
• The mission focuses on transforming science into medicines.
• More than 100,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to advancing science.