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The Position
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.
Join us and make a difference for patients.
As part of Pharma International’s Commercialization Operating Model Effectiveness Team (COMET), this role will drive operational and commercial excellence by shaping and evolving Roche’s operating model to meet future challenges and opportunities. The Strategic Operating Model Partner will serve as a seasoned expert, blending deep industry knowledge with advanced consulting skills to deliver measurable business outcomes and accelerate progress in delivering medical solutions to patients worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Business Acumen
- Industry Expertise: Apply an expert-level understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including growth drivers, priority assets, regulatory landscapes, and competitive dynamics.
- Trusted Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, bringing nuanced insights and strategic perspectives that align with Roche’s commercial priorities.
Customer Engagement Continuous Improvement
- Model Optimization: Evaluate and optimize existing customer engagement models to maximize operational efficiency and customer impact.
- Pragmatic Innovation: Foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation by scaling proven commercial tactics, facilitating cross-border learning, and accelerating future omnichannel capabilities across the ecosystem.
Operating Model Mastery & Systemic Design
- Strategic Change Execution: Architect strategies to optimize operating model effectiveness and execute complex organizational changes, balancing long-term vision with immediate business needs.
- Systemic Connectivity: Act as a systemic thinker to identify patterns and interdependencies across global teams, markets, and regions, ensuring strategic initiatives scale to deliver measurable, agile business outcomes.
- Global-to-Local Bridge: Serve as a pragmatic bridge between global strategy and frontline implementation, ensuring operating model adjustments reduce local operational friction and leverage existing regional successes.
Executive Influence & Leadership Engagement
- Strategic Thought Partnership: Serve as a respected thought partner and coach to senior leaders, bringing rigor to strategic discussions and constructively challenging decisions with evidence-based recommendations.
- High-Stakes Facilitation: Facilitate critical discussions with precision and impact, seamlessly navigating diverse perspectives to foster alignment and enhance commercial effectiveness.
Consulting Excellence & Stakeholder Governance
- Problem Solving & Execution: Apply advanced consulting methodologies and project management capabilities to structure and solve complex, multi-faceted problems with rigor and precision.
- Framework & Alignment Design: Design robust decision-making frameworks and build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders to streamline governance and sustain momentum for change.
- Impactful Communication: Craft compelling narratives and deliver high-impact communication frameworks tailored to influence senior decision-makers.
- Operational Rhythm Stewardship: Establish, steward, and maintain critical operational rhythms and meeting protocols for leadership forums, ensuring teams remain focused on outcome-driven agendas and follow through on strategic commitments.
Qualifications and Experience required
Required Background:
- Minimum of 10 years of consulting experience in one of the top-tier consulting firms, with a proven track record of operating model design and implementation in global organisations at senior level.
- Worked in or with the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
- Recognized for solving complex, multi-faceted business challenges with clarity and precision.
Skills and Competencies:
Strategic Business Acumen
