VP, Product Development Regulatory Innovation & Sustainment

The Position

The Opportunity

This is a unique executive leadership opportunity for a visionary pioneer who sees regulation not as a hurdle, but as a dynamic ecosystem ripe for strategic and technological advancement. You will be the primary business architect defining the future of regulatory system solutions for Product Development Regulatory (PDR) within Roche. In collaboration with the Regulatory Portfolio and Data Senior Leaders, you will define the strategic business roadmap for technology-centric solutions, ensuring PDR's capabilities are future-proofed and robustly aligned with our PDR Moonshots and True North goals. Your leadership will bridge business strategy with technological execution, serving as the essential business voice for requirements, strategic direction, and successful adoption of innovative solutions, working in close partnership with the Roche Digital Technology Group (DTG).

What You'll Do: Impact & Accountability

• Define the Roadmap: Act as the chief business architect, defining the strategic business roadmap for future regulatory system solutions and driving their successful adoption and optimization across PDR and Roche.
• Executive Insight: Provide executive leadership in contextualizing and interpreting internal and external system and technology advancements to ensure PDR's capabilities, skill sets, and strategic investments are optimally aligned with regulatory deliverables.
• Financial & Strategic Stewardship: Serve as a pivotal senior business leader on the PDR Leadership Team, ensuring sound financial stewardship and co-creating the long-term PDR vision and strategy.
• Drive Enterprise Change: Together with senior leaders across the Roche organization, drive and influence enterprise-wide strategic initiatives by leveraging a deep understanding of organizational strategy and operations.
• Chapter Head: Serve as the Chapter Head for the Innovation & Sustainment Chapter, overseeing operational excellence and ensuring the successful delivery of essential systems and technology solutions.
• Talent Development: Develop Chapter strategy and capabilities while advancing the skills and expertise of the organization to meet future challenges, ensuring a robust succession plan.
• Global Escalation: Serve as the global escalation point for resolving the most complex and critical issues related to regulatory systems and processes.
• Internal Advisor: Act as a senior advisor/consultant to any member of PDR or the wider organization, building partnerships with senior stakeholders to meet strategic business goals.
• External Ambassador: Accountable for building working relationships and collaborating with key Health Authorities, industry associations, and other external stakeholders on strategic and policy matters.

Who You Are

You are a recognized authority in leveraging technology and system solutions to achieve strategic regulatory outcomes, coupling this with exceptional strategic thought leadership and a profound understanding of the pharmaceutical business strategy.

Experience & Knowledge

• 15+ years of relevant experience, including a minimum of 12 years supporting cross-functional teams in a scientific and regulated environment.
• Proven track record of demonstrated leadership in technology, systems, and automation, with specific application to drug development in a regulated environment.
• Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical and device regulatory affairs with a proven ability to influence and navigate the broader business strategy.
• Extensive experience leading a Chapter/Function, encompassing budget oversight, resource allocation, and vendor strategy.
• Experience in managing and interacting with internal and external cross-functional stakeholders to advance complex technology topics.
• PhD or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Executive Presence & Acumen: Demonstrates an executive presence, strong business acumen, ability to navigate ambiguity, and mastery of complexity.
• Enterprise Mindset: Focuses on delivery through collaboration, breaking down silos, and bringing people together to work towards the same purpose across organizational boundaries.
• Inspirational Leader: Demonstrated success in attracting, developing, and scaling high-performing, globally distributed teams.
• VACC Leadership: Role model and lead according to VACC (Visionary, Architect, Coach, Catalyst) principles.
• RISE Framework: Recognized internally and/or externally as an authority and thought leader, able to influence change within the industry (Responsibility) and deliver significant organizational results (Impact).

About Product Development Regulatory (PDR)

We are a flexible, bold, and distinctive regulatory organization. We make decisions quickly and strategically as the environment evolves, driving innovation and delivering critical insights to the Roche organization.

Our Culture: We form a community where we learn continuously, trust and rely on each other, and openly discuss and learn from our mistakes. We thrive as a community while enjoying fulfilling work and meaningful careers, feeling pride in the impact we make together for patients.

The expected salary range for this position is $306,800-$402,675 based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance, as well as participation in a long-term incentive program. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Location: This position is based in South San Francisco, CA but can also be located in Basel, Switzerland; Welwyn, UK; or Mississauga, Canada.

Relocation: Relocation assistance is being offered.

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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