Digital Quality Strategy Delivery Lead - Pharma Technical Operations

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. The PositionWe advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love. At Roche, we thrive to deliver more benefits to our patients as part of our 10-year Pharma vision. An integral part to achieving this vision is to deliver new and innovative data analytics solutions to our scientists across Pharma Technical Operations (PT). To do so, we have formed a new organization called PT Digital and Operational Excellence (PTE) with the aspiration to build industry-leading digital and lean operations across functions and our entire manufacturing footprint.PTE is the organization that catalyzes global development and execution of PT’s Digital and Operational Excellence strategy to enable PT to realize our performance promises. We build a strong cross-functional and inclusive community, put the power of data into the hands of our people, further develop the Lean and Digital skills across PT, and scale up our Digital and Advanced Analytics solutions, for the benefit of our colleagues and patients. We aim to activate data citizenship and digital mindset, revolutionize our FAIR data ecosystem and systems landscape, re-design excellent processes, and generate transformative insights. The Opportunity You will be responsible for driving the digital technology strategy through the delivery of key digital initiatives and use cases in the Quality domain and you take the role of an Agile Product Owner (PO) to partner with customers across PT functions to architect the planning (e.g. diagnose), execution (e.g. design & build), and sustainment of digital solutions to achieve the PT Digital Aspirations. Strategic Digital Transformation: Architect key initiatives and act as a digital translator between business needs and technical roles by navigating across both domains seamlessly. Impact: Defining impact aspirations (e.g. product vision, roadmap, Value assessments, business cases) as well as leading deployment of a global solution in a function or site. Enable significant improvements in quality management processes through innovative digital solutions, confirmed by measuring key business metrics. Requirements Analysis: Utilize your broad end-to-end Quality business understanding to perform detailed requirement analyses with the team, with a strong focus on balancing process requirements, stakeholder requirements with digital product simplicity, network scalability and sustainability. Prioritization and Team Setup: Conduct use case prioritization and assume the Product Owner role to catalyze the implementation of key digital use cases. Coach teams that are developing and deploying digital use cases, e.g. share best practices, agile ways of working, backlog management, sprint planning and ensure full impact capture & coordination between different initiatives. Lead cross-functional project teams with digital experts and SMEs across multiple sites and time zones. Compliance and Solution Shaping: Facilitating compliant solutions for data and digital products in the GxP environment. Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks associated with digital quality initiatives and develop strategies to mitigate these risks. Innovation and Improvement: Continuously explore and assess emerging digital technologies and industry trends. Drive innovation and process improvements within the Quality domain to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Who you are You bring several years of experience in architecting and implementing digital transformations, preferably in the pharma industry and you are looking for an impactful role. We are seeking an individual with excellent knowledge of the pharma digital & data ecosystem, in-depth expertise in regulatory, supply chain and quality information systems, tools, and techniques. This entails a good understanding of the customers’ business’ challenges, goals and operations environment. Digital Strategy Expertise (Core Requirement): You possess true digital transformation experience, not just implementation of commercial software, incl. demonstrated ability to diagnose business problems and design Digital/AI-first solutions (e.g., predictive analytics, automation, data platforms, LLMs, 4IR technologies) Strategic Domain Expert (Core Requirement): You are a results-driven strategic thinker who operates with a "business value first" lens, comfortable to challenge established processes BS/MS in Science or Engineering Field with a minimum of 10+ years of related experience in leading digital transformation or technology-focused organization and solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry with previous experience in the Quality Business. Strategic consulting experience is a plus. 5+ years in leadership r roles, with exceptional team and stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills, e.g. value assessments, running diagnose phases and delivering technology solutions embedded into the business process. Strong experience with proven experience in Organizational Change Management (e.g. ADKAR), systems / data management, working with IT and the ability to influence senior leaders, as well as competence in risk management practices and compliance audits within the pharmaceutical industry Solid understanding of GenAI technologies and their application in quality management, including NLP, predictive analytics, and automation. **Relocation not eligible for this position*** The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 118,560.00 and 155,610.00 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company. We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Who we areA healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact. Let’s build a healthier future, together. Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.