Sr. Programs & Solutions Manager Commercial & Corporate Services

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 137,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. is seeking a Sr. Programs & Solutions Manager for Global Procurement to drive market- and supplier-driven innovation and manage large-scale strategic programs in a global matrix.

You will diagnose business challenges with data, develop frameworks, and influence senior stakeholders across Commercial & Corporate Services, guiding value delivery and digital excellence to strengthen Roche’s impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of procurement experience with commercial and/or corporate services focus.
• Bachelor degree in Business, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Experience leading supplier innovation, digital solutions, and complex cost-out initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Drive Market & Supplier-Driven Innovation: co-create and deliver market and supplier-driven solutions to meet customer needs.
• Deliver Complex Strategic Programs & Projects: lead large-scale programs for senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment.
• Act as a Subject Matter Advisor: diagnose complex business problems with Commercial & Corporate leaders.
• Deliver Tangible Impact Beyond Standard Metrics: use data to drive decisions and improve specifications.
• Develop Frameworks and Approaches: refine execution models for beyond-procurement innovation and strategic programs.
• Advocate and Enable: influence stakeholders with market insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Foster Collaboration & Community: build cross-functional networks and promote radical collaboration.

Skills

Strategic program mgmt

Stakeholder mgmt

Data-driven decisions

Supplier innovation

Digital transformation

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's in Business/Life Sciences/related

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

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 Position

Position : Sr. Programs & Solutions Manager Commercial & Corporate Services - Global Procurement 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. Let's build a healthier future together.

The Opportunity

This Programs and Solutions team sits within the Strategy and Solutions Chapter, which encompasses a number of different strategic and innovative teams. Our purpose is to guide strategic priorities, advance value delivery through solutions and digital excellence, govern compliance, and drive sustainability to deliver continuous improvement and strengthen Global Procurement’s impact on the wider Roche organization. As a Sr. Programs & Solutions Manager (Commercial & Corporate Services), you will operate as part of a team that brings market expertise, supplier-driven innovation, and strategic execution capability to the organization.

Your primary roles and responsibilities include:

• Drive Market & Supplier-Driven Innovation: Co-create and deliver market and supplier-driven solutions (Digital and/or Service based) to meet customer needs and address strategic business pain-points.
• Deliver Complex Strategic Programs & Projects: Directly lead and execute large-scale strategic programs (such as category transformations, buying channel reconfiguration, cost transformations, complex negotiations, and sourcing strategies) for senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment
• Act as a Subject Matter Advisor: Identify, clarify, and diagnose complex business customer problem statements in collaboration with Commercial & Corporate leaders.
• Deliver Tangible Impact Beyond Standard Metrics: Prioritise efforts to bring identifiable value using data to drive decision-making and specification changes.
• Develop Frameworks and Approaches: Apply, refine, and champion execution approaches for both "beyond-procurement" innovation models and complex strategic programs.
• Advocate and Enable: Advise and influence business stakeholders to align strategic direction, leveraging market insights, storytelling, and data-driven recommendations.
• Foster Collaboration & Community: Build cross-functional networks, cultivating an environment of radical collaboration, psychological safety, and shared best practices.

Who you are

You hold a bachelor degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field. +7 years of experience in procurement, with category experience in commercial (e.g. marketing, media, data & analytics) and / or corporate services (e.g. professional services, consulting) ideally with a few years of management consulting experience. Solid background of leading supplier innovation, digital solutions, category transformation, complex cost-out initiatives, or high-value negotiations. Proven track record of co-creating market-first supplier innovations and delivering high-stakes strategic initiatives. Driven by a challenger mindset, valuing speed-to-impact and scaling proven frameworks over starting from scratch. Exceptional presentation and dialogue skills, capable of navigating senior-level discussions, influencing decision-making, and translating complex market opportunities into compelling business cases. You can work from a hypothesis-led mindset combining data (spend, market and X-domain datasets) and insight on business behaviors to influence change ways or working/sourcing models Enterprise thinker who "connects the dots" across the Roche network to solve business challenges. Preferred Management consulting experience. Relocation benefits are not available for this posting.

Salary

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 136,936.00 and 179,728.50 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.

Technology

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 are

A 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.

Equal Opportunity

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. We are proud of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We are many, working as one across functions, across companies, and across the world. We are Roche.