Diagnostics Business Continuity Management (BCM) Coordinator & Enabler

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Rotkreuz; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche seeks a strategic leader to architect, establish, and mature the BCM framework across Diagnostics. You will partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen enterprise resilience, integrate risk and crisis management, and drive governance and continuous learning across research, manufacturing, and commercial areas.

Fluent in English with strong communication skills, you will develop training curricula and lead exercises to ensure organizational readiness.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and maturing Business Continuity, Risk, or Crisis Management systems in international environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise resilience standards (ISO 22301) and regulatory landscapes.
• Proven ability to partner with senior management and cross-functional peers in healthcare/regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve a harmonized BCM framework across Diagnostics.
• Support integration of BCM with Risk and Emergency & Crisis Management.
• Establish transparent BCM metrics and reporting for leadership levels.

Skills

Business Continuity

Risk Management

Crisis Management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant field

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

In this role, you architect, establish, and continuously evolve the Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework across our Diagnostics division. Working in an environment rooted in trust, collaboration, and high performance, you partner closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to strengthen our enterprise resilience.

The Opportunity

• Design and evolve frameworks: Architect, implement, and optimize a fit-for-purpose, harmonized BCM framework across Diagnostics, aligning Group tools, templates, and methodologies with divisional needs
• Champion risk and resilience: Support and contribute to the broader Risk & Resilience framework, integrating Business Continuity, Risk Management, and Emergency & Crisis Management
• Drive metrics and insights: Establish and deliver a transparent reporting process for BCM metrics and KPIs across leadership levels to enable informed strategic decision-making
• Ensure governance and compliance: Guide divisional compliance with relevant international regulations (such as NIS2 and CER) and coordinate audit readiness across assurance lines
• Build communities and capability: Create and maintain dynamic communities of practice across research, manufacturing, and commercial areas to share best practices, lessons learned, and continuous learning
• Empower through training: Develop comprehensive training curricula and facilitate tabletop simulation exercises to ensure organizational readiness and operational confidence
• Act as a trusted deputy: Represent the function as a deputy on key BCM topics and strategic steering initiatives

Who You Are:

You are an empathetic, collaborative, and strategic leader who thrives on turning complex challenges into sustainable, reliable solutions. You believe in open communication, build partnerships built on trust, and bring a proactive mindset to global healthcare resilience.

Furthermore:

• Extensive professional experience designing, establishing, and maturing Business Continuity, Risk, or Crisis Management systems within complex, international environments (healthcare, diagnostics, or regulated industries preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise resilience standards and frameworks (such as ISO 22301) and relevant regulatory landscapes
• Proven ability to partner, communicate, and build rapport with senior management, board-level stakeholders, and cross-functional peers
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Continuity, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Professional fluency in English with exceptional interpersonal and consultative communication skills

At Roche, we aim high to deliver life-changing healthcare solutions. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you.

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. 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.