Head of RSS External Collaborations Enablement

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Kaiseraugst; Hybrid; CHF 151,000 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Competitive benefits & flexibility

Global inclusive community

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Head of RSS External Collaborations Enablement to lead a global team, ensure compliance with international healthcare regulations, and shape collaboration frameworks across Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, and other divisions. You will partner with senior leaders to translate complex regulatory landscapes into scalable, end-to-end partner solutions.

You will drive performance, manage budgets, and oversee continuous improvement initiatives while exploring future-ready capabilities

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience in executive roles
• 10+ years in senior leadership coaching large global teams
• Deep expertise in global healthcare compliance frameworks
• Experience leading end-to-end service delivery in shared-services or GBS environments
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex corporate ecosystems
• Advanced university degree or equivalent leadership track record

Responsibilities

• Lead a global organization of ~40 professionals and coach leaders to sustain high performance
• Ensure healthcare compliance excellence and audit readiness across global operations
• Shape strategic collaboration frameworks across Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, and global business functions
• Partner with senior executives to translate regulatory landscapes into sustainable workflows
• Drive operational performance, budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Monitor industry trends to expand high-value service offerings and healthcare innovation

Skills

Executive leadership

Healthcare compliance

Global operating model

Influential communicator

Servant leadership

Strategic collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Life Sciences

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

Head of RSS External Collaborations Enablement

The Opportunity

In this critical global leadership role, you will safeguard our license to operate by setting the strategic and operational standards for external engagements with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), Healthcare Organizations (HCOs), and patient communities worldwide.

• Lead a global organization of approximately 40 professionals, fostering psychological safety, coaching chapter and operational leaders, and sustaining an inclusive, high-performing culture
• Champion healthcare compliance excellence across global operations, ensuring full alignment with international healthcare regulations, evolving governance policies, and audit readiness
• Shape strategic collaboration frameworks across Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, and global business functions to deliver seamless, transparent, end-to-end partner solutions
• Partner with senior executive stakeholders across commercial, research, and compliance divisions, serving as a trusted advisor to translate complex regulatory landscapes into sustainable operational workflows
• Drive operational performance and financial oversight, establishing key metrics, managing budgets, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service quality and scalability
• Scale future-ready capabilities by monitoring industry and technological trends to selectively expand high-value service offerings and support long-term healthcare innovation

Who You Are

• Proven executive leadership: You bring 15+ years of relevant industry experience, including 10+ years in senior leadership roles building, coaching, and guiding large, multi-functional global teams
• Healthcare compliance mastery: You possess profound expertise in global healthcare compliance frameworks governing interactions with HCPs, HCOs, and patient advocacy organizations
• Global operating model proficiency: You have demonstrated success leading end-to-end service delivery within shared-services, matrixed, or global business services (GBS) environments
• Influential communicator: You excel at establishing trust-based partnerships, influencing senior and executive stakeholders, and navigating complex corporate ecosystems with diplomatic clarity
• Empowering leadership mindset: You embody authentic, servant-leadership principles (focusing on visionary direction, architecting systems, catalytic coaching, and empowering teams) to foster ownership and growth
• Educational background: You hold an advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Life Sciences, Law, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and substantial industry leadership experience

In exchange we provide you with

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
• Excellent benefits & flexibility: competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. We also ensure flexibility, to help you find your balance: home office is a common practice (2 office days). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony
• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. That's what makes us Roche

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Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Budapest. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

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.