IT Project Manager - RDT Pharma R&D

Roche; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Roche is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead moderately complex IT initiatives within RDT Pharma R&D. You will define scope, manage diverse stakeholders, and drive value delivery across teams, aligning with strategic objectives.

This role emphasizes strong delivery leadership in a Life Sciences context and effective collaboration with product and IT stakeholders. You will guide medium-to-large initiatives, manage dependencies, and influence roadmap decisions while applying Agile practices and

Formación

• Proven track record operating in Delivery Management Roles (e.g., Project Manager, Service Manager, Scrum Master, RTE, Agile Coach) handling medium to large initiatives.
• Experience delivering complex features or projects (e.g., service transitions or ART increments) across functions.
• Ability to translate requirements into strategic implementation plans and contribute to business planning and forecasting.

Responsabilidades

• Scope/Content Leadership: define, manage, and control scope for medium to large initiatives with moderate complexity; lead scope definition and mitigate risks.
• Accountability/Problem Solving: lead analysis of delivery problems, drive root-cause, develop improvement plans, and mentor colleagues.
• Stakeholder Management: identify diverse stakeholders, develop communication plans, and navigate conflicts to ensure alignment.
• Impact/Strategy: support product, initiative, or domain goals by ensuring value delivery and shaping team processes.
• Complexity/Product Size: manage features and services across multiple activities and dependencies; tailor delivery methodologies.
• Business/Technical ability: translate business needs into delivery strategies; adapt methodologies to optimize results.
• Roadmap & Feature Planning: oversee roadmap for requests and determine technical solution outlines.
• Backlog Execution: drive backlog completion using Jira and ServiceNow within Agile practices.
• Process Automation (AI Tools): apply AI-capable tools to automate routine tasks and streamline workflows.
• Cloud Infrastructure: maintain awareness of cloud constraints and design considerations (AWS) when scoping features.

Conocimientos

Delivery methodologies

Delivery tools & techniques

Root cause analysis

Life Sciences / Pharma domain

Stakeholder management

Herramientas

Jira

ServiceNow

AWS

Descripción del empleo

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

Job Description

IT Project Manager - RDT Pharma R&D leads moderately complex deliveries, proactively identifies improvements, manages diverse stakeholders, and contributes to strategic implementation. In this role, you will independently define and control the scope of medium to large initiatives, utilizing effective facilitation and analytical skills to drive value delivery. While navigating intricate stakeholder environments, you will connect team development with broader business objectives. Depending on the organization's needs, you may operate within role archetypes such as Project Manager, Service (Delivery) Manager, ITSM Process SME, Scrum Master, RTE, or Agile Coach.

Description of the area

Job Responsibilities

• Scope / (Content Leadership): Independently defines, manages, and controls the scope of medium to large initiatives or significant workstreams with moderate complexity. Leads and facilitates the scope definition process, aligning with strategic objectives, stakeholder expectations, and team dependencies. Proactively identifies, analyzes, and mitigates scope-related risks, manages scope changes, and champions the adoption of scope management best practices within the Chapter
• Accountability/Problem Solving: Independently leads the analysis of moderate to complex delivery problems, driving root cause analysis and eliciting complex stakeholder needs. Accountable for comprehensive improvement plans and contributes to solution design and validation. Champions accountability, deals pragmatically with ambiguity, and uses effective facilitation techniques to guide teams while mentoring colleagues and building team spirit
• Stakeholder Management: Identifies a diverse range of stakeholders across functional areas and develops comprehensive stakeholder communication plans. Effectively manages relationships to act as a trusted advisor, proactively shapes stakeholder perspectives, and navigates intricate stakeholder environments by resolving conflicts to ensure alignment
• Impact/Strategy: Demonstrates consistent performance with an impact that typically extends to a specific product, initiative, or cluster. Contributes to achieving product or domain goals by ensuring value delivery, takes a proactive role in shaping team processes, and contributes to the implementation of strategic objectives for Informatics, the Chapter, and/or Domains
• Complexity / (Product Size): Manages moderately complex initiatives or workstreams extending across a product or service. Manages the delivery of complex features, services, or projects (e.g., a service transition, a product release, or an Agile Release Train (ART) increment). Selects and tailors delivery methodologies while managing dependencies between activities
• Business/Technical ability: Demonstrates strong business acumen by analyzing business needs and translating them into effective delivery strategies. Selects and adapts delivery methodologies to optimize results, manages complex delivery processes, and utilizes advanced delivery tools and techniques to address business challenges and contribute to planning
• Roadmap & Feature Planning: Oversee and coordinate the roadmap of incoming requests (feature requests, bug fixes, and determining what the technical solution will look like)
• Backlog Execution: Drive the completion of the product backlog across tools like Jira and ServiceNow, applying Agile development methodologies
• Process Automation (AI Tools): Apply and champion AI-capable tools to automate routine tasks, streamline operational workflows, and strive to eliminate manual overhead (the team's unwritten rule)
• Cloud Infrastructure: Maintain strong awareness of Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCS etc) and technical constraints when scoping and designing application features

Qualifications

Education / Experience

• Proven track record operating in a Delivery Management Roles (e.g., Project Manager, Service Manager, Scrum Master, RTE, Agile Coach) managing medium to large initiatives or significant workstreams
• Experience managing the delivery of complex features or projects (such as service transitions or ART increments) across functional areas
• Demonstrated experience translating requirements into strategic implementation plans and contributing to business planning and forecasting

Technical Skills

• Strong ability to select, adapt, and apply appropriate delivery methodologies towards optimized results
• Proficiency in utilizing advanced delivery tools and techniques to manage complex processes and dependencies
• Strong analytical skills to drive root cause analysis and propose comprehensive improvement plans
• Life Sciences / Pharma domain experience: Direct exposure to Clinical Trial Data and familiarity with GXP standards. Experience Clinical Imaging Data is a strong Plus
• Proficiency with backlog management, incident tracking, and ticketing systems (Jira, ServiceNow)
• Understanding of cloud-native application environments (specifically AWS Cloud)

Additional Qualifications

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, resolve conflicts, and act as a trusted advisor to diverse stakeholders
• Strong coaching and mentoring mindset, capable of championing accountability, connecting team development with business objectives, and building chapter team spirit
• Demonstrated ability to navigate procedural burdens, optimize processes, and deliver clear documentation.

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.