Programs and Solutions Manager - Corporate & Commercial Services

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Madrid; On-site; EUR 57,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Dedicated training budget

Recharge Fridays

Take time program

Vacation subsidy

Flex Location

Take Time for Charity

Private healthcare

Group life insurance

Stock purchase additions

Laptops and cars

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Programs & Solutions Manager to lead complex procurement programs spanning commercial marketing and corporate services. You will drive end-to-end program delivery, co-create market-facing solutions, and act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders.

The role demands a track record in supplier innovation, cost-out initiatives, and strong communication to influence decision-making across a global procurement network.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• A seasoned expert in procurement (5+ years) with category experience in commercial (marketing) and/or corporate services, ideally with management consulting experience.
• Structured way of Working with cross-functional programs and market/supplier driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Complex Strategic Programs & Projects for high-stakes procurement initiatives.
• Drive Market & Supplier-Driven Innovation to meet customer needs and business challenges.

Skills

Procurement experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Data literacy

English proficiency

Education

University degree in Business/Life Sciences/related field

Job description

The Position

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.

Healthcare is evolving, and Global Procurement is responding by continuously striving for the highest possible performance, taking innovative and strategic approaches to business and supplier partnerships. Global Procurement proactively manages the entire supplier ecosystem, making a vital contribution to improving health outcomes, reducing costs for patients and global healthcare systems, and ensuring that Roche continues doing now what patients need next.

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 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. Adaptability & agility across cross-functional spaces is a core aspect of this role. You will flexibly navigate distinct procurement focus areas—spanning Commercial domains like marketing and media to Corporate Services including HR services, consulting and contingent labor—addressing emerging organizational priorities with agility.

Your work centers on driving business impact across two primary strategic pillars:

• Dual Program Management & Market Solutions Management: Driving end-to-end program delivery for strategic procurement initiatives while actively managing and contributing to co-creation of market-facing solutions. You will work with colleagues in a matrix organisation to translate business customer pain points into tailored, high-value procurement solutions and support the execution pipeline from concept to value realization


• Complex Strategic Programs and Procurement Projects: Applying core procurement frameworks, data analytics, and structured program execution across diverse commercial and corporate categories. You will rapidly step into new problem spaces, establish structure, and collaborate with matrix teams to accelerate outcomes (e.g. cost transformations, category transformation, complex negotiations and strategic sourcing)

As a Programs & Solutions Manager (Commercial & Corporate Services), you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and general business requirements, including but not limited to these core responsibilities:

• Deliver Complex Strategic Programs & Projects: Accelerate and enhance outcomes for high-stakes procurement initiatives. Contribute to or own workstreams in large-scale strategic programs (such as cost transformations, complex negotiations and sourcing strategy etc.) for senior stakeholders


• Drive Market & Supplier-Driven Innovation: Co-create and deliver market and supplier-driven solutions (Digital and/or Service based) to meet customer needs and business challenges. Seek external market innovation and expertise by leveraging your specialised knowledge, strategic thinking, and ability to convert opportunities into tangible value.


• Act as a Subject Matter Advisor: Identify, clarify, and diagnose complex business customer problem statements in collaboration with Commercial & Corporate leaders and Global Procurement colleagues, seeking non-traditional avenues to accelerate value realisation


• Deliver Tangible Impact Beyond Standard Metrics: Prioritise efforts to bring identifiable value in a dynamic global environment. Manage and execute a portfolio of solutions and projects that realise multifaceted value beyond traditional procurement metrics


• Develop Frameworks and Approaches: Apply, refine, and champion solution frameworks, tools, and execution approaches for both \"beyond-procurement\" innovation models and complex strategic programs


• Advocate and Enable: Advise and influence business stakeholders to align strategic direction and co-create solutions, leveraging market insights, storytelling, and data-driven recommendations


• Foster Collaboration & Community: Build and nurture GP and Roche-wide cross-functional networks, cultivating an environment of radical collaboration, psychological safety, and shared best practices to scale success across the enterprise

Who You Are

• You hold a University degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field


• Experience: A seasoned expert in procurement (5+ years), with category experience in commercial (marketing) and / or corporate services (e.g. external workforce, consulting) ideally with management consulting experience. You have a proven record of leading supplier innovation, complex cost-out initiatives, or high-value negotiations


• Structured way of Working: Proven ability to manage cross-functional strategic programs using structured methodologies while simultaneously designing and deploying market/supplier-driven solutions


• Data Literacy & Analytical Acumen: Strong data literacy with the ability to leverage data and insights to identify opportunities, quantify business impact, structure trade-offs, and track program performance


• Agile & Versatile Problem Solver: Demonstrated ability to step into new category spaces and complex business problem statements with ease, applying transferable procurement capabilities and structured thinking to establish clarity and momentum


• Challenger & Speed Mindset: Driven to challenge the status quo and look beyond standard procurement metrics. You value speed-to-impact and prefer scaling and repurposing proven frameworks over starting from scratch


• Astute & Influential Communicator: Exceptional presentation and dialogue skills, capable of navigating senior-level discussions, influencing decision-making, and translating complex market opportunities into compelling business cases


• Enterprise Thinker: You \"connect the dots\" across the Roche procurement network and broader business, leveraging technical expertise and commercial acumen to solve business challenges


• Inclusive & Growth-Oriented: An open-minded, inclusive team player who thrives in a culture of psychological safety, generous knowledge sharing, and continuous development


• You are fluent in English to a Business level

What you get

• Annual bonus payment based on your performance


• Dedicated training budget (training, certifications, conferences, diversified career paths etc.)


• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter available)


• Take time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose)


• Vacation subsidy available


• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time)


• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice)


• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport


• Stock share purchase additions


• Yearly sales of company laptops and cars and many more!

Compensation & Benefits

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Warsaw. 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.

Information about the compensation package for this position will be provided ahead of any interview

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.