Strategic Procurement Programs Lead

Roche; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Programs Manager for Strategic Procurement Programs to drive end-to-end, cross‑category cost-out initiatives and digital adoption across Global Procurement.

You will partner with Finance, business stakeholders and other functions in a matrix organization to deliver measurable outcomes, build compelling business cases, and lead transformational programs with a focus on value and sustainable change.

Qualifications

• University degree in business, engineering or technology.
• Experience in procurement, project management, or management consulting.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation and cost-out programs.
• Ability to translate strategy into measurable value and develop robust business cases.
• Knowledge of end-to-end procurement processes, technologies and operating models.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of strategic procurement programs, including large-scale cross-category cost-out initiatives and digital adoption.
• Partner with Procurement, Finance, and business stakeholders to identify needs, build compelling cases for change, prioritize initiatives, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Serve as program, project, or workstream leader; coach peers; or SME depending on program needs.
• Establish governance, plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, and value-realization mechanisms.
• Design and embed change management strategies to enable adoption of new ways of working.

Skills

Procurement experience

Project management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Data and AI literacy

Education

University degree in business/engineering/technology

Job description

Roche in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Programs Manager for Strategic Procurement Programs to drive end-to-end, cross‑category cost-out initiatives and digital adoption across Global Procurement.

You will partner with Finance, business stakeholders and other functions in a matrix organization to deliver measurable outcomes, build compelling business cases, and lead transformational programs with a focus on value and sustainable change.