Team Lead, Reagent Development

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is seeking a Team Lead in Reagent Development to empower a high-performing subchapter and drive talent development. You will sponsor best practices, mentor colleagues, and align talent needs with project demands in a culture of scientific excellence.

You will lead by example, foster psychological safety, and ensure regulatory and operational compliance within daily workflows. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in life sciences required.
• Proven track record in people management and developing talent.
• Experience mentoring and career road-mapping for staff.
• Strong emotional intelligence and active listening skills.
• Familiarity with Workday for performance management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary people leader for your subchapter, driving employee growth and career road-mapping.
• Oversee performance reviews and collect 360-degree feedback from peers and stakeholders.
• Establish operating rhythms with biweekly 1:1s and monthly Team Syncs.
• Balance portfolio loads and resolve team friction using Triad meetings.
• Manage subchapter logistics including absence approvals and long-term leave planning.

Skills

People management

Mentoring

Career road-mapping

Emotional intelligence

Workday

Matrix navigation

Education

M.Sc./Ph.D. in Life Sciences or related

Tools

Workday

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

As a Team Lead in Reagent Development, you will empower and guide a high-performing team in driving the "Human Pillar" of our organisation, fostering capability resilience and individual growth. You will serve as the primary sponsor for best practices within your subchapter, bridging the gap between strategic talent development and critical project needs. Join us to nurture an environment of continuous learning, empathy, and scientific excellence where your leadership directly enables groundbreaking healthcare solutions.

The Opportunity

• Lead and empower: Act as the primary people leader for your subchapter, driving employee growth, career road-mapping, and functional capability development.
• Drive performance and feedback: Oversee employee goal setting (MbO) in Workday, conduct bi-annual performance reviews, and gather 360-degree feedback from peers and matrix stakeholders.
• Establish operating rhythms: Nurture a culture of open communication through mandatory biweekly 1:1 check-ins and monthly Team Syncs focused on capacity, team updates, and culture.
• Manage capacity and resolve conflict: Serve as the primary point of contact for subchapter friction, using empathy and Triad Meetings (Employee-Manager-Project Lead) to balance portfolio loads and support high morale.
• Oversee operational logistics: Manage subchapter logistics, including final approval for absences and early planning for long-term or parental leave.

Who you are

You hold an advanced degree (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in Life Sciences or a related discipline. You demonstrate a proven track record in people management, with demonstrated expertise in structured mentoring, career road-mapping, and driving talent development. You possess high emotional intelligence, active listening skills, and experience navigating matrix organisation structures and resolving team friction. You excel at building a culture of psychological safety while embedding regulatory and operational compliance into everyday workflows. Experience with Workday for performance management is preferred.

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.