IT Business Partner Lead - San Diego

Roche; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche GenMark seeks an IT Business Partner Lead for San Diego to drive strategic liaison between RDT and local R&D, guiding site tech backlogs and M&A integration efforts across Carlsbad and Torrey Pines. You will coordinate with stakeholders while aligning local capabilities with Roche standards.

The role requires a strong background in IT business partnering, regulatory awareness, and global IT service practices, with flexibility to travel and work across sites in San Diego.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Science or related field.
• 8 years of related experience in Project Management, IT Business Partnering, or IT Integration with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years with a Master's; or a PhD with 3 years.
• Senior experience in IT business partnering, technology consulting, or technical site management in life sciences/diagnostics.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance local site needs and global platform strategies.
• Cross-functional coordination across functions.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (GxP or 21 CFR Part 11).
• Familiarity with IT service management practices (ITIL).
• Location & Mobility: work across San Diego sites.

Responsibilities

• Senior Partnering & RDT Site Coordination: collaborate with M&A leaders to ensure a seamless transition to standard RDT operations and advise business leaders on technical debt.
• Hands-On Technical Execution: drive resolution of open technical backlogs, system migrations, and manage site operations.

Skills

IT business partnering

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Regulatory knowledge

ITIL familiarity

Location mobility

Tech leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (IT/Engineering/Science/Business)

Master's or PhD preferred

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.

IT Business Partner Lead - San Diego

The actual title, once hired, will be RDT DIA R&D Site Partner Lead - San Diego.

The Opportunity

The IT Business Partner Lead is accountable for Business Partnering for the San Diego R&D sites across Carlsbad (GenMark) and Torrey Pines (GenMark/LumiraDx). This role drives local value realization for both R&D and Site Services and demands a distinctive combination of informal people leadership, deep domain expertise, technical proficiency, and business insights. As the San Diego sites move from an M&A integration phase to standard RDT operations, you will work alongside M&A integration leaders through the end of the year to ensure a smooth handover, while actively advising stakeholders through organizational change, coordinating complex technical backlogs, and driving alignment toward long-term Roche RDT standards. The IT Business Partner Lead acts as the strategic liaison between RDT and local R&D organizations across Carlsbad and Torrey Pines, recognizing that supporting specialized local capabilities, unique instrumentation, and site-specific workflows is essential for the wider organization's success and competitive advantage in diagnostic development. The role operates across a multi-entity site ecosystem, guiding local environments through the final stages of M&A integration and establishing sustainable, standard operational models.

Job Responsibilities

• Senior Partnering & RDT Site Coordination: Collaborate with M&A leaders to ensure a seamless transition to standard RDT operations; act as the primary RDT liaison for site leadership; advise business leaders on technical debt and legacy GenMark app decommissionings, while safeguarding key operational milestones (such as the RP2 to RP3 assay transition) from an RDT perspective
• Hands‑On Technical Execution: Drive resolution of open technical backlogs in collaboration with domain experts (RCN network rollout and site infrastructure stabilization); facilitate system migrations from legacy domains and applications; manage technical site operations and local application inventories

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Science, Business or related field. Master/PhD is a plus
• 8 years of related experience in Project Management or IT Business Partnering or IT Integration with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience
• Senior experience in IT business partnering, technology consulting, or technical site management in life sciences/diagnostics
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to understand local site needs while balancing global platform strategies and organisational priorities and and driving business decisions through complex organizational change
• Cross-functional coordination skills, with demonstrated success managing complex dependencies across functions
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (GxP or 21 CFR Part 11) and their impact on research technology
• Familiarity with global IT service management practices (ITIL) and support models
• Location & Mobility: Ability to work flexibly across San Diego sites (Carlsbad and Torrey Pines) and participate in global planning sessions.

Preferred skills

• Proven understanding of modern technology architecture (e.g., APIs, cloud platforms) is desirable
• Familiarity with data science and AI/ML concepts is a major plus
• Familiarity with sample and data lifecycle management specific to research environments: data/document retention requirements, archival strategies, etc., is a big plus.
• Familiarity with IT related validation processes is a plus
• Senior project coordination experience running IT infrastructure (network/storage/HPC), engineering, and site refurbishment projects is a plus

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Carlsbad, CA is $108,400 - $201,200. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job‑related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

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Who we are

GenMark is now a proud member of the Roche Group, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. With the addition of GenMark to the Roche Group, syndromic infectious disease diagnostics is now added to the long list of disease states and conditions that the Roche Group addresses. GenMark’s ePlex true sample-to-answer system offers unique solutions to address the most significant challenges facing clinical laboratories, while supporting hospital systems to deliver patient‑centered, value‑based care. ePlex streamlines the diagnostic workflow from physician order entry to the final test report and is the true sample‑to‑answer solution designed to improve patient care, reduce costs, and increase lab efficiency. GenMark is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

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