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Who We Are
At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are bold in both decision and action - we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work every single 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. Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.
Role Purpose
We have built the foundation of a modern Platform Services solution with a SaaS stack, microServices-based architecture hosted in AWS, modern reusable Front-End Components, interoperability components, and a Continuous Delivery pipeline. We are now looking to scale this to support a portfolio of products and evolve them to meet current and future needs. We are looking for candidates with a strong background to deliver value, satisfy all platform stakeholders and deliver a long-term strategy while also satisfying short-term needs.
The Subchapter Lead Product Management is a critical leadership role on the Engineering team. It includes ownership of products with the responsibility to deliver and operate high-quality, scalable, and extensible software. In addition, the subchapter lead needs to make appropriate business decisions to maximize stakeholders' value.
This is a people and product management role that requires the ability to hire and grow top engineering talent and influence multiple teams. The role also requires strong strategic thinking, with the ability to think of out of the box and to make build/buy/partner decisions. Excellent communication and negotiation skills with Platform Stakeholders are critical for this position. While a healthcare background is preferred, an active interest and enthusiasm for working in healthcare are crucial.
You will be responsible for
Platform Management: Lead Platform Product management activities, understand customer needs, prioritize, design, and deliver best-in-class Platform services for Roche, maximizing adoption and value delivery. People Management: Hire, grow, and retain top product management talent, ensuring the development of skills within your team
Leadership and Vision: Develop and drive the Platform vision and roadmap in collaboration with the Platform Chapter Lead, PMs, peers, and stakeholders. Provide both individual and team leadership, scale and inspire multiple teams, and plan for future organizational growth. The long-term roadmaps need to be balanced with short-term delivery
Coordination: Understand, define, and prioritize platform epics. Manage the platform Roadmap in a way that maximizes the value delivery and sustainability of the Platform organisation.
Your profile
5+ years of people management experience for a team of engineers
Have successfully built, deployed, and operated an enterprise-scale web application in the cloud (in a management role)
Experience in agile software delivery, operations management and people management
Quick learner with the ability to understand complex workflows and develop and validate innovative solutions to solve difficult problems
Strong communication, with the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences and the ability to translate customer requirements to technical designs
Strong interpersonal skills, with proven ability to navigate complex corporate environments, facilitate discussions, moderate conversations, and influence stakeholders and partners
Global experience, influencing or (preferably) managing remote teams to deliver software releases
Educational background
BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent in a related field.
10+ years of software industry experience, particularly SaaS-based related applications
Healthcare experience is not required, but familiarity with healthcare systems and data and workflows is a plus (e.g. HL7, IHE)
Locations
You will be based in Sant Cugat, Spain
As this position is a global role, international business travel will be required depending upon the business location of the successful candidate and ongoing business project activities.
Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.
Roche is an equal opportunity employer.
The Sub-Chapter Lead Product Management is expected to demonstrate the Roche Operating Principles and contribute to the Roche Group. The Roche Operating Principles are:
Put patients first
Follow the science
Act as one team
Embrace differences
Accelerate learning
Simplify radically
Make impact now
Think long term
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.