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

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

The Position This role is based in the Workforce Optimization (WFO) Area of Practice within our Integrated Workforce Strategies Chapter in People & Culture (P&C) and reports into the Workforce Delivery Lead. This global team is elevating the way the business is shaping Roche’s workforce. By applying data-driven, skill-based workforce solutions and acting as trusted partners in defining workforce strategies, the team unlocks the strategic potential of our total workforce (including our external workforce), navigates the evolving business landscape to proactively shape Roche’s workforce to be future-ready. This role offers you the possibility to support the development of new practices in this field, work with innovative approaches & technologies, as well as cross-functional partners, and provides you with great learning opportunities through exposure to various business areas. Our team follows a hybrid work structure where the majority of time is spent on our Mississauga campus.

The Opportunity

• You enable informed decision-making of the business with your expertise in skills, external & total workforce, and data-driven strategic workforce planning (SWP)
• You support business needs from diagnosis to definition of recommendations (e.g. workforce composition set-ups, location strategies and addressing future skill needs) together with People & Culture Business Partners and our cross-functional partners (Procurement, Finance)
• You support the implementation of workforce strategies around the world and connect to relevant experts in P&C
• You identify common themes across the Roche group (e.g. shared need, gaps and solutions) and actively contribute to an enterprise view on skill & workforce needs
• You successfully adopt our data-driven, skills-based, and total workforce approaches of our WFO products while advising on business needs & workforce strategies, and apply your knowledge of internal & external best practices
• You actively contribute with new ideas, feedback, and sensing to the further evolution of our current products and/or to the definition of future products for our practice

Who you are

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources, or a related field, with 7+ years relevant experience in global, matrixed People & Culture organizations or consulting firms
• Previous experience developing and implementing workforce strategies (within a biotech/diagnostics/pharmaceutical setting is a big plus)
• You are astute in your ability to diagnose complex business problems and are equally skilled at developing actionable solutions in the areas of workforce planning, people strategies, and change management, and/or total and external workforce planning
• You have strong business acumen and experience partnering with various business areas
• You bring system thinking and the ability to influence and engage stakeholders effectively
• You can adapt to diverse needs and navigate ambiguity, contributing to positive customer experiences and outcomes
• You effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing clear direction and facilitating decision-making
• You are known for your curiosity, solutions-oriented approach to problem solving, are highly adept in social interactions, and possess fluency in English speaking and writing
• You have an awareness of employment law, including co-employment issues

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting. 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.