At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. The PositionProduct Operations Lead (POL) — Project Management Chapter, Roche Informatics (RIS)Potential Locations: Sant Cugat (ES), Vienna (VIE)Who We AreAt 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. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all.

You'll work at the intersection of Portfolio Management, Business Operations, and the product teams — maintaining the single source of truth for investments, capacity, and risks, and ensuring executive leadership has decision-ready visibility without pushing bureaucratic overhead down to the teams. What You'll DoEnsure strategic traceability across the Life CycleMaintain a clean, continuous link between Portfolio and Life Cycle objectives, cascading strategic context to product groupsEnable empowered teams to make autonomous, high-quality decisions by providing the alignment and context they needEstablish consistent frameworks for measuring business outcomes — not just output — keeping a clear thread from strategy to product epicsBe the single source of truthGuarantee a reliable, consolidated data source for the Life Cycle's investments, business viability, capacity, and risksPartner with Portfolio Management and Business Operations to provide executive visibility, absorbing ad-hoc reporting requests to protect the teamsMaintain consistency across execution systems (Jira, Orion, Monday.com),



ensuring tools reflect the total state of work without pushing manual overhead to the execution layerDrive operational flow and remove frictionAnalyze operational metrics across the Life Cycle to proactively identify and resolve structural bottlenecks before they impact deliveryFacilitate Life Cycle-level risk and opportunity management (ROMA) and coordinate critical integration points between Life CyclesTrack high-level dependencies and remove cross-team impediments as a servant-leaderEnable the operating modelDrive organic adoption of the RIS Operating Model (including PLCF and mQMS) at the Life Cycle levelIntegrate frameworks into standardized workflows — ensuring compliance without overburdening product teamsContinuously refine and simplify operational processes with RIS Business Operations, fiercely protecting the teams' space for innovationWho You Are7+ years in Diagnostics, Life Sciences, or related fields in project management, product operations, or related functionsScientific, engineering, or business background with a strong operational mindsetDeep understanding of lifecycle management, product development, and product care in a complex portfolio environmentExperience working with cross-functional teams: you connect strategy to execution naturallyStrong analytical skills: you see patterns in data and translate them into actionable insightsComfortable with ambiguity: you bring structure where there is none without waiting to be askedWorking knowledge of Planisware, Jira, MS-Office, G-Suite. Familiarity with Orion, Trello, or similar tools is a plusFluent in English (verbal and written)Willingness to travel 5–15%Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location.

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 general impact.

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