Scientific Outsourcing Manager

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La position In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility, and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life‑changing innovation at speed.

Purpose of the Position

The Scientific Outsourcing Manager orchestrates the end‑to‑end external workflows that fuel our Pharmaceutical Sciences engine. Moving beyond traditional vendor management, this role treats external scientific expertise as a seamless, integrated extension of our team. By connecting internal capabilities with a global ecosystem of external partners in the laboratory space to assess safety and efficacy in the preclinical and clinical area, this role ensures that complex, multi‑disciplinary workflows are executed with maximum velocity, data integrity, and compliance.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Scientific Outsourcing Operations: Transition fragmented outsourcing into unified, portfolio‑level external workflows and automated "sample‑to‑data" pipelines, ensuring secure, seamless, and frictionless access to advanced scientific capabilities.
• Performance Oversight & Risk Management: Utilize modern tracking tools to provide holistic visibility into external pipelines, actively monitoring vendor performance, optimizing data exchange, and proactively eliminating operational and scientific bottlenecks.
• Supplier Management Ecosystem & Partnerships: Leads a curated network of premier Contract Research Organisations (CROs) and tech partners, shifting relationships from tactical vendors to strategic, co‑innovative allies.
• Performance & Problem Solving: Tracks partners via dynamic metrics (engagement, delivery, quality, cycle times) and champions rapid, proactive resolution of scientific and operational hurdles.
• Demand Coordination Predictive AI Models: Transitions to AI‑supported forecasting to anticipate workflow volumes, capacity constraints, and intelligently match demands to optimal partners.
• Financial & Strategic Alignment: Integrates real‑time financial tracking to maximize cost‑efficiencies while dynamically aligning with shifting portfolio priorities and business‑critical milestones.
• Governance & Compliance Quality & Data Integrity: Ensures all external workflows rigorously meet global regulatory compliance, data governance standards, and company benchmarks.
• Modern Governance Execution & Traceability: Leads agile external partner governances and audits actions implementation while maintaining flawless documentation for full traceability of partnership plans.
• Continuous Improvement Implement Novel Outsourcing Models: Conceptualize, pilot, and deploy innovative outsourcing models and processes across both nonclinical and clinical spaces, driving tangible, measurable operational efficiencies.
• Spearhead R&D Excellence (RDE): Drive and align with pRED and Roche‑wide networks to scale end‑to‑end solutions that elevate scientific productivity.
• Modernization & Friction Reduction: Integrate next‑generation digital tools and streamline internal processes to eliminate administrative burdens for scientists.

Who You Are

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• Academic & Industry Experience: A university degree in Science paired with a minimum of 5 years of experience managing external partnerships (e.g., CROs, external alliances, or procurement) within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Drug Development & Regulatory Expertise: A deep understanding of the end‑to‑end drug development process, including robust knowledge of scientific methodologies and the regulatory landscape governing preclinical and clinical environments.
• Systems‑Thinking & Data Literacy: A proven track record of mapping complex processes into automated, scalable workflows, with practical experience in data exchange and leveraging data‑driven or predictive tools to forecast capacity and financial commitments.
• Strategic Partner Management: Outstanding capability in driving outsourcing solutions and transforming supplier relationships from tactical vendors into high‑performing, strategic partnerships built on co‑innovation and mutual accountability.
• Agile Problem‑Solving & Efficiency: A proactive ownership mindset focused on streamlining processes, removing administrative burdens for scientists, and engineering rapid, creative solutions when external partners encounter scientific and operational hurdles.
• Matrix Leadership & Communication: Exceptional communication and matrix‑leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence without authority and align diverse, cross‑functional stakeholders around shared operational goals.

At Roche, we aim high to deliver life‑changing healthcare solutions. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you.