Leading Expert for Global Leadership and People Development

About People & Organizational Growth
Roche’s People & Culture organization contains six chapters, one of which is People & Organizational Growth. The P&OG Chapter enables dynamic organizations, leaders who unlock possibilities, and self authoring growth for all. We do this by focusing on organization design and development, leadership development, people development and diversity and inclusion. P&OG is organized in three Areas of Practice.

The Global Design & Curation Area of Practice provides expertise and collaboration to design & curate cutting-edge, high impact and sustainable learning experiences for all customer segments at Roche, supporting the agile ways of working and learning and supporting Roche’s 2030 Ambitions. The position of Leading Expert for Global Leadership and People Development is part of the Global Design & Curation Area of Practice.

Position Summary
As a Leading Expert for Global Leadership and People Development you translate business strategies and needs into innovative learning & development experiences such as capability development programs and events for leaders and employees at all levels, people practices and performance practices including the appropriate integration of technology, systems & tools for supporting self-authoring growth.

You work across the enterprise and the role can be performed out of any of our Roche locations globally – ideally with a proximity to our larger sites. You are either part of and / or you are leading cross-cultural work product teams and squads following agile methodologies with co-creation as a working principle. The design and curation of leadership and people development solutions are made from a global perspective supporting the company’s 10-year-ambitions, strategic directions and business needs with a sense for cultural and regional adaptation and ensuring a great customer learning and development experience. You think and act in alignment with the people development, leadership development, organization development and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies as well as the business strategies and customer needs and you actively involve, include and partner with multiple stakeholders and relevant parties in the design & curation process.

Key Activities

• Contribute to the global harmonization of designed & curated learning & development and practices and experiences while aligning them with People & Culture and business needs towards the company’s 2030-year-ambitions
• Seek opportunities for innovation, inspiration and value creation and sense needs and future trends while being open to experimenting and following agile ways of working and new ways of learning and development
• Translate business needs, insights and strategies: Design & curate global learning experiences for various customer segments (employees, leaders, multipliers), e.g. leadership development programs and global processes, practices and opportunities, including platforms and tools
• Lead design & curation initiatives for multiple expertise areas, e.g. agility and leadership for high performing organization, and making them accessible for a broad audience and direct to various learning and development experiences
• Act as thought leader in the areas of leadership and people development, staying updated on market trends and being competent in key models and frameworks.”Participate in and lead work product teams and squads to deliver on prioritized work, analyze and identify customer needs and requests, translating them into the appropriate action from an end-to-end perspective
• Following the design thinking approach including needs / gaps analysis, content & testing design, methodologies & technologies decision and metrics definition from and with an end-to end perspective
• Ensure success measurement, knowledge and solution sharing and connect it with appropriate supporting tools, e.g. internal and external learning platforms, content sharing tools
• Connect and build internal relationships with relevant Areas of Practice, Communities and other Chapters as well as various customers and stakeholders in the business
• Build and maintain external relationships with others in similar disciplines in other organisations, e.g. vendors and design consultants
• Coach and mentor other experts and P&OG colleagues as required to continuously build capability in the chapter

Qualifications & Experience
You have a Master degree or comparable qualification in Human Resources, Psychology, Adult Learning, Business Administration or a related field, and you have extensive and relevant expertise in Leadership Development, People Development, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion or related fields in complex, global, large and matrix based organization.

Your Further Qualifications Are

• Strong experience across different business and geographic and cultural environments
• Broad expertise and experience in developing leadership and people development strategies including DE&I aspects
• Deep knowledge and broad experience as design lead for development experiences(virtual and classroom), processes, events, curating and directing complex content for various customer segments and various stakeholder management experiences, especially with regards to the global senior leadership audience
• Broad and deep knowledge and experience of agile principles and methodologies applied in an enterprise-wide context as well as instructional design expertise
• Experience with agile and technology-enabled learning and development solutions, demonstrated experience in working in and leading agile and design thinking teams
• Digital savviness and expertise in learning & development technologies and digital product development & collaboration platforms
• Proven project and senior stakeholder management skills in a complex and matrix environment, advanced negotiation and influencing skills and decision making competencies
• Demonstrated courage and ability to face into ambiguous situations, risk-taking and experimenting, initiating change and creating innovative solutions while questioning the status quo
• Strategic and system thinking skills and experience in translating strategies into learning and development experiences
• Proven communication skills, fluent English language skills, other languages a plus

Location: Anywhere in the APAC, Americas and EMEA region with a proximity to our larger sites

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.