Scientific Outsourcing Manager

Overview

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.
The Scientific Outsourcing Manager orchestrates end‑to‑end external workflows that fuel our Pharmaceutical Sciences engine, treating external scientific expertise as a seamless, integrated extension of our team.

• Scientific Outsourcing Operations
  • Portfolio & Data Integration:
    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.

• Academic & Industry
  
  Experience:
  
  A university degree in Science plus a minimum of 5 years of experience managing external partnerships within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Drug Development & Regulatory Expertise: A deep understanding of the end‑to‑end drug development process, including scientific methodologies and the regulatory landscape governing preclinical and clinical environments.
• Systems‑Thinking & Data Literacy:
  Proven track record of mapping complex processes into automated, scalable workflows and leveraging data‑driven tools to forecast capacity and financial commitments.
• Strategic Partner Management:
  Outstanding capability in driving outsourcing solutions and transforming supplier relationships into high‑performing strategic partnerships built on co‑innovation and mutual accountability.
• Agile Problem‑Solving & Efficiency:
  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 skills with demonstrated ability to influence without authority and align diverse, cross‑functional stakeholders around shared operational goals.

Primary location:
Basel. Additional locations may be available; compensation details will be provided during the hiring process.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.