Global QC Productivity & Excellence Lead

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The Position At Roche, over 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. As a global leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, we are dedicated to transforming lives through innovative science and medical breakthroughs. Within Global Pharma Technical Operations (PT), our 10,000-plus employees make medicines at sites worldwide from early-stage development through product maturity. Joining Internal Quality Operations at Pharma Technical Quality (PTQ) means becoming part of a flexible, efficient, dynamic network powering the end-to-end delivery of safe, life-saving medicines to patients across the globe.

PTQ plays a critical role in delivering safe and efficacious medicines to patients. To meet our commitment to the Pharma Vision, we are evolving into a more flexible, efficient, and collaborative organization. Internal Quality Operations is a cornerstone of this evolution-anchored by our commercial sites as its backbone and powered by a dynamic network of global teams driving strategy, quality oversight, and end-to-end support.

The future of Quality Control at Roche requires us to adapt to increasing method complexities, new modalities, and heightened operational cost pressures. We need the QC network to become faster, leaner, and more robust.

In this high-impact matrix leadership role, you will report to the Operational Performance Lead and partner closely with Quality Site Heads and local QC functions across our commercial manufacturing network. Your primary mission for the next 2 years is unambiguous:
You will co‑develop, own, and diligently execute a comprehensive global QC Productivity Roadmap to drive increase in network lab productivity, while ensuring the successful continuation and network rollout of key strategic projects. By embedding Lean, Operational Excellence, and advanced transformational thinking into the DNA of our QC labs, you will transform local best practices into global standards and ensure sustainable performance improvements.

Lead high‑priority global QC transformation initiatives from business case to execution. Design, govern, and track a standardized productivity roadmap across all manufacturing network labs in alignment with the global PTQi strategy framework, while driving the successful continuation and execution of strategic projects to deliver the targeted network‑wide efficiency gains.

Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile methodologies directly to laboratory operations to eliminate waste, streamline sample workflows, and accelerate batch release cycle times.

Define global QC equipment utilization and fleet lifecycle concepts. Coordinate the network deployment of advanced QC/IT digital solutions and automated accelerators to modernize the QC workplace.

Establish and track standard KPIs to measure the success criteria of productivity initiatives. Align QC‑specific productivity KPIs with global PTQi performance frameworks to ensure a single source of truth and seamless transparency at the executive leadership level.

Partner with site leadership to standardize "One Quality"…