Roche
Healthcare
SeniorGroupDirector,SafetyDevelopment&Processes
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“Senior Group Director, Safety Development & Processes at Roche. Skills: Safety Development, Process Improvement, Risk Management. Provide strategic leadership. Oversee global team”
What You'll Achieve.
Enhance healthcare for patients; Optimise benefit-risk profile; Deliver value to drug development; Deliver patient risk management
Industry & Context.
Analytical thinking
15% international travel, Ongoing site presence
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years experience patient safety/pharmacovigilance, Advanced degree in relevant discipline or health professional qualification
Nice to Have
Post-graduate qualification in PV, Post-graduate qualification in business improvement/innovation, Lean Sigma certification
What You'll Do.
Provide strategic leadership
Design safety development activities
Develop safety processes
Implement safety processes
Coordinate safety activities
Improve PDS ways of working
Provide expert advice
Anticipate new developments
Provide input to enablement strategies
Leverage strengths of global team
Create inspiring environment
Take ownership of deliverables
Deploy resources effectively
Implement global processes
Function global processes
Oversee systems/tools design
Oversee systems/tools development
Provide line-leadership
Sustain climate of purpose
Articulate SDP strategy
Partner with Pharma functions
Support improved scientific ways
Design effective Safety
Implement effective Safety
Drive scientific decision-making
Sustain Safety & PV quality
Represent PDS on governance bodies
Oversee resource deployment
Maintain relationships with R&D
Anticipate future opportunities
Contribute to scenario planning
Contribute to prioritisation
Contribute to budget management
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Global line teams; Matrix teams; R&D functions; Global product development sites
Communication Scope
Influencing skills; Global collaborations
Process & Methodology
Process management, Project coordination
Full Job Description
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. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. ### ### The Position At Roche, our Global Product Development Safety & Risk Management (PDS) department aims to enhance healthcare for patients by elucidating and communicating the safety profile of Roche medicines to optimise their benefit-risk profile. ### The Opportunity The Senior Group Director of Safety Development & Processes (SDP) provides strategic leadership, expertise and oversight for a global team in the design, development, implementation and coordination of activities relating to safety development, innovation, process design and continuous improvement, on behalf of PDS. As a member of the PVSD Leadership Team, the Senior Group Director leads the global SDP function across 4 global product development sites (Basel in Switzerland, South San Francisco in the USA, Welwyn in the UK, and Mississauga in Canada). The role ensures that safety-critical processes are designed, developed, ‘owned’ and supported in line with business requirements and continuous improvement goals. They ensure that pilots, projects and major programs, intended to improve scientific safety approaches, are delivered or coordinated in line with agreed plans. They are also responsible for ensuring that PDS ‘ways of working’ adapt to changing customer requirements, and that the wider PDS community have access to expert advice in support of their efforts to deliver value to drug development and patient risk management. The Senior Group Director is responsible for ensuring the SDP team fosters innovation, anticipates and acts on signific
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