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The PD Quality Solutions (PDQS) Heads are accountable for the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide Pharma R&D Quality Management System (QMS) excellence strategy covering end-to-end regulated processes conducted by Pharma global functions, REDs, affiliates, service providers, and development partners. The QMS excellence strategy delivers process integrity via compliant, effective, efficient end-to-end processes that increase health authority (HA) confidence in our QMS via adherence to GCP, GVP, medical device and other applicable requirements, adding value for Roche and our patients.

The QMS excellence strategy reflects an efficient, connected, pipeline-driven OneRoche approach for end-to-end processes by anchoring to and adhering to industry standards of Critical to Quality (CtQ) factors. 

Through strategically partnering with business partners such as Global Process Owners (GPOs), Roche Pharma R&D leaders and experts in the affiliates, Pharma Technical, IT and Roche's Diagnostics division, the PDQS Heads continuously attunes the QMS excellence strategy to deliver value and impact, ensuring organizational and systems alignment and consistency across R&D functions, affiliates, service providers and development partners in its implementation. 

The PDQS Heads provides strategic direction and dynamic leadership in a global enterprise environment and is recognized in Roche as an authority and thought leader on the end-to-end processes or quality infrastructure of their domain. 

The PDQS Heads lead teams of direct reports and will focus in one of the following two areas: 

1. Accountable for the delivery of the QMS excellence strategy on processes in scope of their assigned domain for the conduct of clinical research, integrated healthcare solutions development, post-marketing and patient safety activities that deliver the Roche Pharma portfolio. 

2. Accountable for the strategies and mechanisms that deliver and operationalize critical QMS Tools standards and tools that improve efficiency and maximize PDQS’ and the business’s ability to focus on value-add activities and accelerate delivery of quality solutions. 

For this role, this PDQS Head is responsible for #2 of the focus areas. Short to mid-term deliverables include:

End-to-End change control of the QMS

Automated process management to enable optimization of global process landscape

Affiliate QMS operations leadership

End-to-End collaboration model between PD and PT QMSs

Further you are accountable for

Domain Strategy: you optimise QMS delivery through improvement and risk management and drive strategic process changes and align resource priorities.

Leadership: you manage teams through ambiguity and align with priorities as well as develop talent and ensure proactive communication.

Stakeholder Management: you influence and implement QMS solutions through a global network.

Quality Strategies: you contribute to PDQ, PD, and Pharma goals as well as promote innovation and quality culture.

You have a Master’s or Bachelor’s in a scientific or quality field, or equivalent and bring the following attributes:

Growth mindset, customer-focused/-entricity

Strong (English) communication skills in a diverse environment

Expert in international regulations (GCP/GVP/Device).

Effective leader and influencer and a track record of this in multicultural organizations

Proven problem solver with effective decision-making skills

Inspiring and positive leader to engage with various audiences

Application deadline: 9 March 2025

Please note that we are planning to invite successful candidates to video tape their answers to a handful of questions about a week after the application deadline.

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