Position
End‑to‑End Business Team Coach, Growth & Performance (G&P) – Portfolio Strategy & Delivery (PSD) at Roche.
Responsibilities
- Act as a strategic partner to high‑priority teams across the R&D value chain, including LCTs, GDTs, GFTs and other prioritized teams.
- Build and execute a systemic coaching strategy that enables the delivery of PD core business and critical priority projects.
- Improve team effectiveness, equip teams to navigate complexity, accelerate decision‑making, problem‑solving and delivery.
- Deliver end‑to‑end coaching interventions for high‑priority assets, start‑ups, milestones, transitions and other critical junctures.
- Align stakeholders and ensure cross‑functional accountability, focusing on systemic team health and alignment.
- Operationalise the therapeutic area (TA) model, deepening business understanding of specific TAs and aligning coaching triggers with the new LSPC prioritisation framework.
- Maintain a data‑driven culture, using metrics to identify insights and demonstrate measurable impact of coaching interventions.
- Explore and integrate AI, automation and digital technologies to enhance team performance and coaching efficiency.
- Contribute to and adopt Standards of Practice, Value Measurement & Reporting, ensuring consistent quality and a clear link between coaching interventions and business impact.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s/MBA preferred.
- Formal accreditation in Team Coaching (ICF, EMCC or equivalent) is essential.
- 10+ years of experience in the pharma/biotech or other high‑complexity industries.
- Proven track record of systemic team coaching for global, matrixed teams through large‑scale change and drug development lifecycles; experience must go beyond individual 1:1 coaching.
- Deep understanding of systemic frameworks (e.g. Leadership Circle).
- Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end R&D value chain and the business drivers that matter to Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Commercial and other functions.
- Comfortable using data to diagnose team health and measure success; vision for applying artificial intelligence to team coaching.
- Agile facilitation skills and ability to apply them pragmatically to solve business bottlenecks.
- Exceptional ability to create safe spaces, remain a “container” for teams, influence in ambiguous environments and facilitation skills.
Location
Primary location: Welwyn. Additional locations may become available later in the hiring process.
Compensation Detail Note
Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location.
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Statement
Roche is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care.
