Senior Strategy and Operations Specialist

About the role

This role sits in Business Strategy & Operations (BSO), the strategic backbone and operational enabler of Product Development Data Sciences (PDD) at Roche. The Strategy & Operations team partners with senior leaders to shape strategy, turn complex priorities into actionable plans and drive high-impact initiatives. The position is based in Mississauga.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to Global Heads, helping structure ambiguous challenges, evaluate choices and turn decisions into execution.
• Design and oversee leadership forums, business reviews, strategic planning cycles and offsites to drive accountability and follow-through.
• Direct high-priority strategic initiatives from problem definition and business case development through cross-functional implementation and measurement.
• Turn complex scientific, technical and operational information into concise, decision-ready analyses, narratives and presentations for senior leadership.
• Shape and deliver initiatives covering workforce planning, operating model design, data and analytics, and AI/agentic transformation.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies, emerging risks and operational trade-offs early and recommend actions to leadership.
• Align functional needs with broader Product Development and Roche priorities to simplify ways of working.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, life sciences, data sciences, engineering or another relevant field.
• More than 5 years of progressive experience in management consulting, strategy & operations, business transformation or a related strategic role in a complex organization.
• Ability to frame ambiguous problems, run hypothesis-driven analysis and turn findings into clear recommendations.
• Exceptional verbal and written English, with the ability to present to executive, technical and cross-functional audiences.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders, able to challenge assumptions and influence without formal authority.
• Collaborative experience across diverse functions, geographies and cultures.

Preferred experience

• A leading management or strategy consulting firm.
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences or healthcare background.
• Support of pharmaceutical R&D, especially clinical development.
• Organizational strategy, operating model design, strategic workforce planning, transformation, resource planning or organizational effectiveness.
• Building business cases, scenario analyses, external benchmarking and recommendations for senior leadership.

The stated hiring range for Mississauga is 115,328 to 151,368; actual pay depends on experience and qualifications. Relocation benefits are not available for this posting.