Programs and Solutions Lead - Digital and Tech Category (Procurement)

About the role

Roche's Global Procurement is looking for a Programs and Solutions Lead for its Digital and Tech category, based in Welwyn. The role sits in the Strategy and Solutions chapter and leads a medium-to-large, agile team focused on IT procurement. It is an IT-category procurement role, not an internal procurement operations or procurement technology implementation role.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering a portfolio of market-first solutions, including cost transformations and complex negotiations and sourcing
• Coach the team, allocate resources to the highest-impact work and turn high-level objectives into results
• Build a community of curiosity, psychological safety and collaboration, where people feel safe to share failures as learning
• Diagnose complex business needs in Digital and Tech and choose the right approach (solution versus program)
• Design and refine project tools and frameworks for beyond-procurement models and complex programs
• Network within Global Procurement and the wider business, influencing senior leaders with data-driven insights

Required profile

• University degree (Business, Life Sciences or a related field preferred)
• Seasoned expert in IT procurement or management consulting, with a track record of supplier innovation, cost-out initiatives or high-value negotiations
• Proven ability to deliver complex strategies and manage significant business cases
• Strong communicator with presentation skills, able to handle senior-level discussions
• Fluent in English at business level