Head, Resourcing & Metrics

Responsibilities The Head of Resourcing & Metrics within the Business Strategy & Operations (BSO) function is accountable for overseeing enterprise-wide resourcing, budget tracking, and impact measurement strategies across Roche’s PDD portfolio. This role provides leadership in resource planning, workforce analytics, and metrics-driven performance management, supporting senior functional leadership in data-informed decision-making. You provide strategic direction for a team of leaders responsible for designing and driving the oversight and management of resourcing and financial tracking to ensure accurate visibility into headcount, contractor usage, and financial allocations across all functions and geographies. You drive end-to-end planning governance across PDD in partnership with Finance, HR, Portfolio, and other enterprise stakeholders, ensuring consistent standards, data integrity, and transparent accountability. You engage heavily with your direct team and stakeholders, and also with leadership — specifically with the Head of BSO and Head of PDD — to ensure high-quality, data-driven, and proactive insights. You lead your direct team to develop and execute departmental plans to ensure alignment with business and organizational priorities. You shape and govern enterprise-aligned metrics frameworks (e.g., OKRs, KPIs) that measure the performance, productivity, and strategic impact of BSO and other PDD functions. You lead multi-year planning and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring alignment of headcount and budget forecasts with evolving portfolio and business priorities. You establish and oversee cross-functional operating rhythms that ensure the alignment of resource data with program timelines, study demand, and investment trade-offs. You set strategic direction for data governance, audit compliance, and quality controls related to resource and budget information, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and alignment with Roche policies. You influence enterprise-wide workforce planning efforts by delivering robust analytics, capacity modeling, and actionable insights to senior leadership. You identify and drive innovation opportunities in automation, analytics tooling, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Tableau, Adaptive Insights) to increase planning efficiency and quality. You lead and develop a multi-layered team of leaders, resource planners, financial analysts, and metrics experts across diverse geographies. You ensure appropriate team structure, skill mix, and capacity to deliver strategic priorities and day-to-day operational excellence in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment. You provide coaching and leadership development to direct reports, empowering them to operate autonomously and thrive in an evolving business environment. You set clear expectations and accountabilities for excellence in planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration. You represent the BSO function in enterprise-level forums and negotiations related to budget, workforce, and investment prioritization. Qualifications Have an advanced degree in Business, Finance, Data Analytics, Organizational Strategy, or a related field (preferred). Have 15+ years of progressive experience in business operations, enterprise planning, or resource and financial governance. Have 6+ years in senior leadership roles, including managing senior professionals or people leaders across functions and locations. Have proven success in driving resource planning and analytics strategy across complex, matrixed organizations, ideally in life sciences, R&D, or healthcare. Have demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional initiatives with high organizational impact and visibility. Be proficient with enterprise planning and reporting tools (e.g., Anaplan, PowerBI, Tableau) and financial modeling for large-scale functions. Have strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior executives and enterprise leadership. Have capacity for independent thinking and ability to make decisions based upon sound principles. Exhibit excellent strategic agility including problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and agility that extends beyond the technical domain. Demonstrate respect for cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in the global workplace. Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, specifically in the areas of presentation and writing, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear language. #J-18808-Ljbffr Roche Holding AG