Chief of Staff

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The Position

The Position Summary

As the Chief of Staff for the Roche Diagnostics Japan Enabling Team, you will play a key role in the effective functioning and strategic success of the Japan Dia organization. Reporting to the Chapter Lead, ET Office (Dottedly to GM Japan), you will work side by side with the Dia Japan GM and Dia Japan Enabling Team as the “Chief of Staff”.

In this role, you will be involved in the strategic planning processes across the organization through strong collaboration with key stakeholders and network teams. In addition, you will work with the ET to translate vision/ strategy to actionable deliverables and assist them in facilitating effective decision-making. You will follow through and update the ET on progress of these deliverables as well as communication to employees through dashboard or other avenues. You will work with ET to prioritize on agenda and work through the backlog. And you will plan, convene and facilitate ET meetings to ensure objectives are achieved.

You will be responsible to:
● Support Japan Dia GM to develop short- and long-term priorities (business, financial and people) aligned to Roche Dia business objectives, by engaging in strategic planning processes across the organization through strong collaboration with key stakeholders
and network teams.
● As Chief of Staff, support the ET to ensure they are setting and achieving outcomes, while building and maintaining an environment that keeps the team focused on top priorities.
● Convene and facilitate the ET meetings, plan the agenda and support the team in timely, well-informed decision making.
● Design and facilitate effective meetings by prioritizing key objectives, balancing content review with discussion, and moderating dialogue.
● Strengthen ET cohesiveness by working with the P&C and regular exchanges with individual ET members.
● Increase ET effectiveness; Facilitate the formation of ET squads, make accountability clear, track and monitor ET decisions and backlog; hold ET members accountable to decisions and backlog.
● Lead, supported by administrative staff, on all aspects of logistics and planning of ET meetings.
● Collaborate with the GM and subject matter experts to develop communications and presentation materials for various speaking engagements.

Who you are
Professional and Technical Requirements:

- Degree / Masters in life sciences with typically with 3-5+ years of relevant experience in the life science sector in a similar capacity that may be directly comparable to Diagnostics and/or Pharmaceuticals is an advantage.
- Strategy consulting background and skill set would be desirable.
- Strong leadership experience, preferably with experience leading diverse teams and/or highly complex matrix leadership of enterprise-level projects.
- Strong business sense with a solid understanding of the healthcare industry and experience operating in a regulated environment.

Experience, Skills, Knowledge:

- Fully bilingual in Japanese and English in verbal, writing, and reading
- A systems thinker who can connect the dots between functions and processes in terms of broader business implications, including tactical, strategic, and enterprise dependencies.
- A strong collaborator, able to cultivate a strong and trusting relationship with executive leaders, proven experience in stakeholder management.
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguity and manage through change, able to work effectively across cultures and highly matrix organization
- Be detail-oriented with excellent project management skills, with an ability to consistently execute multiple, and sometimes competing activities to a high quality and timely conclusion.
-Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills and ability to distill and convey information in a compelling manner.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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