OCM/Communications Wave Lead - ASPIRE Diagnostics

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Please note that this is a Fixed Term opportunity with an approximate end date of May 2027.

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ASPIRE is a Roche-wide business transformation program that aims to deliver best-in-suite, user-centric digital solutions for Roche that will help manage our company as efficiently as possible. At the center of ASPIRE is the One Roche Enterprise, the future of our current enterprise landscape. ASPIRE is co-creating one harmonized process house across the Roche enterprise, with SAP S/4HANA at its core - a technology that will replace Roche's existing and soon outdated SAP local and regional systems. By following a template approach within SAP, available to all Roche entities around the globe, our core business processes will become more integrated, simplified, harmonized, and scalable.

As the ASPIRE OCM/Communications Lead, you have overall accountability for leading a wide array of change management and communication activities. This complex, highly visible role will require a proven background in leading change management, communication and user adoption initiatives on other customer facing large-scale technology implementation projects. This project requires outstanding leadership skills and experience with change management, training strategies, deployment strategies, employee engagement, and large scale global user adoption of new technology. In this role, you will provide oversight, guidance, and support to workstream leads and deployment teams to ensure appropriate communication vehicles are provided to ensure the success of the ASPIRE deployment. This role will be part of the ASPIRE Indianapolis Megasite (Wave 5b) Lead Team.

The Opportunity

• Responsible for the the design, development and implementation of the deployment OCM/Communications strategy in line with the overall OCM and communications strategy of the program to improve employee engagement and information while minimizing resistance

• Identify and ensure delivery of Wave OCM & Communications approach and activities and report KPIs to Wave Deployment Lead

• Champion the change control process for the deployment (e.g. schedule, scope, budget) and ensure that it maps accordingly to global ASPIRE change control processes

• Coordinate and guide OCM Coordinators along with overseeing and coordinating efforts of all OCM projects in strong collaboration with the Change Impact Lead

• Together with the Wave Training Lead, ensure close collaboration for OCM & Training across the wave

• Ensures that project steps are in alignment with customer expectations and objectives, delivered on time, within budget and according to ASPIRE project standards and methods

• Communicates with various stakeholder groups on local, regional and global levels as required

• Responsible for Risk, Assumption, Issue, and Decisions (RAID) management

• Manage development and execution of communications materials, such as email announcements, promotional materials, articles, newsletters; ensures and maintains a coherent approach and messaging across the wave

• Partner with the Wave and Local Deployment Leads and Change Impact Lead to develop stakeholder outreach and engagement efforts to generate awareness, understanding, buy-in, and support.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in related specialization areas

• Proven experience in change management in a client-facing environment

• 10+ years' experience leading and mentoring project teams on relevant engagements

• Strong OCM/Communication skills and proven leadership in running successful change management initiatives

• Excellent knowledge in commercial business processes, policies and programs, finance, and IT systems related systems

• Demonstrated ability to successfully direct, coordinate, and strategically integrate multiple streams of information and activities

• Strength in process improvement approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle

Preferred Experience:

• Roche Commercial or Operations experience

• Experience in large IT Service Management Projects
  Project Management and/or Change Management Certifications

• Experience with enterprise systems implementations, preferably SAP

• Experience in Agile Project Methodology

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to interact across multiple levels of the organization

• Demonstrated capabilities in teamwork and leadership on considerable change efforts

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills

• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken

• Ability to work across multiple international time zones

• Self-driven, adaptable and resilient, with a growth mindset ; willing to stretch beyond your comfort zone to learn new skills in a rapidly changing environment and have the ability to build and maintain business relationships

Locations

You are local to Indianapolis, Indiana. Relocation benefits are not available for this position. This role is primarily on-site.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Indiana is $98,700

and $218,400. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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.

As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. These products and services are used by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide to help improve people's lives.

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