Head of Product - Rapid Application Development and Intelligent Automation

Head of Product- Rapid Application Development & Intelligent Automation At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. The Position The Opportunity The Head of Product E3 Citizen Development (Rapid Application Development & Intelligent Automation) is accountable for the entire product lifecycle, from initial ideation and strategic planning through to launch, scaling, and eventual retirement of a complex product. This role is pivotal in transforming scientific and business needs into tangible, high-value technology solutions. You will be responsible for defining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring it aligns with the overarching goals of our organization and ultimately accelerates the delivery of life-changing diagnostics and medicines to patients. This role demands a distinctive combination of scientific inquisitiveness, technical proficiency, and business insight to successfully navigate the landscape. Your primary objective is to lead engineering and service teams building desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable products that meet the evolving needs of our internal users while maintaining strict compliance with relevant industry standards. Description of the area Engineering Excellence & Experience enables engineers at Roche to explore, plan, design, code, build, test and deploy software packages in a reliable, secure, automated and consistent manner across the different business areas, including facilitated access to automated, composable, infrastructure consumable through Infra as Code & API on premise and in the public cloud. Democratization of software development capabilities and citizen development across Roche are a key enabler and strategic priority and the Citizen Developer Team will provide the necessary capabilities and solutions for Rapid Application Development platforms, Low / No Code platforms, and Workflow Automation tools - provisioned with administration, governance, lifecycle / release / platform roadmap management, and operations enabling delivery in line with Roche SLAs and regulations. Job Responsibilities Strategy & Vision Accountable for setting the direction for a complex product and ensuring that it achieves business outcomes and financial objectives. Monitor business, market, and technology trends to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions. Proactively integrate relevant AI capabilities into the product roadmap. Define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for the product to measure its performance and contribution to business goals and strategy. Customer-Centricity Establish a clear and aspirational vision for the end-to-end user experience across all touchpoints and product lines. Proactively identify emerging trends and market shifts to inform the long-term product roadmaps and maintain a competitive advantage. Define and track KPIs and use this data to inform product iterations. Product Lifecycle & Portfolio Mgmt. Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for a complex product or products in a portfolio and influence the long-term product strategies and roadmaps of related products. Identify new opportunities for innovation and growth. Identify and capitalize on emerging market trends and technologies to shape the future of the industry and to create new opportunities for the company. Stakeholder Collaboration Move beyond team collaboration to orchestrating a broader ecosystem of internal teams, external software vendors (SaaS), and academic partners through integrated platform strategies and robust API management. Influence a wider range of stakeholders, including senior leadership and key external partners. Team Leadership & Development Identify and lead initiatives to improve the product management team's processes, tools, and best practices. Coach other product managers and team members on effective stakeholder communication and collaboration techniques. Actively contribute to a strong product culture by advocating for customer-centricity, data-informed decision-making, and continuous learning. Performance & Optimization Focus on the long-term growth and strategic performance of a complex product or a significant area of the business. Connect product performance to broader business outcomes and guide the optimization strategy. Financial & Resource Mgmt. Develop multi-year financial forecasts and strategic plans for the product area in collaboration with operation leads and other product managers. Strategically allocate resources across multiple product teams or initiatives to ensure alignment with the broader business .