ICS Software Engineering Expert - Pharma Medicines TechOps

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 ICS Software Engineering Expert takes ownership of ambiguous tasks, challenges the status quo, and acts as a technical mentor while fostering strong collaboration across teams in the domain of Operational Technologies for Pharma manufacturing. 

In this role, you will lead small to medium initiatives, prioritize effectively with stakeholders, and maintain a "bigger picture" view of how various components align with the overall strategy. 

You will analyze complex business problems to recommend technical solutions, identify and implement technology  improvements, and optimize system configurations for peak efficiency. 

By developing comprehensive test strategies, leading cross-functional teams, and designing system integrations, you will leverage a deep understanding of the broader technical landscape to drive high-quality outcomes.

Description of the area

Job Responsibilities

• Scope / (Content Leadership) & Accountability/Problem Solving: Takes ownership of ambiguous tasks and topics in the "grey zone" (where there is no defined owner) and successfully drives small to medium (S/M) initiatives at the project, squad, or product level. Challenges the status quo, skillfully navigates group dynamics in diversified settings, and fosters good collaboration, coaching, and mentoring. Analyzes complex business problems to recommend technical solutions, identifies technical  improvements, optimizes system configurations, and designs and implements system integrations.
• Stakeholder Management: Prioritizes and communicates with stakeholders effectively. Maintains a bigger picture view to thoroughly understand how various technical components fit into the overall product strategy and goals.
• Impact/Strategy: Acts as a technical mentor and aligns development plans with the global strategy. Actively gives speeches and shares knowledge in internal events (e.g., DevOps Days, Tech Talk, Tech Live). Engages in the organization of knowledge-sharing events and gets involved in initiatives or tasks reaching outside of the regular project scope.
• Complexity / (Product Size): Operates at the Product or Site level, making a direct impact on the technical decisions within the product and the ways of working of other chapter members. Leads cross-functional linked teams to address business or systems issues.
• Business / Technical ability: Possesses a deep understanding of the broader technical landscape beyond the specific component being worked on. Formulates and implements technical strategies aligned with organizational objectives, and invests time and energy in initiatives that boost creativity and innovation while maintaining the highest engineering quality.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

• Demonstrated experience taking ownership of ambiguous tasks, acting as a technical mentor, and successfully driving small to medium initiatives at the project or product level in the domain of ICS - Industrial Control Systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional linked teams to solve complex business or systems issues.
• Proven track record of engaging in knowledge-sharing initiatives, speaking at internal technical events, and navigating group dynamics in diversified settings.

Technical Skills

• Strong capability in analyzing complex business problems and recommending, designing, and implementing automated system solutions and integrations.
• Expertise in optimizing system configurations and settings for efficiency and performance.
• Proficiency in developing comprehensive test strategies and plans.
• Deep understanding of the broader technical landscape beyond immediate components, with the ability to formulate and implement technical strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
• 3 years of experience with event-driven architecture (EDA) in the pharma gxp manufacturing context including MQTT Message broker or other similar relevant IT and OT technologies such as containerization of OT application.
• 2 years experience in Industrial process and building automation, robotics, pharma OEM, batch manufacturing .

Additional Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to challenge the status quo and propose innovative process improvements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of prioritizing effectively and maintaining a "bigger picture" view of how technical components fit organizational goals.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate difficult concepts and influence stakeholders to adopt different perspectives.
• Proactive mindset to identify opportunities to enhance value, improve existing solutions, manage technical debt, and lead teams in identifying innovative solutions.
• With a global team and the main stakeholders in NALA and EMEA the position requires regular availability for meetings outside of standard business hours
• Availability to travel up to 20% of the time

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.