Service Delivery Coordinator - Hosting Infrastructure for R&D

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At Roche, scientific discovery moves at the speed of computation. In this role, you will sit at the vital intersection of high-throughput scientific research and enterprise-scale platform engineering. As the Service Coordinator for Research and Development (R&D) Hosting Infrastructure value stream, you act as the primary operational partner and technical enabler for our global Pharma and Diagnostics R&D laboratories.

The Hosting Infrastructure R&D Value Stream directs co-engineering and embedded lifecycle support across Pharma and Diagnostics R&D value chain. Acts as the strategic connector and operational shield between central Hosting & Infrastructure (HI) platform engineering teams and the R&D organizations in Roche.

• →Requirements Gathering & Intake: Act as a first-line liaison for R&D stakeholders. Conduct continuous intake, clarify user needs for compute and storage, and translate them into actionable operational requests and user stories.
• →Turn Prototypes into Paved Roads: Contribute to the transition of custom R&D builds into enterprise-grade global catalog templates while conducting service catalog gap analyses, tracking SLAs, and addressing evolving technical needs to prevent architectural drift. 
• →Orchestrate Delivery & Vendors:  Assist cross-functional delivery across global platform teams and external Managed Service Providers (MSPs), ensuring strict adherence to SLAs, quality standards, and user satisfaction metrics.
• →Advance Modern Operations: Partner with engineering teams to promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated delivery pipelines, and live telemetry dashboards (ServiceNow, Grafana) for real-time asset health and cost visibility.
• →CMDB & Configuration Stewardship: Contribute to the health, accuracy, and lifecycle updates of R&D infrastructure assets within ServiceNow (CMDB), ensuring clear visibility into dependencies, lab environments, and technical debt.
• →Incident & Problem Support: Assist in coordinating operational responses to service disruptions, follow up on remediation actions stemming from Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), and ensure procedural documentation stays up to date.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent technical field.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in IT Service Management (ITSM), technical service coordination, or infrastructure operations.
• ITSM Foundation: Practical knowledge of ITIL frameworks (Incident, Service Request, Change, and Configuration Management).
• Demonstrated experience translating requirements into strategic implementation plans and contributing to business planning and forecasting.
• Vendor & Lifecycle Management: Hands-on experience managing external MSP contracts, vendor SLAs, and end-to-end service delivery lifecycles.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent cross-functional coordination skills with fluency in English; ability to communicate clearly with technical engineers and research stakeholders alike.

• Service Management Platforms: Hands-on experience with ServiceNow and ITIL/ITSM processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Release Management).
• Infrastructure Literacy: Familiarity with foundational enterprise infrastructure concepts (Linux/Windows OS, virtualization, enterprise storage, Cloud, container platforms and basic IP networking).
• Data & Reporting: Experience generating operational reports, tracking KPIs/SLAs, or building telemetry dashboards (Excel, ServiceNow reporting, or Grafana).

• ITIL certification is highly preferred.

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.