Roche

Senior Administrative Business Partner

Roche$76K — $141K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of administrative, operations, or project management experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector.
  • Experience supporting senior leaders and management.
  • Strong multitasking capabilities with an ability to prioritize effectively.
  • Collaborative mindset, driving team development and information sharing.
  • Excellent judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information.
  • Meticulous attention to detail in work and communication standards.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and cSuite tools, with the ability to train others.

Responsibilities

  • Independently manage complex calendars for senior executives, prioritizing key business activities.
  • Oversee end-to-end logistics for significant internal events like meetings and award ceremonies.
  • Coordinate and facilitate organization-wide training and program rollouts.
  • Manage sensitive people-related data while ensuring confidentiality and integrity.
  • Handle administrative tasks including contract processing, onboarding, and internal communications management.
  • Plan complex team offsites involving logistics and multi-location coordination.
  • Draft communications on behalf of executives and ensure effective information flow.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment within the CMO.
  • Engagement with high-profile executives and stakeholders across various teams.
  • Involvement in planning strategic marketing initiatives and events.
  • Opportunity for professional growth through exposure to multifaceted projects.
Full Job Description
The Position

We are seeking a Senior Administrative Business Partner to join the Chief Marketing Office (CMO). This position provides strategic, operational, and administrative support to senior executives within the CMO department and across key teams, including 1Marketing, Digital Marketing Office (DMO), Access & Account Marketing (AAM), and Population Health (PH). This is a dynamic role-not a cyclical one. Success requires strong organizational, executional, and communication skills, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to prioritize and pivot quickly as business needs evolve.

Functional Job Responsibilities:
  • Executive & Cross-Team Calendar Management: Independently manage complex, dynamic calendars across assigned senior leaders (including titles such as Senior Director, Executive Director, and Vice President), ensuring alignment and prioritization of key business activities and stakeholder engagement.
  • Event Planning & Execution: Own end-to-end logistics and planning for key internal events, including: Lunch and Learns, Partner Day, 1Marketing Town Halls, Marketing Excellence Awards, CMO and ESMDF offsites, and external CMO engagement activities
  • Training & Rollouts: Support the coordination and delivery of organization-wide training sessions, program and activation rollouts, ensuring smooth execution and engagement across stakeholders.
  • Data & Confidential Information Handling: Manage sensitive and confidential people-related data ( including P&C reports, hiring trackers, Veeva tracking, and people rosters) and future organization strategies with utmost discretion and data integrity.
  • Operational Oversight: d-list management, processing of contracts & POs, new hire onboarding, and internal g-site management as needed


Job Responsibilities:

  • Highly skilled in Google Suite and managing shared team drives and complex scheduling requests, potentially across multiple time zones
  • Advanced knowledge of available Genentech IT systems (ex, cSuite, virtual collaboration tools)
  • Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, often with a high level of confidentiality required
  • Plan large mid-level, internal meetings (e.g., department meeting, large team/committee)
  • Manage scheduling meetings with external business partners. Oversee preparation and post-meeting needs
  • Lead the planning & execution of internal meetings requiring webcasting, sophisticated technology, etc.
  • Independently lead the planning & execution of complex team offsites (involving multiple locations, days, activities, and/or travel needs)
  • Contribute to and assist with agenda and meeting material creation and distribution, flow of off-site events and meetings, etc
  • Attend all internal meetings & assist in note-taking and/or action item follow-up
  • Draft email communications on behalf of manager, team, department, leader, etc
  • Manage departmental gSites, Spaces, websites, newsletters, etc. (collect content, distribute information, oversee maintenance)
  • Coordinate collecting and implementing feedback for communications when applicable
  • Coordinate certain logistics of moves (space management), closely collaborate with the administrative space planning lead
  • Manage candidate/interview process (hosting candidate, collecting feedback, preparing hiring/promotion package for review committee, partnering with Talent Acquisition and Hiring Manager throughout the process)
  • Manage administrative components and logistics of onboarding (ensure new hires have information for orientation, welcome events, new devices, etc.)
  • Manage and plan team building events & workshops
  • Keep up-to-date on available trainings and organize for team and/or other admins in dept
  • Process and manage vendor/speaker engagements, myBuy contracts and myBuy payments, etc
  • Autonomously maintain department org charts


Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • An average of 5-7 years related administrative, operations or project management experience (experience gained in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry is preferred.)
  • Experience working with senior leaders/management
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize and execute tasks independently. May assist in the coordination of workflow among team members
  • Collaborative, initiates and facilitates team development, ensures all relevant or useful information within the team is shared, and works with different functions to achieve the best overall outcome
  • Ability to handle and exercise judgment and discretion concerning sensitive, confidential and proprietary information
  • Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail of own and other's work, communicates and ensures standards for accuracy and detail within the team
  • Based on breadth of experience, skill and strategic context, makes decisions independently and with minimal need of external input/validation
  • In depth knowledge of Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel and Word), cSuite Tools (including gMail, gCal, gSheets, gSlides, Trello, gMeet, ZOOM) and able to provide instruction or training to others as needed
  • Familiarity with the Genentech organization strongly preferred
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience


Relocation benefits are not approved for this posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco is $76,400.00 - $141,800.00. 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.

About Roche

Roche Holding AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. The company also produces a range of diagnostic tests for medical professionals and patients. Roche was one of the first companies to bring targeted treatments to patients. In 2019, Roche had over 100,000 employees worldwide, and generated revenue of CHF 61.5 billion.
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