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Roche

Global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company

Finance Enterprise Partner Lead - Poland and SECE

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/22/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's, MBA
Warsaw, Poland
In PersonFlex Location permits work from different places in the world for a certain period; primary workplace is Warsaw.
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A

About the job

Requirements
  • Full proficiency in written and spoken Polish and English.
  • At least 7 years of relevant commercial finance or business partnering experience.
  • At least 2 years of proven leadership experience coaching and empowering high-performing teams.
  • A university degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
  • Strong business and accounting acumen, including a solid understanding of GAAP and IFRS, and the ability to guide decisions affecting profit and loss, balance sheets, and cash flow.
  • Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills.
  • Proven negotiation skills.
  • Comfort navigating complex, agile environments and leading organizational change.
  • Understanding of the local healthcare landscape and market dynamics.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, develop, and coach a team of specialists and experts, creating a psychologically safe and inclusive environment.
  • Empower decision-making at all levels and foster trust, autonomy, and collective accountability.
  • Adapt team plans and priorities to navigate operational and resource challenges.
  • Partner with commercial leadership to shape market strategies, business planning, opportunity prioritization, and revenue-generation initiatives.
  • Drive commercial deals through risk evaluation, market analysis, competitor assumptions, and value-based pricing strategies.
  • Support the business and customers in co-creating business models and providing financial impact metrics.
  • Apply financial rigor to commercial proposals and tenders to support competitive and profitable outcomes.
  • Drive profit-and-loss performance, ensure financial targets are met, and advise on corrective actions when deviations occur.
  • Identify and execute profit-and-loss optimization ideas, including upsell opportunities, efficiency improvements, risk reduction, and waste elimination.
  • Balance resource allocation across business priorities based on financial implications and long-term enterprise strategy.
  • Monitor customer and contract performance over the full lifecycle for profitability and outcomes.
  • Build networks across local, regional, and global finance communities to share best practices, use digital tools, and co-create cross-functional solutions.
  • Consider upstream and downstream operational impacts across the broader healthcare ecosystem.
  • Ensure financial control standards and compliance with Internal Audit, Roche Accounting Standards, and local regulations.
  • Manage the license-to-operate function and lead local deployment of global infrastructure initiatives such as ASPIRE.
  • Co-own subregional finance priorities with the other members of the Subregional Finance Enterprise Leads community.
  • Navigate volatile macroeconomic environments to maintain profit-and-loss sustainability, mitigate financial risks, and identify growth opportunities.
  • Foster continuous improvement in internal processes.
  • Champion deployment of automation and artificial intelligence tools to optimize end-to-end processes.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Master’s degree or MBA is preferred.
  • Experience in in-vitro diagnostics, MedTech, or pharmaceuticals is highly valued.
  • Passion for leveraging digital tools, data analytics, and modern technology to optimize end-to-end processes.

About the company

Roche is a global leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. It develops medicines and diagnostic tools that help detect, monitor, and treat diseases, using research and biotechnology to drive new therapies and tests. Roche combines drug development with in-house diagnostic products to support personalized medicine, where treatments are tailored to individual patients based on test results. Its approach differs from many peers by integrating drug discovery with diagnostic capabilities and by expanding its research through strategic acquisitions (like Genentech) to strengthen its biotechnology and R&D capabilities. The company’s goal is to improve patient outcomes and healthcare worldwide by delivering reliable medicines, accurate diagnostic tests, and data-driven care.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Basel, Switzerland

Founded

1896

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What believers are saying

  • Enicepatide delivered 15.5% weight loss in September 2026 and 22.7% in June.
  • pTau217 can scale immediately through Roche's existing lab network and improve Alzheimer diagnostics.
  • Roche's June 2026 data and September 2026 filings signal multiple obesity shots on goal.

What critics are saying

  • Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk dominate obesity pricing, distribution, and physician mindshare today.
  • Enicepatide remains Phase II-only; Roche starts late-stage glycemic and cardiovascular studies in 2027.
  • If enicepatide disappoints, Roche burns its $2.7 billion Carmot bet and loses obesity credibility.

What makes Roche unique

  • Roche combines pharma, diagnostics, and installed cobas labs across 4,500 U.S. instruments.
  • Elecsys pTau217 won FDA clearance on August 24, 2026, and CE marking September 7.
  • Roche controls obesity assets from Carmot and Zealand, spanning GLP-1/GIP and amylin.

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Oct 16th, 2026
FDA approves Roche's Enspryng as first at-home injection for thyroid eye disease

Roche said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Enspryng (satralizumab) for adults with thyroid eye disease (TED). It is the first and only at-home subcutaneous treatment for the condition, and a patient or caregiver can administer it after training. In the Phase III SatraGO-2 trial, 52.9% of active TED patients on Enspryng had a proptosis (eye bulging) response, against 23.4% on placebo. Double vision fell in 60.7% of patients, against 25.8%. The SatraGO-1 trial missed its primary endpoint at Week 24. No new safety signals emerged. TED affects about 155 in every 100,000 people in the US. This is Enspryng's second approval, after neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in 2020. The FDA is also reviewing it for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, with a decision expected in January 2027.

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Oct 9th, 2026
FDA approves Roche's Tecentriq for stage III colon cancer, cutting recurrence risk by 50%

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Roche's Tecentriq in combination with a fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin for adjuvant treatment of stage III deficient DNA mismatch repair colon cancer. This marks Tecentriq's twelfth approved indication in the US. The approval follows the phase III ATOMIC study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrated that Tecentriq plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 50% compared to chemotherapy alone. The 36-month disease-free survival rate was 86% with the combination versus 76% with chemotherapy alone. Nearly 25% of colon cancers are diagnosed at stage III, and almost one in three stage III patients experience recurrence within five years. This represents the first approved adjuvant immunotherapy regimen for this patient population. Roche is pursuing further regulatory filings, including with the European Medicines Agency.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 30th, 2026
Roche's enicepatide shows 22.5% weight loss in 48 weeks, challenging Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk

Roche posted strong Phase 2 results for its weight loss drug enicepatide, showing 22.5% mean weight loss over 48 weeks. This compares favourably to Eli Lilly's Zepbound, which achieved 20.2% weight loss over 72 weeks in a separate trial. In another Phase 2 study, enicepatide demonstrated HbA1c reductions of up to 2.65 percentage points in diabetic patients after 48 weeks, compared to tirzepatide's 2.37 percentage points after 52 weeks. Despite promising results, Roche faces stiff competition from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, which both have deep pipelines in development. Novo Nordisk's CagriSema is nearing approval, whilst Eli Lilly's retatrutide has posted strong Phase 3 results. Roche's revenue grew 6% year over year in the first half of the year to 30.4 billion Swiss francs.

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Sep 30th, 2026
Roche launches newborn screening test for SMA, SCID and sickle cell disease

Roche has launched a newborn screening test that simultaneously detects three severe genetic conditions: Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, and Sickle Cell Disease. TIB MOLBIOL, a Roche subsidiary, developed the LightMix Newborn TREC/SMN1/HBB kit for use in countries accepting the CE mark. The test enables early detection before symptoms appear, allowing clinicians to initiate life-changing treatments sooner. Early intervention can prevent severe nerve damage in SMA, enable lifesaving bone marrow transplants for SCID, and drastically lower infant mortality in SCD through preventive measures. The IVDR-approved test provides a ready-to-use solution that integrates into existing laboratory workflows. It runs on established LightCycler systems, making it accessible for private and academic hospital laboratories across Europe.

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Sep 13th, 2026
Roche's Tam-Peli cuts death risk by 54% in Chinese SCLC trial, global phase III studies planned

Roche's collaborator MediLink has announced positive phase III results for tambotatug pelitecan (Tam-Peli) in Chinese patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer. The TAISHAN-302 trial showed Tam-Peli reduced the risk of death by 54% compared to topotecan, with median overall survival of 13.3 versus 9.4 months. The antibody-drug conjugate also demonstrated superior progression-free survival (7.4 versus 2.8 months) and objective response rates (59.1% versus 9.7%). China's National Medical Products Administration has accepted the New Drug Application for filing. Roche is developing and commercialising Tam-Peli outside mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, with plans to rapidly initiate global trials. The therapy has received Breakthrough Therapy Designations from both the US FDA and China CDE for relapsed small-cell lung cancer.