Early in Career Partner

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

As the Early in Career (EiC) Partner with a Development Program focus, you'll be a key driver in shaping and elevating our global development programs for talents at the start of their careers. Your primary focus will be to ensure our development programs are not just operational, but are state-of-the-art and strategically aligned with Roche's future skill needs. You will act as a strategic thought partner, building and nurturing a community of program managers and participants, while also serving as an internal consultant for new program creation and program redesign. Your work will directly impact our ability to attract, develop, and retain the best early talent, ensuring a robust pipeline for the future.

The opportunity:

• Global Frameworks & Strategy:

  • Lead the continuous evolution of our global development program frameworks, ensuring they are benchmarked against industry best practices and are at the state-of-the-art in early talent development.

  • Analyze program data (e.g., rotation effectiveness, participant feedback, post-program placement rates) to identify areas for improvement and propose data-driven enhancements to program design and delivery.

  • Partner with program managers to effectively implement and standardize global frameworks while allowing for regional and functional customization.
     

• Community Building & Engagement:

  • Create and manage a thriving, interconnected community for program managers across different functions and regions. Facilitate regular forums, workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions to share best practices, solve common challenges, and foster collaboration.

  • Build a strong, engaged community for program participants. This includes creating opportunities for cross-program networking, organizing skill-building events, and establishing mentorship connections to enhance their development journey and sense of belonging.

  • Act as a central point of contact, ensuring clear communication flows between the program managers, participants, and broader P&C and business stakeholders.
     

• Consulting for Program Creation:

  • Serve as the primary consulting resource for the EiC Team and P&C partners looking to create or redesign development programs.

  • Conduct effective needs analyses to diagnose organizational talent gaps and recommend the most fitting EiC solutions. This includes leveraging existing programs where possible and only creating new solutions to meet unique, critical demands.

  • Provide expert guidance on program design, including defining success metrics, structuring development journeys, and identifying the optimal governance model for long-term sustainability.

  • Leverage your deep expertise to constructively challenge and influence stakeholders, ensuring that all program requests are strategically aligned with Roche’s broader talent and business ambitions.

Who you are:

• You demonstrate an expertise in Early in Career (EiC) and talent development strategies, fostering continuous growth and achievement.

• You have strong communication and presentation skills in English, to effectively convey ideas and information.

• You excel in stakeholder management, building strong relationships, and influencing individuals at all levels.

• You utilize analytical and system thinking with a data-driven mindset to derive insights and strategically plan for needs.

• You exhibit innovation, resilience, and an entrepreneurial mindset to navigate ambiguity and drive impactful solutions.

In exchange we provide you with:

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. 

• Excellent benefits: Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. 

• Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days/week on average in Hungary). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.

• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

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Who we are

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.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.