Global Product Launch and Supply Chain Lead

About the role

The Global Product Launch and Supply Chain Lead manages organization-wide integration initiatives and new product commercialization on an international scale. This role balances 60% operational execution and 40% strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Secures global launch readiness and achieves successful pilot-to-commercial scaling across diverse countries.
• Dedicates 60% of time to day-to-day timeline coordination, volume ramps, and immediate cold chain or regulatory compliance bottleneck resolution.
• Executes multi-year planning in the early stages of the Product Life Cycle to position the network for future readiness.
• Challenges the status quo by introducing new technologies and design methodologies to break down structural silos and foster a transformational leadership environment.
• Manages critical, large-scale integration projects encompassing E2E supply chain workflows, divisional launches, and technical problem-solving across internal manufacturing and external sites.
• Influences internal leaders across the DIA Supply Chain Leadership Team, Finance, and R&D on a daily or weekly basis, and negotiates global design standards with external Logistics Service Providers.
• Manages high-stakes conflicts involving balancing R&D's desire for speed against supply chain compliance or aligning financial cost goals with operational resilience needs.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
• An MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• 8+ years of leadership experience within Diagnostics, Medical Devices, or Aerospace/Capital Equipment.
• A deep understanding of manufacturing and distributing complex hardware systems.
• Proven experience managing global launches for capital equipment and instruments in highly regulated environments, such as ISO 13485 or FDA frameworks.
• A comprehensive understanding of the hardware Product Life Cycle, including manufacturing scale-up, global trade compliance for electronics, and field service logistics.
• A demonstrated matrix leadership capability enabling strong strategic decision-making, navigating global trade barriers, and coaching others through culturally diverse environments.
• Role-models Roche values and VACC principles.

Qualifications

• Ready for the next step?

Skills

• Strategic thinking and execution.
• Global supply chain management.
• Product lifecycle management.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Matrix leadership.
• Conflict resolution.

Benefits

• Rotkreuz, Switzerland is the primary location for this role.

Pay

• Details are provided based on the primary posting location.

Schedule

• Not specified.