Digital Innovation Board and Portfolio Lead

Position

Digital Innovation Board and Portfolio Lead

Opportunity

Accountable for the overall effectiveness and governance of the Digital Innovation Board. This role ensures that the digital portfolio is strategically aligned with PT’s organizational objectives, driving transformation through structured prioritization, decision‑making and proactive risk mitigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Vision – Lead the Digital Innovation Board, ensuring the digital portfolio aligns with the PT strategic vision and transformative initiatives.
• Performance Management – Own the digital portfolio and establish KPIs to measure the effectiveness of the board’s practices and use case delivery.
• Executive Reporting – Provide executive leadership with advanced portfolio reporting that focuses on portfolio health, value realization, financial exposure and asks strategic questions.
• Governance & Process Management – Oversee the submission review, change control, and continuous improvement of the DIB process to ensure efficiency and compliance; maintain regulatory and compliance requirements; mitigate risks related to digital governance.
• DIB Framework – Continuously improve the DIB framework and evolve project delivery through standardized project execution protocols on a global scale.
• Resource & Capacity Management – Optimize resource allocation across the digital portfolio, ensuring budget, talent, and technology are strategically deployed.
• Operational Enablement & Capability Development – Ensure availability of training programs on digital governance for employees; drive board effectiveness from intake to sustainment.
• Agentification – Transform governance by embedding AI agents directly into the workflow lifecycle as intelligent co‑pilots.

Who you are

Do you bring several years of experience in leading digital transformations, preferably in the pharma industry, and are looking for an impactful role? We are seeking an individual with a deep understanding of the digital portfolio ecosystem, robust governance frameworks, and corporate compliance. This entails the ability to translate executive vision into actionable initiatives while managing risk and establishing performance benchmarks.

Further competencies and qualifications

• 5+ years experience in leading complex portfolios paired with exceptional executive level communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced degree in Science, Engineering, Business / Economics with a minimum of 10+ years of related experience in leading digital transformation or technology‑focused organizations.
• Solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry with previous experience in quality systems elements.
• Governance & Compliance – Deep understanding of digital governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance requirements within a corporate PT/Pharma environment.
• Value Management – Experience in defining, tracking, and reporting on metrics and KPIs to demonstrate value realization.
• Communication – Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships between executive sponsors, business process owners, IT, and quality/compliance functions.
• Solid understanding of GenAI technologies and their application in PT.
• Proficiency in English is required.

Benefits

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Madrid. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected status.