Team Lead Engineering - Content Search and Knowledge Management 2

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 an Team Lead Engineering Content Search and Knowledge Management 2 you will focus on capabilities development of your team members that align with the function’s vision. You will encourage your team to self-define their career journey and seek ways to enable development opportunities in the direction of the journey. You will support them in removing roadblocks and by setting focus in their performance management. You make sure to develop your team with the right skills, healthy dynamics and a sustainable pace. You support the software and/or service delivery as a leader setting focus, removing impediments, managing stakeholders and creating efficiencies in collaboration wherever possible. Description of the area This area encompasses platforms that enable and drive organization-wide adoption of enterprise search by delivering scalable, reliable, and easy-to-consume solutions aligned with real business needs. The role is responsible for leading the continuous evolution of the enterprise search platform through capability enhancements, the development of self-service features, and reusable building blocks that empower teams to onboard and innovate independently. A strong understanding of modern Content Search architectures, its related infrastructure, , including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and applied AI, is required to extend search capabilities toward agentic, AI-driven enterprise experiences. Responsibilities Team Member Capability and Career Development 🚀Focuses on developing engineering team capabilities that align with the immediate project needs and goals and function's overall vision. Encourages team members to self-define their career journey and actively enables development opportunities that align with it. Removes roadblocks and sets clear, achievable performance goals. Ensures the team develops the right skills and healthy internal dynamics to meet current and future challenges. Team Health and Sustainability 🌱Maintains a sustainable pace of work for the team, balancing delivery goals with team well-being. Cultivates healthy team dynamics and collaboration, ensuring psychological safety and open communication. Removes impediments that hinder flow or morale, acting as an escalation point for the team. Ensures team members are equipped with the necessary, relevant skills and that roles are clearly defined. Product and Service Delivery Leadership ⚙️Responsible for co-creating the Product / Service Roadmap from a technical perspective, partnering with the Product Manager who is overall responsible. Accountable for the team's end-to-end delivery of features as part of the product development, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and quality standards. Orchestrates the move to a more mature setup involving Managed Services for Operations Sets clear focus and priorities for the team's delivery work, ensuring alignment with product roadmaps. Actively removes impediments and roadblocks to progress, escalating when necessary to protect the team's focus. Manages and aligns stakeholders' expectations and needs, providing regular updates on progress and risks. Creates efficiencies in collaboration wherever possible across teams and functions. Performance & Optimization ⏫Defines success metrics, analyzes workforce capability trends, and identifies opportunities for optimization to achieve business goals. Translates data into actionable insights and regularly communicates delivery performance to stakeholders and the wider team. Identifies and implements process improvements within the team and in its interactions with other teams to boost efficiency and quality. Financial & Resource Mgmt.📈Supports the development of detailed business cases for new products or significant features. Makes data-driven decisions on how to allocate engineering, design, and other resources to maximize impact and achieve product goals. Manages the team's budget, including headcount, operational costs, and vendor contracts, ensuring financial responsibility.

Education / Experience Bachelor or advanced degree or Business or IT specification 5+ years of experience in people leadership, product/service management, program management, or a similar role, with a proven track record of building high performing teams 2+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated healthcare technology industry Technical & Business Skills Understanding of software development and/or service delivery methodologies Understanding of solution, information and process architecture Ability to create clarity about outcomes generated by teams Exhibits a lean & agile mindset Leadership skills Exhibits servant and creative leadership (VACC) behavior Demonstrated experience building high performing teams Have a keen IT market focus: you are passionate about major trends for the specific discipline Demonstrates an executive presence, strong business acumen, ability to navigate ambiguity, and manages complexity Manages risks progressively and in a way that leads to opportunity Enterprise mindset that can break down silos. Focus on delivery through collaboration, and bringing people together to work towards the same purpose across organizational boundaries. Ability to empower teams and individuals to act autonomously and hold them accountable. Exhibits intellectual curiosity and integrity and has a strong passion for innovation 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.