Executive Assistant to the CEO of Roche Diagnostics

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The Position

At Roche Diagnostics, we're dedicated to transforming healthcare for people around the globe through the development of diagnostic tests, instruments, and digital solutions.

We are committed not only to advancing diagnostic solutions that can support healthcare professionals in making critical decisions for their patients’ health, but also to improving the way these essential tools are integrated into health systems around the world, at a lower cost, while still achieving the best possible outcomes.

In more than 100 countries, we offer the industry’s most comprehensive in vitro diagnostics testing portfolio combined with clinical decision support, consultancy, digital diagnostics, disease management, laboratory automation, and software solutions to provide integrated solutions for laboratories, clinicians, and healthcare systems.

To support the CEO of the Roche Diagnostics (Dia) division, we are looking for an Executive Assistant. In this position you run the Dia CEO office and take on a variety of administrative and project support activities, in support of efficiency and effectiveness. The position is based in Rotkreuz.

Your opportunities

• Daily run of the Dia CEO office and proactively managing a wide range of administrative and project management duties, including meeting set-up and preparation, correspondence, information management, expense management etc.

• Provide annual overview and preparation for Dia CEO activities such as affiliate visits, customer engagements, presentations, fact packs, CEC and board meetings.

• Proactively prioritize conflicting needs and requests by applying agreed guiding principles.

• Support and in some cases lead projects to successful completion.

• Ensuring the right information is available to the Dia CEO and team and is updated, in the right level of detail, at the right time, enabling a smooth workflow whilst maintaining discretion and confidentiality in relationship with all stakeholders.

• May prepare presentation materials for board of director meetings or other key meetings.

• Be a role model for other team assistants and support onboarding of new joiners.

Who you are

You are a business savvy, proactive and solution oriented self-starter who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision. You are able to prioritize and multi-task with an eye for details. You are an open-minded, excellent teammate who enjoys working in multi-cultural and cross-functional teams.

You hold a commercial diploma (e.g. commercial apprenticeship or commercial college) or an equivalent qualification and at least 5-7 years’ work experience in a similar position. On top of this:

• You have strong people skills, you like and respect people and can interact comfortably at all levels of the organization, including the most senior levels of the company; you can represent the Dia CEO to others in this same spirit of respect, approachability and friendliness. You are stakeholder savvy and sensitive to working in an environment of highest discretion and confidentiality.

• You enjoy flexibility, but are also available as needed outside of normal working hours.

• You have very good verbal and written communication skills – fluency in English and German is a requirement.

• You are a strong strategic planner who can work proactively to optimize scheduling for the CEO office

• You have excellent organizational and logistical skills; you're able to easily navigate time zones, manage travel related challenges, support remote event coordination and are savvy with latest communication technologies.

• You have very good Google and MS Office application skills and you enjoy exploring new digital tools.

• You have experience working in diverse and complex organizational cultures and structures and embrace the concept of constantly adapting to support Roche’s Ten-year ambitions.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.