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

Roche Digital Technology (RDT) for People & Culture (P&C) acts as the "Capability Factory" for Roche. We are a team of business-minded technologists who play "offense"—moving beyond supporting systems to architecting a high-performance digital chassis. We aim to amplify human potential by creating a zero-effort, intelligent ecosystem where technology simplifies complexity and empowers every Roche employee to do their best work.

The Workforce area drives Roche’s operational excellence across People, Finance, and Compliance. We manage everything from Payroll and People Relations to the technical architecture for Total Rewards. Our goal is to transform transactional HR into an invisible, zero-effort experience—combining rigorous global compliance with intelligent, automated systems to deliver a stable, high-value service ecosystem.

Disclosure Note: The position is open on a fixed-term basis for 3 years.

The Opportunity

The Technical Systems Administrator for Payroll, Time, Benefits and other rewards systems, takes ownership of ambiguous tasks, challenges the status quo, and acts as a technical mentor while fostering strong collaboration across teams. In this role, you will lead small to medium initiatives, prioritize effectively with stakeholders, and maintain a "bigger picture" view of how various components align with the overall strategy. You will analyze complex business problems to recommend automated solutions, identify and implement process improvements, and optimize system configurations for peak efficiency. By developing comprehensive test strategies, leading cross-functional teams, and designing system integrations, you will leverage a deep understanding of the broader technical landscape to drive high-quality outcomes.

• Scope & Problem Solving: Takes ownership of ambiguous, unowned tasks and drives small-to-medium initiatives at the project or squad level. Challenges the status quo, fosters collaboration, and designs/implements automated system solutions, integrations, and process improvements.

• Stakeholder Management: Prioritizes effectively and maintains a big-picture view to align technical components with broader product goals.

• Impact & Strategy: Mentors team members, aligns development with global strategy, and actively shares knowledge through talks, internal events, and cross-functional initiatives.

• Complexity & Scale: Operates at the product or site level to shape technical decisions, improve ways of working, and lead cross-functional teams.

• Business & Technical Expertise: Leverages broad technical knowledge to drive innovation while maintaining high engineering quality.

• Daily Responsibilities: Supports and optimizes rewards systems through process analysis, interface implementation, testing/QA, incident management, configuration, and technical consulting.

Who you are

• Initiative & Leadership: Proven track record of owning ambiguous tasks, driving small-to-medium projects, and leading cross-functional teams to solve complex issues.

• Technical Strategy & Execution: Deep knowledge of the broader technical landscape, with expertise in designing automated solutions, system integrations, and optimized configurations.

• Problem Solving & QA: Strong analytical skills to streamline business processes, challenge the status quo, and develop comprehensive test strategies and plans.

• Mentorship & Collaboration: Experience acting as a technical mentor, driving internal knowledge-sharing events, and navigating diverse group dynamics.

• Stakeholder & Strategic Alignment: Excellent communication skills to manage stakeholder priorities and align technical decisions with overarching business goals.

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). 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.