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The Position
Sustainability is part of Roche’s DNA. Our medicines and diagnostics solutions are a critical part of our contribution to a healthy society. For decades, protecting the environment has been part of our history and we believe that sustainability means much more. It is integrated into Roche’s corporate vision, values, operating standards and guidelines. To learn more about our long-term sustainability commitments, please visit https://www.roche.com/about/sustainability .
As the Head of Sustainability Reporting , you will build and lead a high-performing team that shapes, executes, and elevates Roche’s global sustainability reporting architecture, strategy, and disclosures. This includes the development, production and oversight of the annual sustainability report, the development of a sustainability dashboard, tracking internal performance, generating data-backed insights for the CSO and other stakeholders that inform decision making (e.g.: investment decisions, fact based policy dialogues, commercial differentiation).
Reporting to the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), you will foster an inclusive, growth-oriented environment for a multidisciplinary team spanning project management, governance, technical regulatory compliance (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB), executive dashboarding, and external ratings (e.g., ATMi).
This role combines strong people management skills with strategic vision and technical reporting expertise. You will ensure Roche’s sustainability report and disclosures align seamlessly with the corporate sustainability strategy, fulfill regulatory requirements, and uphold uncompromising standards of audit readiness and transparency. As the principal voice for sustainability disclosures across the enterprise, you will interface regularly with Group Finance, executive leadership, internal and external auditors, and regulatory bodies—guiding both your team and Roche through an increasingly complex, dynamic reporting landscape.
Who You Are:
Strategic Leadership & Team Management :
•Reporting Vision & Strategy: Define the long-term vision and operational roadmap for Group-level sustainability reporting, integrating double materiality assessment, regulatory requirements, and corporate strategy into cohesive external disclosures (in particular the sustainability report). Translate complex ESG data into strategic leadership insights and decision-ready management information.
•Stakeholder Engagement: Proactively engage, influence, and manage relationships with key stakeholders across functions, business units, external advisors. Serve as a trusted strategic partner to align diverse internal and external stakeholders, build organizational buy-in, and drive smooth execution of reporting mandates.
•People Leadership & Development: Lead, build, recruit, develop , mentor and coach a high-performing global team, create individualized growth paths, foster psychological safety, ensure optimal workload balance and team well-being and build a culture of continuous learning and empowerment.
•Talent Strategy & Succession: Recruit, retain, and develop sustainability and reporting talent; establish clear career progression frameworks, performance goals, and succession plans across all team roles.
•Capability Development & Knowledge Management: Define and oversee the Group-wide sustainability reporting capability development strategy — including structured training programmes, onboarding frameworks, and knowledge management systems — to ensure functional data owners, Corporate Sustainability Strategy Single Point Of Contacts (SPOCs) , and cross-functional contributors maintain the skills and institutional knowledge required to meet evolving reporting demands.
•Change Strategy & Adoption Oversight: Define a change management strategy for sustainability reporting, embedding new processes, controls and data requirements across various business units. Monitor organisational readiness and adoption rates, and intervene in the event of resistance or capability gaps that could compromise reporting quality or adherence to deadlines.
•Resource & Budget Allocation: Oversee the team’s annual operational budget, external advisory, and internal and external auditors relationships.
Regulatory Governance & Board-Level Presentations :
•Regulatory Position Approval: Serve as the final approver of Roche's technical regulatory position papers on ambiguous or evolving sustainability disclosure requirements, ensuring consistency across all Group disclosures.
•Executive Presentations: Serve as the senior subject matter expert for all Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Corporate Audit Committee presentations on sustainability reporting disclosure risks, readiness, and strategic implications.
•Compliance & Assurance Ownership: Bear ultimate accountability for the regulatory compliance of all published sustainability disclosures. Direct the overall relationship with internal and external auditors of the Sustainability Report, taking ultimate accountability for obtaining assurance across Group disclosures. Formally approve the final sustainability statement as compliant with all applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., CSRD/ESRS, SCO) prior to publication.
•Escalation Authority: Act as the senior escalation point when cross-functional data owners or business units fail to deliver data, adopt required methodologies. Escalate unresolved material risks to the CSO and/or Corporate Sustainability Committee as required.
Global Reputation & Influence :
•External Advocacy, Regulatory Consultations & Representation: Represent Roche in high-level external industry coalitions, standard-setting consultations, and peer forums to stay ahead of and influence global sustainability disclosure standards. Lead or coordinate Roche's formal responses to regulatory consultations and draft standards (e.g., EFRAG exposure drafts consultations), in collaboration with Government Affairs and Legal & Compliance where applicable.
•Integrated Reporting Evolution: Drive the long-term convergence of financial and non-financial reporting by fully integrating sustainability insights into Roche’s Annual Report and strategic narrative.
Who You Are:
•Education: Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Sustainability, Law, or a related discipline.
•Leadership & People Management: Deep domain mastery in corporate sustainability reporting or non-financial data governance, including direct experience leading and developing specialized teams within complex, multinational organizations.
•Proven Talent Developer: Demonstrated track record of coaching team members, navigating organizational complexity, managing performance, and building collaborative, inclusive team cultures.
•Deep Regulatory & Assurance Expertise: Expert knowledge of global reporting standards (CSRD/ESRS, GRI, ISSB/TCFD, EU Taxonomy) and extensive experience leading board-level reporting and external audit/assurance processes.
•People & Empathetic Leadership: Outstanding coaching, active listening, and conflict-resolution skills; able to inspire, motivate, and buffer teams during high-pressure reporting cycles.
•Executive Presence & Gravitas: Exceptional capability to brief, influence, and advise C-suite executives and external audit partners with clarity and authority.
•Strategic & Systems Thinking: Outstanding ability to connect technical regulatory details with broad business strategy, organizational change, and global corporate reputation.
•Communication & Fluency: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (required); fluency in German is a strong advantage.
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Who we are
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