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The Position
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.
The mission of the Global Clinical Supply Chain Organisation (PTDS) is to ensure that no patient is left without treatment and no clinical trial is delayed. Our vision is to provide innovative and sustainable clinical supply solutions to anyone, anywhere, at any time. By joining our team, you will play a key role in advancing Roche’s diverse and robust biopharmaceuticals pipeline, encompassing over 100 molecules in approximately 500 clinical trials across seven disease areas in more than 80 countries.
The Opportunity
As our Global Clinical Master Data Specialist, you will serve as the backbone of our clinical supply chain, ensuring that global production and distribution systems run seamlessly by managing the critical data that fuels our operations. In this role, your impact and responsibilities will include:
- End-to-End Data Stewardship: Manage GMP/Quality-relevant master data lifecycle processes, creating and updating Material Masters, Classifications, and business partner/vendor data.
- Production Data Management: Oversee production-related data architectures, including the precise maintenance of Master Recipes, Bills of Materials (BOM), and Production Versions.
- System Integration& Synchronization: Ensure flawless data alignment across SAP R3P Clinical, S/4HANA, APO, and OMP landscapes to fully support global distribution and production planning.
- Lifecycle Governance& Change Management: Lead Engineering Change Management (ECM) workflows and coordinate Engineering Change Requests (ECR) alongside MDGM workflows with global requestors.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Production, Supply Chain, Quality, and Pharma Affiliates to successfully translate operational needs into accurate system configurations.
- Technical& Operational Administration: Act as the single point of contact for master data troubleshooting, while managing system user accounts and roles via the Corporate Identity Management (CIDM) platform.
- Compliance& Continuous Improvement: Oversee Quality Records within VEEVA (Deviations, CAPAs), update SOPs/SPTs, and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to lead process optimization initiatives.
Who you are
You are a detail-oriented professional with a passion for data integrity within the life sciences, looking to make a meaningful impact on global clinical trials. To be successful in this role, you bring the following qualifications and skills:
- Educational Background: You possess a University degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
- Industry Expertise: You have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Master Data Management, with a strong preference for background knowledge in Clinical Supply within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Regulatory Knowledge: You demonstrate a deep, foundational understanding of GMP and GCP guidelines, ensuring all data meets rigorous corporate and industry quality standards.
- Advanced Technical Proficiency: You are highly skilled in navigating and maintaining complex enterprise systems, specifically expert-level knowledge of SAP R3P Clinical, S/4HANA, MDGM, APO, and OMP.
- Quality Systems Management: You are proficient with VEEVA platforms, possessing the ability to effectively handle Deviations, Planned Events, and CAPA Records alongside conducting robust root-cause analyses.
- Interpersonal Excellence& Adaptability: You exhibit high cultural awareness coupled with excellent communication skills, enabling you to thrive independently or collaboratively while staying calm and proactive under pressure.
- Language Skills: You are fluent in written and spoken English, and you ideally bring professional proficiency in German as a significant asset to our global workflows.
Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 89 256,00 and 117 148,50 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role.
This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
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.
