As a Scientific Project Manager within Roche Services & Solutions (RSS), you will be responsible for driving scientific projects in collaboration with our Roche pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) organization. pRED translates world-class science into medical innovation through a diversity of technologies and talent located across seven research sites worldwide.

Your day to day responsibilities are:

We are seeking a Scientific Project Manager to support various tasks related to the administration, coordination and management of collaboration with external partners on scientific projects. This is a permanent position and the selected person will be on a minimum 1 year assignment supporting our Roche pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) organization in the field of Neuroscience & Rare Diseases (NRD). Our research and early development activities in NRD center around large and rare indications within four major therapeutic areas: neurodevelopmental disorders, movement disorders, dementias, and multiple sclerosis. The group is looking for collaborative individuals with excellent communicative and coordinative skills to advance the vision of the team.

As a qualified expert, you:

• Assume the project coordination and management of external collaboration for scientific projects incl. setting up of project plan and milestones. Responsible for evaluating milestone completion and monitoring spend
• Arrange scientific meetings, taking minutes, adjudicating comments on minutes, finalizing minutes
• Update and maintain documents on scientific projects (slide decks, websites, spreadsheets etc.)
• Keep track of action items and communication needs related to scientific projects
• Lead interactions with contract management and other Roche internal team
• Ensure communication and transparency with external partners

What can you bring to our team:

• Good understanding of scientific purposes of the supported projects
• Master degree in science studies or related field. Possession of a PhD degree in a relevant field is a plus.
• Thorough understanding of research processes with at least 3 years of experience working in a lab and/or a scientific environment.
• Demonstrated ability to interact constructively with academia and other stakeholders as well as coordinating research initiatives in a complex early research project environment.
• Working experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or R&D is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills - in particular perfect written & spoken English - are a must.
• Proactive and service-oriented individual with strong task-switching abilities and an open and flexible mindset.
• Ability to travel up to 10% with monthly short visits to Basel, Switzerland

In exchange we provide you with:

• A global diverse 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.
• Roche Annual Bonus: Your annual bonus is a financial compensation that varies based on factors such as individual and organizational performance and affordability. Your final Roche Annual Bonus is influenced by your individual contribution, as well as Global Function/Affiliate and Roche Group performance
• Health Insurance: Roche provides medical care to its employees. The health insurance package covers several types of examinations and preventive screening tests. It is possible to have it extended to family members, at corporate rates
• Life/Accident insurance (all Roche employees in Riga are covered by a life insurance package)
• Full salary when on sick leave for the first 9 days
• Eyeglasses settlement: Roche reimburses the cost of eyeglasses needed for sharp sight up to a certain limit
• One time payment options for various events in the life e.g. wedding, childbirth
• Service Awards: We value loyalty with additional holidays and bonus payment
• Work from home: work-life balance is important in Roche culture, therefore various flexible work arrangements, home office options are available
• Great international network and diverse community environment
• Professional development opportunities and access to marketplace with numerous projects implementing agile way of working