Job description

The Position

Legal Operations Specialist

202401-102350

At Roche, the Legal & Compliance team consists of Legal Pharma, Legal Diagnostics, Legal Merger & Acquisitions, and Group Functions, Group Compliance, Group Patents & Trademarks and Group Audit & Risk Advisory. We are helping Roche to seize opportunities, protect and defend our assets, and preserve our license to operate at many levels.

The position

You will join the Legal Operations Team which is focused on Documents/Contracts Lifecycle Management as well as Corporate Matters. This team supports our legal and compliance community and also partners with our internal clients to deliver a high level of customer service.

Key responsibilities

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Legalization and notarization of various documents 

• Supporting the contracting processes (e.g. formatting, finalization of contracts, signatories, repository, search, creation of purchase orders, and handling of invoices)

• Management of dedicated current legal systems and adoption of new applications

• Managing the signature process for various documents

Who you are

Are you someone who values personal development and wants to have the ability to shape your own career? We believe that your job title doesn't define you, but rather serves as a starting point for your growth.

If you can relate to Roche's values, culture, and work ethic, we would love to have you on our team. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about streamlining and optimizing business processes and workflows. A strong customer focus, team player mentality, excellent communication skills, a proactive, results-oriented approach, fluent English skills and a basic German level are qualities that we highly value. While a commercial diploma or equivalent qualification is required, having a bachelor's degree is preferred. Additionally, several years of working experience is expected.

In addition, you:

• … have strong Google Suite and Microsoft Office skills. You are tech-savvy, proficient with technology applications, and enjoy exploring new digital tools and/or programming

• … possess strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• … work effectively, both independently and in a team 

• … enjoy change, are used to working with ambiguity, and can adapt quickly

• … are building trust and strong relationships easily

This is a full-time position (100%), based in Basel.

Please apply until 29 February 2024.

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.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

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 also 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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.