Description:

The Position:
The Vice President, General Counsel serves as the primary strategic legal advisor and operational leader, reporting directly to the President & CEO of Roche Diagnostics. As the chief legal officer for the organization, this role commands the full scope of legal operations, driving legal strategy, managing specialized areas such as employment law and litigation, and ensuring seamless legal coordination across the business. The position provides senior-level direction and oversight for the Legal, Ethics Compliance, and Business & Product Security functions. As a key executive, this role ensures strategic alignment with global corporate objectives while navigating the specific regulatory, compliance, and legal landscapes of the market.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Legal Leadership

Partner with the President & CEO of Roche Diagnostics to develop and articulate a comprehensive legal, compliance, and ethics strategy aligned with global direction.
Provide leadership, oversight, and expert advice to ensure appropriate interpretation and implementation of legal, ethics, and compliance strategies.
Maintain overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and approving changes to methods and practices for assigned legal and compliance business areas.
Act as the Chief Ethics Officer for the company, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards, reducing litigation risk, and improving employee morale.

Functional Leadership & Team Management

Lead and manage a comprehensive legal matrix organization, including direct oversight of the Head of Employment and Labor Law & Site Operations Legal, Head of Legal Development & Strategy, Head of Legal Operations, Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Business & Product Security, and individual Legal Counsels.
Supervise the hiring of outside counsel for litigation and special issues, ensuring legal compliance and comprehensive counseling of management.
Oversee Intellectual Property staff responsible for filing patent and trademark applications and advising management on intellectual property positioning.

Corporate Governance, Quality & Advocacy

Serve as Corporate Secretary, maintaining the official books and records of the corporate entities (excluding Ventana) and overseeing Board of Directors proceedings.
Provide leadership for Health Policy, Federal Government Affairs, and Reimbursement functions to gather intelligence, analyze health policy issues, and maximize reimbursement levels with government and private payers.
Partner with the State Government Affairs function to ensure appropriate registrations and representation of Roche Diagnostics' interests at the state level.
Ensure Quality Policies are understood and maintained; direct quality planning to drive continuous improvements of quality systems to satisfy regulatory requirements (including FDA).

Partner with the President & CEO of Roche Diagnostics to develop and articulate a comprehensive legal, compliance, and ethics strategy aligned with global direction.
Provide leadership, oversight, and expert advice to ensure appropriate interpretation and implementation of legal, ethics, and compliance strategies.
Maintain overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and approving changes to methods and practices for assigned legal and compliance business areas.
Act as the Chief Ethics Officer for the company, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards, reducing litigation risk, and improving employee morale.

Functional Leadership & Team Management

Lead and manage a comprehensive legal matrix organization, including direct oversight of the Head of Employment and Labor Law & Site Operations Legal, Head of Legal Development & Strategy, Head of Legal Operations, Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Business & Product Security, and individual Legal Counsels.
Supervise the hiring of outside counsel for litigation and special issues, ensuring legal compliance and comprehensive counseling of management.
Oversee Intellectual Property staff responsible for filing patent and trademark applications and advising management on intellectual property positioning.

Corporate Governance, Quality & Advocacy

Serve as Corporate Secretary, maintaining the official books and records of the corporate entities (excluding Ventana) and overseeing Board of Directors proceedings.
Provide leadership for Health Policy, Federal Government Affairs, and Reimbursement functions to gather intelligence, analyze health policy issues, and maximize reimbursement levels with government and private payers.
Partner with the State Government Affairs function to ensure appropriate registrations and representation of Roche Diagnostics' interests at the state level.
Ensure Quality Policies are understood and maintained; direct quality planning to drive continuous improvements of quality systems to satisfy regulatory requirements (including FDA).

Required Qualifications:
Experience:

15+ years of legal experience in a broad range of fields.
5+ years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategy across geographically dispersed teams.
Experience in strategic planning, business planning, finance, and operations management.

Skills & Competencies:

Strategic thinking with market acumen—ability to understand market dynamics while connecting long-term vision with near-term execution.
Exceptional knowledge of applicable local, state, and national regulatory agency guidelines, including FDA.
Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire assigned business units.
Consistency in being honest, straightforward, and a trustworthy counselor.
Judgment of character, work habits, and likelihood of success in a complex organization; Willingness to let talented people work with minimal but essential supervision.
Ability to champion quality improvement initiatives and drive a work culture committed to compliance, quality, and customer focus.

Education:

JD or LLM required.
Active license to practice law / Admission to a state bar (strongly preferred).

Required Qualifications:
Experience:

15+ years of legal experience in a broad range of fields.
5+ years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategy across geographically dispersed teams.
Experience in strategic planning, business planning, finance, and operations management.

Skills & Competencies:

Strategic thinking with market acumen—ability to understand market dynamics while connecting long-term vision with near-term execution.
Exceptional knowledge of applicable local, state, and national regulatory agency guidelines, including FDA.
Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire assigned business units.
Consistency in being honest, straightforward, and a trustworthy counselor.
Judgment of character, work habits, and likelihood of success in a complex organization; Willingness to let talented people work with minimal but essential supervision.
Ability to champion quality improvement initiatives and drive a work culture committed to compliance, quality, and customer focus.

Education: