At Roche you can show up as yourself embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression open dialogue and genuine connections where you are valued accepted and respected for who you are allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche where every voice matters.

The Position

As a People Relations Partner you foster trusted partnerships by balancing employee experience and company interests contributing to a positive work environment during key moments. You will provide proactive solutions coach leaders for early interventions and maintain a neutral stance to navigate challenges enhancing Roches reputation. The role involves addressing immediate issues while identifying long-term opportunities to improve employee experience. This position supports Roche affiliates in North & Eastern Europe with a focus on Italy and is based in Monza.

Your responsibilities include:

• Collaborating and providing advice on a broad range of people relations matters including policy interpretation and application conflict resolution complex performance management and termination processes and practices

• Work in partnership with Compliance to determine if any support is required for complaint resolution and as a point of escalation for any other complex complaints

• Provide thought leadership to P&C and business leaders on restructures and reorganization and engaging internal and external partners and stakeholders to drive initiatives to conclusion

• Advise on performance management issues that are complex contentious and are determined to carry potential levels of legal risk

• Consult and supportreorganization/transformationsand strategic workforce planning exercises

• Manage projects related to the People Relations key areas of responsibilities (e.g. restructurings negotiations with employee representations conflict prevention) resulting fromglobal/regional/localbusiness needs and participates in cross-organizational reviews of broad-based P&C programs

• Manage the relationship with the local Unions proactively identifying issues requiring information advice or consent

This is the kind of expertise and experience you bring:

• Solid knowledge and experience of Italian labor law and more generally the common principles of European employment law

• Proven experience in an HR or equivalent position with deep know-how in the areas of employee relations and/or labor relations as well as a good understanding of performance management on a global scale

• Extensive experience in leading negotiations with unions and proven experience managing business changes

• Ability to leverage technology and data to generate insights as a foundation for diagnosis recommendations and decisions

• Passionate about creating diverse inclusive work cultures with psychological safety while leveraging an enterprise mindset and strong consultation skills to collaborate effectively across global teams and leadership

• You hold a degree in law and are preferably a lawyer

• You are fluent in Italian and in English

What we have to offer:

• A dynamic market leading company with endless possibilities both nationally and internationally

• A great place to work have fun and in the meantime have impact on patient lives

• Our employees are at the center of everything we do we work in an agile environment where people are empowered

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 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.

Lets build a healthier future together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.