People Relations (Employee Relations) Partner

The Position

Preferred location: San Francisco, CA. Hiring manager is also open to remote candidates.

Our People Relations Community is working in a rapidly changing environment and understands the impact of external and internal factors affecting our people and our Business. Leveraging the OneRoche philosophy and the power of our Global people ecosystem, our PR community succeeds through collaboration and trustful partnerships across Chapters, Geographies and Client groups. We operate with a common mindset and shared values and work together as a Global Community to support one another, working with autonomy but fostering
good working relationships, collaboration, leveraging our combined experience and empowering and developing others.

The People Relations Partner must have deep domain experience in the area of employee relations and/or labor relations. Our PR Partners and PR Advisors create value through trusted partnership, by finding solutions that consider the experience of our employees and the interests of Roche. They are key contributors to positive employee experience in moments that matter and provide proactive solutions to enable our people to focus on our core purpose (unlock greatness). They coach and train leaders for proactive early interventions. They operate on a balanced, neutral perspective to support successful navigation through challenging moments which is contributing to the positive reputation of Roche. Through our network approach we manage local specifics and complexity by
leveraging geographical proximity and cross-divisional capabilities. To ensure that we operate on a common foundation our networks navigate within three regions (APAC, EMEA, AMERICAS) to enable global alignment on our PR strategy and a OneRoche mindset.

The PR Partner balances value creation and value protection activities, harnessing our license to operate responsibilities through our Creative Leadership mindset and ways of working. The PR Partner will be strategically focused and work in collaboration with P&C and business squads to cultivate cooperation based on mutual trust with a balanced, neutral perspective to support successful navigation through challenging moments which is contributing to the positive reputation of Roche. They contribute through a global lens and ensure a fair and consistent approach to all people practices and ways of working. The PR Partner quickly adapts and deals with emergent issues where needed as well as identifies long term opportunities to enhance the employee experience and positively impact moments that matter.

• Security and local Site Services
• Global Advisory Enabling Coach & PR Advisors
• Employers’ associations (if applicable)
• Legal, Compliance, Finance, Communications and SHE both both locally and globally
• Engages with employees and business leaders across the organisation
• External lawyers
• External government and legislative agencies as needed
• Employee Representatives, and co-determination bodies and unions (if applicable)
• IWS Partners
• P&C Business Partner Chapter Community Members
• Other P&C chapters

• Demonstrated ability to leverage technology and data to generate insights as foundation for diagnosis, recommendations and decisions
• Cultivate relationships in a client agnostic environment
• Can recognize compliance concerns and ways of mitigating risk aligning with legal consultation requirements and processes while keeping the rights of the employee and Representative bodies in mind and acts as a link to them
• Highly skilled at having difficult conversations, able to coach and use the creative mindset to help people see a situation differently
• Demonstrated ability to influence with courageous authenticity and build trust with individuals at all levels within the organization
• Comprehensive expertise in risk assessment as well as a strong foundation in the application of employment law in business situations
• Proven ability to advise on business reorganization and restructures acting as a resource to the PR AoP and partners with business leaders to drive work to conclusion
• Ability to effectively communicate impactfully to ensure the respondent understands, has the opportunity to respond/share their perspective and engage in meaningful dialogue
• Resolution skills with ability to negotiate and resolve complex matters, putting specific problems in the context of the larger system
• Demonstrated excellent situational assessment and objective evaluation skills, with an ability to comprehend and translate complex topics and relevant business data into manageable pieces, to then position the topics with strong communication
• Ability to apply technical expertise to resolve a variety of highly complex issues providing unique solutions aligned with business needs
• Lead group facilitation capabilities including storytelling
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple complex issues and highly sensitive PR moments that matter
• Demonstrated passion and ability to leverage digital tools for collaboration, co-creation and sharing across the system

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $127,000 - $270,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.

Genentech requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of their start date. This requirement is a condition of employment at Genentech, and it applies regardless of whether the position is located at a Genentech campus or is fully remote. If you are unable to receive the vaccine due to a disability or serious medical condition, or because it is prohibited as a result of your sincerely held religious beliefs, you will have an opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation.