Internal Engagement - Head of Executive Events Experience — Roche

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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 Group Communications (GC) is responsible for creating a lasting positive image of Roche and representing the company's voice on a Group level. We communicate Roche’s strategy and how we deliver on our purpose of “Doing now what patients need next” to Roche colleagues and external audiences. We drive integrated and global campaigns and provide platforms for communications business partners as well as our affiliates to engage with audiences. We contribute to building trust of key stakeholders, to managing Roche’s brand and reputation, and to building a favorable environment for our business. We aspire to be innovative, forward-looking, creative, and courageous, representing a strong, integrated corporate brand and audience experience. We work in an environment where people can thrive, learn new skills, create great things, and have fun together.

The Head of Executive Events Experience is responsible for shaping and delivering high-impact internal engagement experiences that connect executives with employees across the organisation. This role leads the strategy, design and execution of leadership events that bring business priorities to life, strengthen leadership visibility and create meaningful opportunities for dialogue and engagement. Going beyond traditional event management, the role focuses on designing compelling engagement experiences, innovative formats and audience-centric agendas across face-to-face, hybrid and digital channels. Working closely with Senior Leaders and Employees Communications, you will ensure executive events deliver a consistent, engaging and impactful employee experience aligned with organisational priorities.

The Opportunity To excel in this role, you will have the opportunity to make a lasting impact across the following key responsibilities:

• Executive Events Strategy: Define and drive a forward-looking vision for internal executive events that strengthen leadership visibility, support organisational priorities and foster meaningful employee engagement.
• Experience & Format Design: Design internal innovative, audience-centric leadership experiences—including town halls, leadership forums, business updates, strategy sessions and hybrid events—that maximise interaction, dialogue and impact.
• Agenda & Narrative Architecture: Partner with Communications leads to translate business priorities into compelling internal event narratives, agendas and participant journeys that create clear, engaging and memorable leadership experiences.
• Leadership Partnership & Technical Oversight: Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, advising on internal event formats, audience engagement techniques, stagecraft, and delivery to ensure authentic, impactful interactions with employees. Oversee technical execution by ensuring applications are correctly installed on platforms per guidelines, assisting with software upgrades, and providing post-sales/operational support for new parameters and technical inquiries.
• Programme & Technical Leadership: Provide strategic oversight and operational leadership for complex executive event programmes, ensuring excellence in planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, and flawless execution across multiple channels. Lead the installation, configuration, setup, and optimization of necessary instruments, reagents, or technical assets, resolving issues promptly (with occasional standby required).
• Team Development & Certification: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, building capability in e