Team Lead Engineering Developer Intelligence — Roche

Full description

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 Team Lead Engineering Developer Intelligence

Roche Digital Technology (RDT) is where innovation meets purpose. As a global team at the heart of Roche, we are a community of business-minded technologists committed to help shape tomorrow’s digital future of healthcare. Our mission is to power Roche through cutting-edge digital technologies, harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence, data, and scalable tech innovations. Driven by purpose and passion, we’re building a future where digital is a core strength across all of Roche, enabling smarter ways of working, unlocking human potential, and driving breakthroughs that truly matter for millions of patients around the world.

At Roche, we offer a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with in-person collaboration. For now, we require our employees to be in our offices on average three days per week . The specific office days may vary depending on business needs, such as workshops, conferences, town halls, team meetings, and other collaborative events.

The Engineering Excellence & Experience (E3) organization at Roche builds the robust engineering bedrock that powers the future of medicine through foundational platforms and AI tools. As the Developer Intelligence Team Lead, you will drive the adoption of cutting-edge Developer AI solutions , streamlining workflows and accelerating software delivery across the enterprise. Join us to champion innovation, reduce developer friction, and empower teams to build high-quality software seamlessly.

The opportunity

• Lead the Developer Intelligence team in providing foundational, AI-enhanced tools and capabilities that empower developers across Roche.
• Own the full product lifecycle, from initial feature requests and project scoping through deployment and long-term maintenance.
• Set clear technical focus and priorities, removing impediments to ensure efficient delivery and high-quality software outcomes.
• Drive team capability development by aligning individual career growth with function-wide engineering goals.
• Manage team health and sustainability by fostering psychological safety, healthy dynamics, and a sustainable, manageable pace of work.
• Partner with Product Managers to co-create technical roadmaps and manage stakeholder expectations through data-driven communication.
• Define success metrics and analyze performance data to identify opportunities for optimizing processes and boosting team efficiency.

Who you are

• Requires 5+ years of experience in people leadership , product/service management, or similar roles, with a proven track record of building high-performing teams.
• Demonstrates deep familiarity with enterprise-grade AI software development, agentic engineering, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Exhibits a lean and agile mindset, with an ability to navigate complexity, build high-performing teams, and drive innovation through servant leadership.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate user feedback into scalable platform features and engage effectively with globally distributed stakeholders.
• Proven ability to guide tools from scratch (POCs) and scale them to thousands of global users, managing the entire lifecycle from new feature requests to maintenance, support, and eventual decommissioning
• Experience managing platform reliability and meeting the SLAs of heterogeneous customers and globally distributed teams
• Strong understanding of software and product development methodologies, with