Senior Director, Campus Vision Plan (CVP) Project Management Office (PMO)

Genentech is establishing a new Campus Development Team (CDT) to oversee the implementation of the Campus Vision Plan (CVP) for the South San Francisco campus, including the CVP PMO. We are seeking a vision-driven, strategic, and highly experienced Senior Director to lead the PMO. This role is crucial for strategic oversight, successful execution, and financial integrity of the multi-billion dollar CVP, which serves as a long-term strategy for future capital investments. The PMO function is specifically tasked with CVP Budgeting, Controls, and Governance.

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Director, CVP PMO, will be responsible for:

• Strategic Program Oversight & Execution: As a member of the campus development leadership team the SD PMO will form an integral role in the strategic oversight for significant capital investments related to the CVP, ensuring successful realization of major projects and their sub-projects. The PMO office will be responsible for coordinating project resources across the portfolio to ensure alignment in approach.

• CVP Master Scheduling: Develop, maintain, and oversee the integrated master schedule for the entire CVP, ensuring alignment of project timelines and phases with strategic objectives and milestones. This involves collaboration with senior project leads.

• Budgeting, Financial Control & Forecasting: Develop, manage, and strategically allocate financial resources for the CVP, ensuring rigorous budgeting, forecasting, and cost control across projects. This includes overseeing CDT financial aspects and ensuring fiscal responsibility. Contribute to building value engineering expertise through collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

• Governance & Compliance: Establish and maintain robust governance structures for the CVP, ensuring adherence to company policies, governance structures, and relevant guidelines, including Technical Standards and the Engineering Manual. Streamline decision-making while supporting user input and senior leadership approvals. Provide project oversight management & Roche engineering manual compliance, and support internal audits of the CVP program.

• Safety Oversight & Compliance: Ensure CVP projects comply with all safety standards and regulations, minimizing risks, by establishing and enforcing safety protocols within the PMO's governance framework. Safety team to coordinate site logistics function, and liaise to the internal Site Services Security, Safety Environment and Health (SSHE) team.

• Process Improvement & Efficiency: Continuously evaluate and refine project delivery processes within the CVP framework to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, including developing and implementing data-driven strategies for large-scale capital expansion programs.

• Developing BIM Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive digital strategy for the CVP, including Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodologies, to enhance project planning, execution, and data management, leveraging cutting-edge tools.

• Document Management: In collaboration with the site services document control team, develop and enforce an organized document management strategy for the CVP projects, ensuring the ability to support audits and team members to quickly find records efficiently.

• Working with Procurement: Collaborate closely with procurement teams and strategic vendors for efficient contract negotiation, vendor selection, and adherence to payment terms and contractual obligations for CVP projects, aligning with budgeting and governance standards.

• Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with the CVP, developing contingency plans to ensure business continuity.

• Internal Stakeholder and XFN Alignment; Establish effective communication channels to keep internal stakeholders informed and engaged, fostering strong relationships and transparent communication among departments.

• External Communications: Align with the Site Services and Corporate Communications teams on external, public, union, and media communications. Maintain and provide materials and content throughout the course of the CVP program to provide to these teams in support of their engagements.

• Design Engineering - Provide line leadership and coordination to the subject matter experts supporting the design & engineering functions across the CVP (i.e. Mike Morehead, Malvin, etc.). Drive alignment with international peers with coordinated efforts with Roche engineering council.

• Team Effectiveness: Establish and implement systems and processes to evaluate and enhance team effectiveness within the CDT. Establish applicable Metrics and KPIs to track performance and drive continuous improvement

• Staffing & Resourcing: Execute resource planning for the Campus Development team, and coordinate recruiting (in partnership with People & Culture). Prepare and lead team on-boarding sessions, manage training compliance, access, and off-boarding of team members in company systems (EPP, Cornerstone, etc.)

• Industry Trends & Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and champion best practices, integrating emerging technologies and innovative approaches into project delivery strategies.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering (Civil, Structural, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical), Urban Planning, Quantity Surveying, or Construction Management is required. An MBA or equivalent business management qualification is advantageous.

• Experience:

  • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in site development, construction management, or a related field, with a significant focus on strategic planning and large-scale, complex projects.

  • Proven track record of leading and delivering successful, high-impact campus development projects from conception through to completion.

  • Experience managing large teams of full-time employees, contractors, and vendors.

  • Successful track-record in managing real estate development, campus or urban planning, capital program development, and construction contracting and management in California, preferably in the San Francisco Area.

  • Experience delivering large projects valued at over $500 million or programs valued at $1 billion in aggregate within complex campus environments.

  • Project Management / PMO experience

  • Experience with establishment of Metrics and KPIs to track performance and drive continuous improvement

• Skills & Competencies:

  • Exceptional leadership, communication (written/verbal), and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders.

  • Strong business and technical acumen with expertise in advanced project management tools and methodologies.

  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities, able to anticipate challenges and develop proactive solutions.

  • Strong financial acumen, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and managing large-scale project finances.

  • Highly dependable, detail-oriented, and proficient in coordination tasks with the ability to work independently as a self-starter.

  • Ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement in site development practices.

  • Proven ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

  • Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

  • Ability to implement and manage change effectively in complex and dynamic environments.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.

Location: This is a campus-based role requiring the majority of time on the South San Francisco campus (currently defined as at least 3 days per week). Travel may be required.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $197,500.00 - $366,900.00 USD Annual. 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

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