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About the Role
As our Global Head of Legal Spend Management, you will redefine how our global legal department values, structures, and optimizes external legal services to directly fund our digital ambitions. You will oversee a significant global budget, driving financial transparency, pricing modernization, and tech-driven efficiency across our divisions.
Responsibilities
- Establish centralized governance, real-time analytics, and spend transparency across all global legal and compliance divisions.
- Lead commercial strategy, rate negotiations, global panel management, and the integration of Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs).
- Modernize pricing models by evolving traditional hourly billing into structured Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), capped fees, and outcome-based pricing.
- Evaluate external counsel based on legal expertise, technological maturity, and their ability to pass AI-driven efficiency gains back to the organization.
- Oversee the global rollout, system controls, and mandatory adoption of unified e-billing and matter management systems.
- Facilitate multi-party delivery models that connect internal legal teams, preferred external law firms, and LegalTech/AI software partners.
- Educate in-house teams on commercial management and matter budgeting to shift organizational culture toward data-driven vendor management.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience leading legal procurement, legal operations, or commercial management within a large corporate legal department or top-tier law firm, including deep knowledge of the US legal market.
- Proven track record of managing large-scale global legal budgets and negotiating complex Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs).
- Deep understanding of how AI, automation, and LegalTech alter the economics of legal work.
- Experienced leader adept at driving behavioral shifts, building international teams, and influencing senior stakeholders across business and external partners.
Skills
- AI
- Automation
- LegalTech
- Commercial Management
- Matter Budgeting
- Data Analytics
Location
- South San Francisco
- Basel
- Other Roche locations across Europe
Work Type
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Legal Studies, Data Analytics, or a related field
- MBA, Master's, or Law degree (advantage)
Salary/Compensations
- $185,200 to $343,900
- Discretionary annual bonus may be available
Benefits
- Detailed benefits available at the link provided below.
About the Company
- At Roche, we believe in fostering a culture of innovation, continuous growth, and collaborative impact across our global Legal & Compliance function.
Equal Opportunity
- Genentech is an equal opportunity employer.
- It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence.
- The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
- If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.