Build something bigger than your career

Are you an experienced talent management professional with a passion for fostering growth and development within dynamic organizations? Do you thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments where agility and collaboration are key?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, Join the SOPHiA GENETICS People Management Team as a Senior Manager, Talent Management and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.

Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule allowing 2 days PW home working, collaborating closely with colleagues in either our Rolle, CH corporate office

Our mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

Your mission

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will take ownership of established talent management programs, including performance review cycles, leadership development, mentorship, and internship initiatives. You will maintain and incrementally improve these programs while collaborating closely with HR, business leaders, and external partners to ensure alignment with SOPHiA GENETICS’ culture and strategic goals.

The value you add

• Oversee and maintain existing talent management programs, ensuring smooth execution of annual performance reviews, mid-year reviews, and individual development plans (IDPs).

• Manage and nurture key initiatives such as mentorship programs, internship partnerships, and leadership development cohorts, focusing on continuous improvement.
• Monitor and maintain LMS (Litmos), knowledge management systems and training catalogues, managing vendor relationships and responding to business training needs.
• Collaborate closely with HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance, training effectiveness, and alignment with organizational culture and goals.
• Serve as the steward of talent management philosophy and program frameworks, including employee lifecycle, cultural development, university relations and employee value proposition campaigns, contributing creative ideas and hands-on support.

Requirements

We know that every background is different, but to be best set for success we see you bringing:

• Minimum of 5 years experience within Talent Mangement/Talent Development, with an additional 2 years experience in management or leadership roles.
• Proven track record of driving the delivery of talent management programmes, including performance reviews, IDPs, talent reviews, mentorship, and leadership development
• Direct experience overseeing LMS Platforms, with knowledge of development core learning programmes for employee development, and knowledge management for compliance purposes.
• A broad understanding of wider HR/People Management programmes, including Early Careers/Internships and EVP Campaigns.
• We're open to experience from across industries, but as we drive our journey to profitability you will be comfortable working in agile, fast-moving and evolving organisations. You will also bring a success-orientated and solutions-focused mindset that embraces team collaborations, commercial growth and inclusion.

• As an international organisation, English is a business language and full fluency of English is required. Further fluency of French would be highly valuable as you will collaborate with French-Speaking partners.

Although there may be other additional skills that add value, we define these as the minimum criteria of experience needed to be successful in this role. Candidates without this core experience are unlikely to progress in this process.

Benefits

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

Business recognition and accolades include: 

• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World's smartest companies (Top 50) 
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston 
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package is comprehensive, but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:

• Sickness and Accident coverage through Helsana

• Meal Vouchers at 90CHF PM with our partner cafeteria
• A fun and engaging work environment, with Rest & Entertainment space, full stocked free coffee machine and free fruit/snacks
• Free parking in an easy to access location
• A strong social committee whose purpose is to make SOPHiA GENETICs both enjoyable as well as rewarding
• As our global HQ, you’ll have direct interaction and exposure to senior leadership and our executive team locally

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous 

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.  We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.

At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal

The Process 

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts, or read our AI guide.

‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’

‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’

‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’

Apply now with your CV and any supporting information. 

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilise agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

Starting Date: ASAP (December/January)

Location: Rolle, CH - Hybrid work schedule

Contract: Permanent, full time