Jessica Bensch Email & Phone Number

Basel, Bs, Ch

Basel, Switzerland

• I provide leadership for transformation activities necessary for the progressive organizational evolution• I work with multiple teams to continuously evolve the ways of working to ensure realization of business and customer value and also help teams to be high performing• I guide our partners through the agile culture shift. Facilitating change in mindset and behaviors via a range of tools and practices• Train teams on the agile methodologies and oversee the development of agile teams to ensure effective outcomes for the enterprise• I serve as a neutral and objective partner to help navigate roadblocks in the adoption process.• I come with the growth mindset and attitude to make a difference, and a start-up mentality• I have significant team and individual coaching and facilitation expertise• I am able to successfully navigate complex, multicultural and highly matrix environments• I influence & engage towards a common goal through working collaboratively with andthrough others• I coach, facilitate and mentor and able to guide and help people to figure out the right solutions for their challenges• I challenge the status quo when needed

Roche is undergoing an ‘Agile Transformation Journey’ across this almost 100 000 employee organization. As a Transformation Partner, I had 2 roles: (1) I operated in the engagement stream of the Product Development function (5000+ organization) and formed a key part of the enabling team. (2) I also partnered with the Polish affiliate (200+ organization) in their transformation journey.My objective was to understand, get excited about and engage employees in this organizational change, which I (successfully!) achieved through:• Managing stakeholder relationships with countless international clients, leadership teams and work stream leads• Leading discussions with stakeholders on change and employee engagement • Expertly navigating the complexities and politics associated in driving change in a multinational organization • Leading change interventions, and engaging with functional leaders for focus group sessions and workshops

Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland

• Drove the strategic agendas and actions forward for the PDEx Leadership Team and Site Leadership Forum • Proactively identified opportunities and driving change to enhance team performance and become better and more efficient at what we do

Basel Area, Switzerland

pREDi (Pharma Research & Early Development for Informatics) change project, across 5 sites with ~200 employees: • Led the teams and tasks on the organizational change project that made way for the development and delivery of the new pREDi business operating model • Provided strategic support to the Global Head and Leadership Team• Managed internal and external communications, skilfully and sensitively handling challenging staff feedback

Group Audit SAP GRC Change Management Project: • Led the team which implemented the global policy for segregation of duties (SoD) and access controls, the process and SAP GRC tool, involving 140 entities and 600 colleagues• Created Global Roche Policy, with input from multiple stakeholders including business, IT, Group Audit and KPMG • Led the core project team, resolved 130,000 SoD conflicts in year one and met all project timelines

• Managed the end-to-end process and SAP GRC tool implementation for 30+ Pharma companies globally • Developed Best in Class standards of segregation of duties rules across 14 SAP functional areas (200+ controls) • Finalist for the 2006 ‘Global IT’ Award• Performed post-implementation SAP audits with expertise in SAP SD and MM. Monitored results.

• Implemented an SAP R/3 pilot at corporate headquarters• Delivered training and first line support to over 200 SAP end users in Sales and Distribution, Quality Management, Product Planning and Materials Management modules---------Cross-functional Team Leadership | Employee Engagement | Organizational Culture Change Champion | Corporate Trailblazer | Employee Engagement | Senior Stakeholder Engagement | Organizational Effectiveness | Team Leadership | People Management | Interpersonal Communication | Visual Communication | Career Counseling | Advising People | Engaging People | Program Facilitation | Strategy Implementation