Senior Manager, Giving & Social Impact

The Opportunity: 

The Senior Manager role will be a generalist position that supports all Giving & Social impact workstreams, from health policy to grant management. These team members will not specialize in one specific workstream and instead will provide support based on the workload at the time. These team members will report to the Head of Giving and Social Impact, who will help them prioritize and allocate their time appropriately based on GSI team needs.

There are TWO Openings for this Senior Manager Posting

This position is based at Genentech’s South San Francisco headquarters, OR Washington DC office;

Relocation benefits are NOT offered on this posting.

Primary Responsibilities & Activities:

• Grant Application Process: Execute the grant application and selection process, including creating grant applications and supporting materials.

  • Create grant applications and supporting materials. 

  • Enter grant data in the grantmaking system and review grant data to address coding questions. 

  • Assist in evaluating grant applications 

  • Monitor the performance of grants and implementation strategies

  • Organize meetings with prospective grant partners, program advisors, and other relevant stakeholders

• Health Policy Execution: Implement health policy strategies in coordination with relevant teams.

• Cross-Team Coordination: Collaborate with teams across Genentech to support grant-making and health policy efforts.

• Reporting and Analysis: Manage internal reporting systems, perform data analysis and quality control, and track grant progress, metrics, and insights to inform future portfolio direction.

• Communication: Handle routine inquiries from applicants, grantees, and Genentech staff. Work with senior leaders to support external and intra-Genentech communications.

• Meeting Participation: Engage in GSI, EA, and GNE-wide meetings, cross-department committees, training programs, and other tasks.

• Professional Development: Participate in professional development opportunities to stay current on professional skills, field developments and compliance requirements.

Work Arrangements: 

• Report to the Head of Giving, who will evaluate and distribute workload across the GSI grantmaking portfolio.

Who you are

PLEASE NOTE: If you believe you meet the minimum qualifications (marked as required) to do the work we have described here, and if you are excited about the work, we encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you meet every preferred qualification (marked as preferences). We recognize that some candidates will consider applying for these roles only if they meet all preferred and minimum qualifications. Others will apply simply if they believe they generally fit the profile of someone in this role. We aspire to represent and meet the expectations of the communities we serve and are eager to have a diverse pool of candidates and challenge ourselves to find new and better ways of doing the work that we do. Thank you.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of related/relevant experience 

• Subject matter expertise with 6-8 years in corporate philanthropy and strategic grantmaking

• Foundational understanding of business priorities 

• Experience managing and evaluating small to mid-size budgets and well-scoped projects with limited complexity

• Leads with integrity and passion for goals that drive Genentech’s giving and delivering the greatest impact to patients and Genentech 

Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced degree with 6 years of equivalent work experience.

Skills & Competencies: 

Strategic Agility & Innovation

• Leads, envisions, and architects innovative strategies that drive broad portfolio-level (vs. individual grant or program-level impact

• Strategic leader and dynamic systems thinker with excellent ability to distill data and input from disparate sources, industry and competitor trends, enterprise / business contexts to develop strategies that drive change at scale

• Proactively seeks ways to prioritize and simplify, challenge the status quo, introduce new ideas that strengthen the impact of the work, and lead with curiosity.

• Creative thinker and agile mindset, striving for continuous improvement and evolution of investments and programs to adapt to changes in the internal and external environment.

• High ethical standards and integrity; strong humility and discretion; comfort and commitment to operating in a highly regulated environment

Influencing, Partnering & Leadership

• Exceptional ability to partner, counsel, negotiate for alignment, drive collaboration and influence without authority across all levels and with diverse audiences by demonstrating authenticity, cultivating trust, identifying collective opportunities and driving toward successful outcomes 

• Proven ability to communicate concisely and translate complicated topics into lay language relevant across a variety of audiences

Decision Making, Problem-Solving, and Managing Change

• Leads team to prioritize effectively to focus efforts that drive the most value and demonstrates flexibility and willingness to pivot, flow resources, and adapt to the changing needs of the business.

• Highly skilled in taking on new challenges, navigating ambiguity, and striving for clarity, with consistently demonstrating an acumen for sound judgment and strategic thinking in complex decision-making

Travel may be required.

There are TWO Openings for this Senior Manager Posting

This position is based at Genentech’s South San Francisco headquarters, OR Washington DC office;

Relocation benefits are NOT offered on this posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, California $137,200/yr to $254,800/yr.  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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