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The Opportunity
Our Country Medical Directors drive scientific, medical and clinical excellence and innovation through strategic leadership, strong cross-functional interactions and continuous engagement with the scientific community and key health care ecosystem stakeholders and as a consequence we should see accelerated adoption of our transformative medicines as standard of care. CMDs ensure medical compliance and superior patient outcomes while fostering a high performance culture and continuous professional development of the Medical team.
As part of the affiliate leadership team the CMD has a shared responsibility for the affiliate enterprise strategy, short, mid and long term outcomes with an E2E perspective, prioritization and adequate resourcing as well as impactful delivery of the agreed business objectives
Ensure business success through competitive medical strategies built from fit for purpose evidence generation, value demonstration, scientific data positioning and dissemination whilst maintaining integrity and preserve the company’s reputation
Represent Roche and our scientific positions and portfolio as appropriate among key external stakeholders eg. eco-system representatives including politicians, policy makers, scientific partnerships, media interactions, patient advocacy, other pharma companies (individual or association). It is understood that for selected key customers the CMD serves as the primary point of contact with the ambition to drive positive healthcare system changes and where feasible earlier adoption of our transformative medicines
Act as a role model mastering our Leadership framework and ensure medical team members work effectively cross-functional for the benefit of the pipeline and on-market portfolio centered on patients and anchored in our innovation & science
Establish and maintain highest medical and scientific rigor in all areas, particularly in our current 5 Therapeutic Areas and 11 Diseases with E2E leadership
Build scientifically sound medical teams capable of making portfolio differentiating decisions that translate into clinical practice adoption and broad access to our portfolio in full alignment with country opportunities and challenges
Ensure medical and scientific contribution to the development of competitive and differentiating local and global strategies and appropriate locally adapted execution of tactics across the entire life cycle of our portfolio - overall balancing rigor and speed
Enhance local and cross-country scientific activities to accelerate advocacy, community engagement, clinical adoption and access to our portfolio
Support and foster integrated Outcome-based customer experience based on customers needs informing scientific and medical interventions that catalyze clinical practice adoption and advocacy
Who you are
Medical degree highly recommended. Other Healthcare Professionals (e.g., PharmD) or candidates with a human-centered scientific PhD (e.g., molecular biology) and relevant experience may be considered.
Solid understanding of pharmaceutical business with profound Medical Affairs experience including medical scientific and strategic aspects of drug development and commercialization and Medical Compliance.
Broad experience leading multidisciplinary teams
Expertise in digital health is a plus
Understanding of the local health care system, incl. regulatory and payer
Forward thinking and innovative
Ability to work across organizations at all levels
Functional competencies, including but not limited to organization, prioritization and planning skills, negotiation skills, communication & presentation skills
Ability to operate successfully in a matrix environment with shared accountability and responsibilities
Business and financial acumen
Excellent command of both written and spoken English with strong communication
This position may be elegible for relocation benefits
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.