Global Medical Collaboration Leader

The Position
A healthier future.
It\u2019s what drives us to innovate.
To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come.
Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.
That\u2019s what makes us Roche
The Opportunity
The Global Medical Collaboration Leader (GMCL) is a medical, global, field-based role working across countries and affiliates to accelerate the development and delivery of medicines to patients through effective medical customer engagement across the lifecycle of a molecule/DA.
There are two available positions: Neuroscience and Obesity.
Develops and facilitates relationships and collaborative networks with external stakeholders ensuring Roche is the preferred partner and championing a ONE Roche approach
Drives scientific knowledge exchange with global experts and across scientific networks at global and affiliate level
Establishes and maintains scientific collaborations with key external stakeholders (including patient organisations, scientific societies, academia, policy and access stakeholders)
Identifies and progresses key opportunities for increased collaboration and cooperation and overcomes barriers to facilitate collaborations between customers and the organisation
Engages and educates investigators and site staff to enable and expedite the successful delivery of clinical development programmes
Drives scientific engagement with clinical trial sites to support patient recruitment and retention by ensuring confidence and motivation of site staff across the development programme(s).
Gathers investigator feedback and insights to optimise clinical development performance and customer experience
Discusses and supports IISs, compassionate use programmes and data strategies that support access activities (until release of pivotal data)
Provides real-time insights and ground level understanding of the disease area landscape across countries to better inform cross-functional strategies
Builds a comprehensive understanding of the local environment
Executes insights gathering activities to address knowledge gaps (including advisory boards, steering committees, etc)
Ensures the customer perspective is incorporated in strategic and tactical decisions
Partners with global cross-functional colleagues and affiliates to enhance launch readiness in assigned countries
Accelerates affiliate understanding of the disease area ecosystem and supports understanding and alignment with the global strategy to drive effective affiliate planning and decision making
Acts as disease area champion and advocate in the assigned affiliates
Supports the local implementation of field-based activities of the global medical plan in compliance with all local requirements
Contributes to the high performance and innovation of the Global Medical Collaboration community to optimise customer experience and to evolve to meet the needs of the organisation
Who you are
Required: University degree in science or related field
Highly desirable: Postgraduate degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc, MD, MBA)
At least 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related industries in a global or affiliate role
At least 2 years of experience in a medical/scientific, customer-facing, field role
Desired: Deep scientific knowledge/experience in Neuroscience (especially Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s diseases)
Experience in Medical Affairs, Product Development or Early Development is essential, including understanding and experience of processes and procedures for clinical trial engagement for corporate sponsored and independent supported studies
Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory
Fluency in written and spoken Portuguese (Brazilian) is mandatory
Highly desirable: fluency in Spanish
Passion for Customer Centricity and External Medical Engagement
Strategic skills and system awareness are critical for this role, liaising with teams within Global Medical Affairs, Global Product Development, Global Research & Early Development and Global Commercial functions and country affiliates.
Flexibility and scientific agility to change between disease areas, functional and/or specialist topics according to business needs
2-year fixed-term contract
No relocation budget available for this position.
Who we are
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.
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