Country Medical Director

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

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.

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

Your Opportunity

The responsibilities for this role include:

● Act as a role model mastering our VACC 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

● 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

● 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

● Must win countries ensure timely and qualified input to inform and shape global asset and disease strategies including the integrated evidence plans to maximize the value demonstration of our assets across the life cycle, which requires adequate staffing for timely execution and preparation locally and ensure that learning and materials are passed on to subsequent launch wave countries

License to Operate Champion

● Assurance of medical compliance as the local delegate of authority of Roche`s Pharma CMO

● Accountable for appropriate resourcing and qualification of employees in Medical Functions and their adherence to assigned trainings to fulfill our LTO obligations

● Local integrator of affiliate License to Operate (LTO) functions namely clinical operations, regulatory, quality, safety and if applicable biometrics to ensure that affiliate License to Operate functions work coherently and integratively at local level and to cover local and - if applicable - regional accountabilities in line with rules and regulations

● Ensures appropriate risk assessment and issue management in the LTO or Medical Domain via either the Affiliate Medical Compliance Oversight process (SOP-0120364) or via formed fit for purpose cross-functional teams

● Accountable for the appropriate approval process of non-promotional and promotional materials ensuring compliance with applicable local and global requirements. Accountable for the strategic and appropriate provision of medical Grants, Sponsorships and Donations.

● Developing Digital Health solutions locally has a high complexity and compliance risks, thus, the CMD is accountable to ensure adherence to quality standards, rules and regulations. Considerations of the risks, the portfolio fit and/or desired return of investment rests with the affiliate leadership team

Who You Are

The person in this role is a leader that exemplifies VACC leadership, Roche Values, Roche Leadership Commitments and inclusive leadership behaviours. Is a system thinker with deep listening skills and growth mindset, able to learn and unlearn quickly while experimenting and taking smart risks. 

With entrepreneurial mindset and ability to support the organization to make portfolio wide trade-off decisions. has enabler mindset, leveraging internal and external networks to create and maximize value

Highly strategic and customer centric, setting the tone for how networks deliver better outcomes to more patients faster. Can manage high complexity balancing people development, competency building and external leadership.

● Medical degree is required. Board certification in a medical specialty is appreciated 

● Solid understanding of pharmaceutical business with profound Medical Affairs experience

● Understanding of the local health care system, including regulatory and payer environment

● Good understanding of the disease areas set as a priority for the Company and of new molecules, personalized medicine and digital health 

● Understanding of medical and strategic aspects of drug development stages; medical strategies including integrated evidence generation, knowledge sharing and scientific collaborations; medical compliance (GCP/GVP/GMP/GDP), Health Care Compliance and Quality Assurance Management 

● Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to articulate clear messages from complex data/ information 

● Business and financial acumen 

● Fluency in the English language, oral and written is a requirement.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

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.