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The Position
A healthier future. That’s what motivates us to innovate. Continuously promote science and ensure that everyone has access to the health care they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.
As a Medical Partner, you are a trusted, externally focussed, scientifically grounded partner within our customer engagement model. By building and maintaining deep and trusted connections with key customers over a meaningful period of time, you will generate impact by anticipating and proactively optimizing medical practice, and ensure that Roche is a preferred partner in our key disease areas.
The Medical function serves as a critical engine of competitiveness to ensure our innovations reach their full potential for patients with an end to end perspective. The role of the Medical Partner is designed to maximize local and cross-country medical and scientific activities to accelerate the delivery of our pipeline, differentiate our portfolio based on data, drive strategic advocacy, community engagement, medical practice adoption, and access to our portfolio by proactively capitalizing on "Moments that Matter" across the asset lifecycle.
About the Opportunity:
- Serve as the definitive therapeutic expert within the Immunology squad, driving clinical differentiation, guiding pipeline/portfolio strategy, and co-creating integrated business plans to communicate product value across the product lifecycle.
- Spend the majority of your time engaging with Therapeutic Area Experts (TAEs), physicians, and healthcare partners to build peer-to-peer relationships, anticipate clinical trends, and optimize patient care.
- Partner closely with Patient Associations and cross-functional teams to systematically capture clinical, scientific, and patient insights from advisory boards and field interactions, translating them into strategic recommendations.
- Deliver high-quality, non-promotional medical education, robust scientific data, and direction for medical information inquiries—including human-in-the-loop oversight for AI-generated clinical content—to build clinical confidence and continuously train internal teams.
- Collaborate with internal Access stakeholders to map key clinical investigators, actively shape the healthcare ecosystem, and engage with auditors, ANS, and CONITEC to support HTA submissions, articulate clinical value, and secure patient access.
- Safeguard our license to operate by ensuring all medical activities, materials, and engagements strictly adhere to GCP, GVP, and local regulatory standards, partnering with Regulatory Affairs for compliant, rapid product approvals.
- Design and implement localized Integrated Evidence Plans (IEPs) utilizing real-world data (RWD/RWE), investigator-initiated studies, and clinical trial site collaborations.
- Map key clinical investigators and prepare market infrastructure for new molecules and therapeutic indications across the health ecosystem.
Who you are:
- Mandatory Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Natural Sciences (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent). Prior medical background (MD) with specialization in Nephrology or Rheumatology is a strong plus to support talent pipeline development for Medical Leadership.
- Mandatory prior experience in Nephrology or Rheumatology within a Multinational/National Pharmaceutical company, or through active clinical practice as an MD specialist.
- Prior experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, or an equivalent scientific role within high-complexity pharmaceutical environments is a strong plus.
- Proven track record in active field work and cross-market navigation (both Public and Private healthcare sectors), with a focus on mapping and building strategic relationships with Nephrologists and key ecosystem stakeholders.
- Fluent English (mandatory) for active participation in global medical forums (including direct alignment with US and Japan affiliates), driving networking, advocating for local affiliate needs, and co-creating global medical strategies.
- Availability to work in a hybrid model based in São Paulo (3 days/week on-site) combined with active field travel as required by regional stakeholder mapping.
Relocation benefits are not 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.