Position Overview
Reporting to the Head of Product Development/Chief Medical Officer, the Global Head of Product Development Medical Affairs (PDMA) will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the development and execution of the Global PDMA strategy. This strategy encompases all of Roche’s therapeutic disciplines; Oncology, Immunology/Infectious Disease, Neuroscience & Rare Disease and Established Brands; as well as oversight or critical interfaces with overarching frameworks e.g. Personalized Healthcare (PHC), Customer Engagement and Patient Partnerships.
This role will provide agile leadership, guidance, direction and framing as a Visionary, Architect, Catalyst and Coach (VACC). S/he will lead and empower their team to achieve their objectives in a culture of curiosity, accountability, innovation and co-creation. S/he will act as a key integrator, approaching work from an outcome-based rather than a functional perspective. S/he will display strong transformational and mobilizing leadership skills to inspire people to do their best work, constructively challenge the status quo and be committed to our cultural evolution. Lastly, s/he will relentlessly focus on meaningful outcomes for patients and societies, putting the patient first in all arenas.
This role acts as a strategic partner to the Global Commercial franchises, providing high-quality medical expertise with the objective of meeting Roche’s scientific, ethical, regulatory, compliance and business objectives. This leader will also drive medical excellence globally and ensure Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) compliance. The Global Head of PDMA will serve as a company ambassador to global scientific & medical communities and key decision makers worldwide.
S/he oversees a leadership team of ~10 Medical Affairs leaders within a total organization that is greater than 350. Oversight includes all aspects of Global Medical Affairs with a patient-centric focus on medical advancements and general healthcare ecosystem evolution.
S/he is responsible for external medical relations and develops and executes strategies to ensure Roche’s scientific voice is heard in key external professional, scientific, governmental, industry and patient advocacy forums, as well as develops scientific and medical alliances strategies for Roche globally.
The Global Head of PDMA also collaborates with Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance and the Commercial leadership to ensure proper conduct of patient-oriented activities ex-US, with particular attention to ensure patient support programs, scientific publications, to navigate product issues and mitigate risk.
This is a key role in the company, based in Basel, Switzerland. The role is a member of the Roche Global Pharma Development Leadership Team, as well as a member of Roche Global Product Strategy Leadership Team.
Primary Responsibilities
Professional Experience and Requirements