Medical Strategy Lead - #183933

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The Position

Medical Strategy Lead

Primary location: Head Office Mississauga Campus - Hybrid

A healthier future. It’s 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’s what makes us Roche.

The Medical Affairs team is at the forefront of transforming medical practice, driving impactful change in healthcare. Through groundbreaking and meaningful medical customer engagements, we optimally translate Roche's scientific advancements into tangible benefits for patients and the medical community. Our primary goal is to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and deep understanding necessary to make informed decisions alongside their patients, ensuring access to innovative solutions across the entire lifecycle of innovation.

The Opportunity

We are seeking individuals who bring diverse experiences to help us grow our capabilities at Roche and make a collective difference for patients. Our external healthcare system is becoming increasingly complex, and we strive to go beyond our medicines to address the challenges faced by patients and caregivers on a daily basis. As a Medical Strategy Lead, you will play a meaningful role in leveraging your scientific expertise to integrate these solutions into the healthcare system for both present and future needs.

• Accountable to ensure the external scientific communication strategy is integrated into the overall strategy as a strategic partner to the business
• Collect, analyze and integrate data and insights from the Canadian health care system into the overall strategy at both a national and global level
• As part of the local team contributes at a leadership level identifies and prioritizes local evidence generation needs that support local and global evidence generation plans
• Accountable to provide strategic leadership into the overall integrated strategy through developing the medical components of the plan
• National stakeholder engagement strategy and execution with a focus on scientific/medical exchange on the latest scientific advancements and topics that address external needs
• Leads local late pipeline strategic planning with portfolios that vary from low to high levels of complexity. Contributes to the global pipeline strategic plan
• Contributes to the cross functional impact measures. Accountable for the measures for the outcomes led by medical and shared outcomes with cross functional execution
• Acts as a trusted partner and may be in some cases be a primary point of contact between Roche and external therapeutic experts
• Cross functional collaboration with a focus on the overall medical strategy and execution based on the prioritized outcomes within the integrated plan
• Contribute to the national access strategy and accountable to propose the local program for compassionate use/ pre-approval access
• You are building and maintaining deep knowledge of product, disease and therapeutic (PDK) knowledge of Roche assets and the competitive landscape
  
  
  

Who You Are

• You hold a University Degree in a Science Based Program (PhD, MSc, MD, PharmD, Biomedical, allied Health)
• You possess 5+ years of proven experience in life sciences or health care system sector
• You have a robust understanding of pharmaceutical drug development, medical affairs strategies and relevant processes (eg. GCP, PV, Industry Codes & Regulations)
• You have a proven track record of developing and leading strategic initiatives that achieve business goals. You also bring experience in guiding teams and effectively influencing cross-functional collaboration in a matrix environment
• You have the ability to travel depending on the business need. May vary from 15 to 30%. (Overnight travel - frequent)
  
  

Preferred:

• You have a grasp of oncology which allows you to effectively collaborate and chip in to strategic initiatives
  
  

Relocation benefits are not available for this 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 Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.