Access Engagement Leader

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Who We Are

At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are bold in both decision and action - we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work every single day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.

Role Purpose

As the Access Engagement Leader in Diagnostics Global Access & Policy (GA&P) you will be part of the Access Engagement Chapter, accountable for enabling affiliates access readiness for prioritized areas to accelerate commercial success now and in the future. You will do this by providing support and capabilities to overcome the main access challenges in key disease areas, by supporting affiliates in developing plans to address their above-disease areas access challenges and by building a strong global-regional-affiliates access interface and community that catalyze learning sharing

You will be responsible to

• Act as catalysts and coach for regional and affiliate implementation of global market access strategies for prioritized on-market and launching products by:

  • identifying key access gaps and access clusters to tailor global access strategies to different local needs in collaboration with global and regional partners

  • supporting regions and key markets in the launch implementation of MV prioritised launches to accelerate time to reimbursement

  • coaching regions and affiliates on appropriate product positioning, access ambition and continuous guidance for regional and affiliate execution

  • partnering with regions and key affiliates to unlock market access opportunities for key on-market priorities

  • being an active member of GA&P PODs and global and regional teams by sharing access insights and supporting integrated strategy development for on-market priorities

  • leveraging and initiating communities of practice ensuring to connect the relevant subject matter experts to help to identify and tackle common needs

  • Create a framework that enables an efficient transfer and delivery of global strategies to regions and affiliates and architect a system for which the voice of affiliates is embedded in the creation of high impact global access strategies

  • Support regions and affiliates to identify and address above brand access barriers by building plans and networks that aim for the creation of sustainable Health Care Systems

  • Understand local needs for access capability building and lead projects to address

  • Catalyze learning, sharing and collaboration through the Access community

  • Support regions and affiliates to address above brand and brand related access barriers, providing strategic direction when needed and leveraging and initiating communities of practice ensuring to connect the relevant subject matter experts

  • Tailor and support piloting and roll out of global access and policy initiatives leveraging the OneRoche approach

  • Engage local senior management to catalyse access resources and initiatives

  • Actively contribute to continuous improvements within the Global Access and Policy department

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business, finance, economics, health economics, life sciences, public health, public policy, marketing or a related discipline; MBA or other Graduate or higher-level Degree in science, business or a related discipline is preferred

• 6 or more years of access experience in the diagnostic /pharmaceutical or related industry. Multidisciplinary experience working in a variety of functions within and beyond Access is preferred

• Significant experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a matrix team environment; strong, existing relationships with key healthcare systems, decision-makers and influencers; significant consulting/project work experience in access is strongly preferred

• Mix experience at both affiliate and global levels preferred

• Ability to work in a matrix organization and lead diverse teams to achieve common goals with a track record of effective strategic decision-making.

• Capabilities to deliver impactful messages / strategic recommendations to a broad range of stakeholders internally and externally.

• Broad access knowledge combined with strategic thinking and strong business acumen

Capabilities:

• Excellent communication skills, relationship building, networking and influencing skills

• Cultural and organizational agility

• Effective decision making

• Cross-functional leadership

• Agile leadership skills (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) to motivate and lead a diverse multicultural team is essential

• Entrepreneurial mindset

• Ability to see the big picture and give strategic direction as well as to provide more granularity when exchanging with a wide range of access experts.

• Eager to co-create GA&P to enable our ambition: Double patient access to novel, high-medical-value diagnostics solutions

• Highly motivated, self-organized and self-driven

• Growth mindset

• Fluent in written and verbal English

Leadership Skills:

• You are also responsible for building, and then providing effective matrix leadership for a Global / Regional team with global reach. Doing so in a manner that is consistent with the Roche Values and leadership capabilities. You will seek to inspire and lead a cross functional team to create transformative access solutions, and to influence their prioritization and uptake in the wider organization, in order to ensure to sustainably to the Roche Diagnostics Vision and 10-year ambition

The Global Access Engagement Leader is expected to demonstrate the Roche Operating Principles and contribute to the Roche Group. The Roche Operating Principles are:

• Put patients first

• Follow the science

• Act as one team

• Embrace differences

• Accelerate learning

• Simplify radically

• Make impact now

• Think long term

At the Company's discretion, an exception to the location requirement could be made under extraordinary circumstances.

As this position is a global role, international business travel will be required depending upon the business location of the successful candidate and ongoing business project activities.

Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

Locations: Primary: Rotkreuz (CH)

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here .

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.