Integrated Strategy Leader (Ophtha)
Job Summary
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.
As Integrated Strategy Leader (ISL) you will report to the Integrated Portfolio Strategy Head of Roche Pharma Italy leading a cross-functional team to set the local strategy for the assigned portfolio and ensure its execution.
What Will You Do
- Strategic Vision: Set the overarching vision for your product/solution portfolio acting as the primary strategist for the Disease Area (DA) and the single point of contact for the Leadership Team.
- Squad Leadership: Build lead and evolve a cross-functional Squad without direct line authority. You will define DA outcomes facilitate continuous improvement and co-create integrated strategies that drive both commercial and patient value.
- VACC Leadership (Visionary Architect Catalyst Coach): Coach individual Squad members and the broader organisation to develop their own leadership behaviors inspiring them to achieve their ongoing career development goals while championing diversity and inclusion.
- Business and P&L Impact: Maintain up-to-date revenue and volume forecasting direct strategic investments and define initiatives that support short- and long-term outcomes.
- Ecosystem Collaboration: Collaborate seamlessly with the Global Product Strategy (GPS) community Pharma International (PI) and key affiliates. You will act as the direct interface to global forums to align and execute high-impact work packages.
- Commitment to Compliance: Act as a guardian for high standards of ethics safety and compliance always keeping the patient at the center of your decision-making. Be accountable for the local strategy to commercialize products/solutions in a disease area or other defined portfolio with the goal of bringing value to patients the community the system as a whole and delivering on a bold ambition for Roches business.
Who are you
You are a courageous authentic leader who thrives in a highly matrixed environment. You embrace enterprise thinking co-leadership and team empowerment and you are highly comfortable leading through ambiguity to shape the future of the organization.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Education: Bachelors Degree in marketing business management or life sciences (MBA or relevant post-graduate degree is highly preferred);
- Experience: At least 10 years of multidisciplinary experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry;
- Industry Expertise: Deep knowledge across multiple disease areas different product lifecycle stages and competitive markets. Holistic knowledge of drug development commercialization and healthcare compliance.
- Track Record: Significant experience in customer-facing roles (sales marketing medical or access) with a demonstrated history of delivering strong business results and leading commercial budgeting / forecasting;
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead and mobilize people and systems with or without line authority;
- Communication: Exceptional presentation skills tailored to senior management and external stakeholders;
- Language & Travel: Fluent in Italian and English. Willingness for global travel (up to 30%).
We are looking for someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a rare springboard to many other opportunities at Roche. When applying for this position already project yourself in the future. Think about what could come next and how you would like to build your future.
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A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 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.
Lets build a healthier future together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Company
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel.