Country Medical Director

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.

The Position

As the Country Medical Director (CMD) you are the local delegate of authority for Roches Pharma Chief Medical Officer and a vital member of the affiliates leadership team. You will drive scientific medical and clinical excellence by providing strategic leadership and fostering continuous engagement with the scientific community and healthcare ecosystem.

Your primary goal is to accelerate the adoption of transformative medicines as the standard of care while ensuring absolute medical compliance and superior patient outcomes. You will foster a high-performance culture serving as a role model for our VACC (Visionary Architect Catalyst Coach) framework to empower the Medical team and ensure our portfolio remains centered on patients and anchored in science.

Key Challenges

• Strategic Ecosystem Leadership: You must balance long-term enterprise strategy with immediate business objectives acting as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders (politicians policy makers and media) to drive positive healthcare system changes.

• Complex Compliance Oversight: You are accountable for the License to Operate (LTO) integrating functions like clinical operations regulatory quality and safety to ensure adherence to global and local regulations.

• Digital Innovation: Navigating the high complexity and compliance risks of developing local Digital Health solutions while ensuring a solid return on investment.

• Matrix Influence: Leading cross-functionally across five Therapeutic Areas and 11 Diseases ensuring that local scientific activities effectively catalyze clinical practice adoption and broad access.

• Resource Prioritization: Radically simplifying and prioritizing resources to ensure timely input into global asset and disease strategies.

Who You Are as Our Ideal Candidate

You are a visionary leader who puts the patient first in every decision. You possess a growth mindset are obsessed with meeting customer needs and act with a sense of urgency to bring the best ideas to life.

Your Experience & Qualifications:

• Medical Degree is essential; however relevant alternative qualifications such as a PharmD or PhD with supporting experience may be considered.

• Profound Medical Affairs experience (minimum >510 years depending on level/region) with a deep understanding of drug development commercialization and medical compliance (GCP GVP).

• Strategic Acumen: Solid understanding of the local healthcare system including regulatory and payer environments.

• Collaborative Mindset: Proven ability to operate successfully in a matrix environment with shared accountability.

• Communication Excellence: Fluent in English with the ability to negotiate and present to diverse stakeholders.

• Technical Edge: Board certification in priority Therapeutic Areas or expertise in Digital Health is considered a significant plus.

Note that relocation benefits are not available for this role.

Are you ready to help us build a culture of trust and follow the science to where the unmet needs lead Apply now to be part of the Roche team.

Who we are

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.