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• A senior level subject matter expertise in Oncology area preferred
  
• A unique field based and patient focused opportunity
  
• Experience and Provides strategic partnering and enables sustainable patient access solutions
  

The Patient Journey Partner (PJP) is at the center of the new Roche organization, reiterating our new and evolved role in society - from mostly offering world-class medicines towards much more partnering, innovating and leading health system transformation. By doing so the PJP will be directly accountable to deliver better outcomes for patients, their community, the ecosystem and the organization, faster.

The PJP is locally embedded in the ecosystem, it is an integrated senior level role, functionally agnostic, (i.e. it does not fit into the traditional concepts of Commercial/Sales or Medical Affairs) who has decision making authority to request resources of Roche (both within the affiliate and broader network) in order to have an improved impact on the patient journey.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Act as a trusted partner and is the primary point of contact for healthcare professionals and medical societies in hospital institutions to partner with patient journey stakeholders to remove roadblocks and unlock possibilities to deliver value to patients and the community
  
• Focus on the importance of bringing the outside in, working with partners to uncover all potential opportunities to transform outcomes for patients. Also bring the inside out, to bring Roche expertise, science and knowledge to the ecosystem.
  
• Generate insights from regular market, healthcare professional and healthcare organization engagements, including customer visits, market and data analytics, to identify gaps and opportunities, to translate to solutions
  
• Steward Roche’s products through their lifecycle and supports their appropriate use, which includes sharing their merits with healthcare professionals in a truthful and balanced manner
  
• Act as a system thinker with the ability to identify shared purpose among stakeholders and leverage this to co-create solutions with stakeholders in the ecosystem by overseeing the patient journey in its entirety.
  
• Work with key stakeholders to unlock possibilities for patients across the best solutions
  
• Be empowered to pull in expertise and resources locally and from the network as needed, including in collaboration with other Patient Journey Partners, Health System Partners, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, etc
  
• Be accountable on delivering outcomes in therapeutic areas within the ecosystem
  

Who You Are:

• Healthcare professional qualification and/or university degree (life sciences) with practical understanding of digital innovation methodologies. An advanced degree in Life Sciences and/or MBA is a plus
  
• Demonstrated extensive experience in both formulating cross functional strategies and orchestrating cross-functional teams is highly desired
  
• Strong business acumen gained through professional experience with desired expertise in commercialization, medical and customer experience excellence
  
• Strong capabilities in understanding and mapping patient journeys and related treatments in Oncology area (preferred), enabling engagement at the specialist level
  

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes or enquiries from recruitment agencies. Roche has a dedicated in-house Talent Acquisition team.

What do we offer?
In return, Roche offers a competitive package, ongoing development, and opportunities for career advancement.

Roche encourages a high-performance culture where you are empowered and trusted to make decisions. We strive for excellence and extraordinary results and take a genuine interest in our people and their well-being, and our patients.

At Roche, the world’s largest biotech company, with the industry’s strongest pipeline in specialised medicines, you can make a difference to millions of patients worldwide developing treatments for oncology, neuroscience, inflammation, immunology, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and respiratory disease.
Anything’s possible, in a friendly, collaborative culture where people are united in purpose and will stretch you to be brave, speak up and think differently. Feel empowered to deliver meaningful outcomes, supported by accessible and inspiring leaders.

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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.