Patient Journey Partner

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The Patient Journey Partner (PJP) is a senior level role within the affiliate, who has decision making authority to request resources of Roche (both within the affiliate and broader network) in order to have improved impact on the patient journey.

Your Responsibilities

• The PJP focuses on the importance of bringing the outside in, working with partners to uncover all potential opportunities to transform outcomes for patients, faster. They also bring the inside out, to bring Roche expertise, science and knowledge to the ecosystem.

• Acts as trusted partner and is the primary (but non-exclusive) point of contact between stakeholders and Roche; the PJP shares the patient and stakeholder community needs internally, prioritizes and secures resources, and drives solutions that deliver outcomes faster.

• Partners with patient journey stakeholders to remove roadblocks and unlock possibilities to deliver value for patients and the community.

• Stewards Roche's products through their lifecycle and supports their appropriate use, which includes sharing their merits with HCPs in a truthful and balanced manner.

• By overseeing the patient journey in its entirety, the PJP acts as a system thinker with the ability to identify shared purpose among stakeholders and leverages this to co-create solutions with stakeholders in the ecosystem.

• The role is empowered to pull in expertise and resources locally and from the network as needed, including in collaboration with other PJPs.

• Ensuring great experiences whenever stakeholders in the ecosystem engage with Roche employees, products and service.

Who You Are

• You hold a University degree (scientific, economic, or business degree). An advanced degree in Life science and/or MBA is a plus

• You have deep understanding of patient journey(s) and related treatments in defined disease area(s), enabling engagement at the specialist level, and you are able to think on (Healthcare) system level

• You built broad understanding of Roche's present portfolio and future pipeline, such that they can work on future-based solutions

• You bring a comprehensive understanding of medical affairs strategies and tactics including clinical research

• You built advanced communication skills, you listen deeply, and bring advanced stakeholder engagement skills including partnering with Therapeutic Area Experts and. Experience partnering with Patient Advocacy Groups (PAG) is highly desired

• You bring experience in leading cross-functional team. Experience in both formulating cross-functional strategies and orchestrating cross-functional teams is highly desired

• You built advanced business acumen with desired expertise in commercialization, medical and customer experience excellence

• You are able to understand and leverage digital means and tools, and built deep experience in agile ways of working

• You hold a driving license (B category), and are willing to travel in the field

• You are fluent in Romanian and English languages

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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.