Medical Patient Journey Partner

Job Purpose

Medical PJP demonstrates personal purpose around improving the patient journey, as well as strong passion to create value and impact on the ecosystem. They think from an Enterprise level, beyond boundaries and borders, in order to bring best possible outcomes to both the local health environment, and more broadly, across Roche globally. 

Key Responsibilities

The Medical PJP is an individual contributor, senior level role within the affiliate, reporting into the Medical and Innovation Chapter Lead, 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 

• Focuses on the importance of bringing the outside in, working with partners to uncover all potential opportunities to transform outcomes for patients, faster. 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; 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.

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

• Pull in expertise and resources locally and from the network as needed, including in collaboration with other PJPs.

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

• Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) focused and operates at all times with non- promotional intent

• Able to share scientific information concerning a pharmaceutical product, including sharing investigational findings in scientific media, direct communications and at scientific conferences with healthcare professionals and/or the scientific community in a reactive manner.

• Stewards products and services relevant to their therapeutic area/ecosystem throughout their lifecycle, supporting quality use of medicine and improved patient outcomes

• Maintain a broad understanding of relevant present portfolio and future pipeline such that they can anticipate and address future-based ecosystem and patient journey solutions

• Supports relevant PDMA and Country Clinical Operations trial, Early Access Program and Compassionate Use program activities within their disease area/ecosystem

Who You Are:

• System thinker and deep listener

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills including partnering with TAE's and organizations is required. Experience partnering with PAGs is highly desired.

• Experience leading Cross-functional team is required. Experience in both formulating cross-functional strategies and orchestrating cross-functional teams is highly desired.

• Strong business acumen with desired expertise in commercialization, medical and customer experience excellence

• Able to understand and leverage digital means and tools is desired

• Deep experience in agile ways of working is desired

Other relevant capabilities:

• Fluent in local language. Proficient in English to collaborate internally across the broader Roche enterprise is highly desired

Expertise

Knowledge :

• Deep understanding of patient journey(s) and related treatments in Breast cancer and liver cancer, enabling engagement at the specialist level.

• Broad understanding of Roche’s present portfolio and future pipeline, such that they can work on future-based solutions

• Robust understanding of medical affairs strategies and tactics including clinical research

Preferred Qualifications:

• University degree (scientific, pharmacy, MD, PhD). An advanced degree is a plus.

• Practical understanding of digital innovation methodologies

• Experience in Breast cancer and/or liver cancer field strongly preferred.