Global Medical Collaboration Leader - Obesity, Canada

Roche; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche seeks a Global Medical Collaboration Leader for its Obesity initiative in Canada. This critical role demands a strategic partner skilled in medical engagement and collaboration to enhance drug delivery across various stages from development to post-approval. The ideal candidate will possess strong scientific acumen and have experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proficient in both English and French (depending on location).
• Experience with drug safety and pharmacovigilance.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic medical partner for global teams.
• Develop relationships with key scientific stakeholders.
• Drive scientific knowledge exchange and medical education.

Skills

Scientific Acumen

Collaboration

Medical Expertise

Customer Engagement

Education

Master's Degree in Science

Job description

Global Medical Collaboration Leader - Obesity, Canada

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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

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come.

Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.

That’s what makes us Roche.

The Opportunity :

The Global Medical Collaboration Leader (GMCL) is a medical, field-based role working across countries and affiliates to accelerate the development and delivery of medicines to patients through effective medical customer engagement across the lifecycle of a molecule / Disease Area (Obesity). This position will :

• Act as a strategic field-based medical partner for global teams and affiliate colleagues and understands the needs and supports strategic and tactical planning across the Disease Area (DA) lifecycle
• Serve as an above-country medical expert, establishing scientific collaborations and value-based partnerships while supporting medicines and disease areas from early development through to post-approval
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, driving scientific knowledge exchange and medical education, while executing customer-centric activities in emerging Disease Areas to support innovative initiatives and partnerships
• Engage, educate, and partner with investigators, ensuring coordinated clinical trial site selection, driving scientific engagement for patient recruitment and retention, and gathering crucial feedback to optimize clinical development and enhance customer experience.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues to gather and address knowledge gaps, profile external stakeholders, and build comprehensive disease area understanding across countries, informing engagement plans and updating the organization on local developments, competitive landscape, and patient experiences.
• Serve as a disease area champion by accelerating understanding of local ecosystems, driving field-based activities, and engaging with TAEs to support launch and access, aligning affiliate efforts with global strategies and facilitating training and relationships across assigned countries.
• Foster an innovative and collaborative environment to enhance customer engagement while ensuring high scientific standards, efficient collaboration, and continuous learning for team members

Who you are :

You are a driven individual with strong scientific & commercial acumen who thrives working in an empowered, dynamic and agile working environment and able to understand relationships, create purposeful strong internal / external collaborations with key stakeholders to enable better outcomes for customers that includes :

• Master Degree in science or related field and 7+ years’ of experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry
• Significant experience in a global or local medical / scientific field customer-facing role
• Solid knowledge of drug safety / pharmacovigilance
• Track record of scientific collaborations with external experts and / or collaborative groups
• Deep scientific knowledge of the assigned Disease Area (Obesity / Diabetes / Metabolism)
• In this position, you will be servicing customers across Canada, therefore a proficient level of English is required and French may be required depending on geographical location

Preferred :

• Postgraduate Degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc, MD, MBA) a plus
• Bilingualism in both English and French
• Knowledge of relevant drug development process, including regulatory requirements, trends, and drug approval in Canada
• Significant experience in a global or local medical / scientific customer-facing role is required, and in addition clinical trials operational experience in Canada (having worked with Canadian study sites) is highly desirable

This field-based role may require travel within Canada and occasionally outside the country.

Relocation Benefits are not available for the job posting.

Who we are

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.

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