Global Medical Collaboration Leader - Obesity (d/f/m)

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Gruppe; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pharmaceutical company as a Global Medical Collaboration Leader (GMCL). This dynamic field-based role involves strategic medical engagement and collaboration to enhance patient access and experience in the Disease Area of Obesity. Candidates with a solid scientific background and experience in medical affairs are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry.
• Experience in a global or local medical/scientific customer-facing role required.
• Fluency in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic medical partner for global teams.
• Establish relationships with key external stakeholders.
• Optimize customer experience and enhance GMC innovation.

Skills

Scientific & commercial acumen

Collaboration

Customer engagement

Communication

Education

Master's Degree in science or related field

Postgraduate Degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc, MD, MBA)

Job description

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

Please submit your CV in English.

We are currently recruiting the Global Medical Collaboration Leader (GMCL) acting as a France medical expert. It 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).

As a GMCL you will be responsible for:

• Acting as a strategic field-based medical partner for global teams and affiliate colleagues.
• Translating the needs and supporting strategic and tactical planning across the Disease Area (DA) lifecycle.
• Serving as a France medical expert, establishing scientific collaborations and value-based partnerships.
• Supporting medicines and disease areas from early development through to post-approval.

Your main activities

As a field-based GMCL, you will have 5 key responsibilities but not limited to:

Developing and Facilitating External Network & Relationships, Championing ONE Roche

• Establishing and maintaining valued relationships with key external stakeholders, acting as the face of Roche and ambassador in new Disease Areas.
• Driving scientific knowledge exchange and medical education activities, identifying opportunities for medical initiatives and partnerships to support the ICX strategy for optimal customer experience.
• Executing activities with customer centricity, staying updated on relevant developments and trends, including Digital Health and personalized medicine.

Engaging, Educating, and Partnering with Investigators to Expedite Clinical Program Delivery

• Working closely with global and affiliate teams to ensure coordinated identification, selection, and engagement of clinical trial sites, championing a ONE ROCHE approach.
• Driving scientific engagement with clinical trial sites to support patient recruitment and retention, while suggesting innovative approaches to design, recruitment, and data collection.
• Gathering investigator feedback to optimize clinical development performance and customer experience, contributing to identifying data gaps and supporting access activities.

Providing Real-Time Insights and Ground-Level Understanding of Disease Area Across Countries

• Partnering with internal colleagues to define the insights collection strategy and execute activities to address knowledge gaps through various methods such as advisory boards and external surveys.
• Mapping external stakeholders to inform and build engagement plans aligned with customer needs and preferences, including research and collaboration interests.
• Building a comprehensive understanding of the local environment, proactively updating the organization on disease area developments, competitive landscape, clinical practices, and patient/carer experiences.

Enhancing Launch Readiness and Support Treatment Access in Assigned Countries

• Acting as a disease area champion, supporting affiliate engagement and training activities to accelerate understanding of the disease area ecosystem and align with global strategy.
• Supporting and driving local implementation of field-based activities within the Integrated Strategy Plan in collaboration with global and affiliate colleagues.
• Serving as a France medical enabler, engaging with TAEs, sharing medical expertise, training local staff, and facilitating relationships to support launch and access in affiliates.

Optimizing Customer Experience and Enhance GMC Innovation and Performance

• Fostering innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial spirit to enhance customer engagement and experience, while contributing to a psychologically safe and feedback-rich working environment.
• Ensuring efficient collaboration, sharing best practices, and maintaining high scientific standards by supporting onboarding and continuous learning activities for team members.

Your profile

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.

• Master Degree in science or related field; Postgraduate Degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc, MD, MBA) is a plus.
• Significant experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry.
• Significant experience in a global or local medical/scientific field customer-facing role is required, and in addition either strategic medical affairs experience (medical strategy), or clinical development experience (clinical trial execution), or both, is preferred.
• Track record of scientific collaborations with external experts and/or collaborative groups.
• Deep scientific knowledge of the assigned Disease Area (Obesity/Diabetes/Metabolism) is required.
• Knowledge of relevant drug development process, including regulatory requirements, trends, and drug approval is preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French is required.
• Solid knowledge of drug safety/pharmacovigilance and Roche internal SOPs related to drug safety.

This field-based role may require travel within and (occasionally) outside France.

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.