Disease Area Marketing Lead

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche seeks a Marketing professional with 5+ years in Oncology to build and execute portfolio strategy for lung/liver cancer segments in India. You will connect with CEETRIS/global teams to implement brand solutions and lead integrated plans across disease areas, ensuring compliance with local guidelines.

The role emphasizes patient-focused campaigns, ROI analysis, pricing inputs, and strong stakeholder engagement with doctors, accounts, and government bodies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of specialized marketing experience in Oncology within India.
• Strong ability to co-create portfolio strategy and brand plans.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Fluent communication and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Develop marketing strategy for assigned brands and disease area; ensure delivery with confidence and cross-functional alignment.
• Collaborate with global teams to pull brand solutions and create work packages with gaps filled.
• Coordinate with India pan-India team to integrate insights into the DA and Brand Plan.

Skills

Oncology marketing

Strategic planning

Alliance management

Project management

Communication

Education

MBA in Marketing or equivalent

Tools

CRM systems

Data analytics tools

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 As DAML

you will be building the marketing strategy for the assigned brands and overall disease area; and be responsible for ensuring the marketing strategy gets delivered with confidence and conviction in working closely with the cluster marketing and broader teams. You will connect with the CEETRIS/ global teams to pull brand solutions from the network and help develop via work packages where gaps exist. You will be a member of the Cross Functional Pan India Disease Squad; and report into the Disease Area squad Lead.

The Opportunity

You will be Co-creating portfolio strategy, plans and objectives leveraging outside in perspective Build the integrated DA and Brand Plan along with the DA Squad Lead, the cross functio nal Pan India DA team, and importantly the PPOCs across India. It will be critically important the strategy is built on the insights gained from the PJPs and HSPs and the cluster teams. They are closest to our customers and their insights need to lead the strategy development. You will be building strong relationships with the identified key stakeholders from Key Doctors, Accounts or Government stakeholders to build Roche equity and gain customer insights - to incorporate into our work. You will ensure compliance of the marketing strategy with Roche and Local guidelines for all Roche Initiatives and develop Patient Persona based solutions. You will liaison with Global & regional team for brand related campaigns, cross Pollination of Best Practices and share insights from cluster specific data on patients, diseases, patient journey etc and design solutions to increase patient impact Design of awareness campaigns solving for patient journey challenges & calculate ROIs and support customization of pricing. In this context, the role provides commercial insights to inform Access & Medical functions, but does not own decision-making for pricing, commercial contracting, reimbursement, etc. Marketing and field insights will be generated using methodologies that comply with data privacy laws, competition laws, and ethical standards. You will gather insights and prepare effective pre-launch / launch strategies for new assets in the respective disease areas ensuring that the latest innovations reach patients in need

Who you are

We are seeking a highly collaborative, process-oriented Marketing Postgraduate with 5+ years of specialized experience within the Oncology therapeutic area (specifically lung or liver cancer). This individual will possess a powerful combination of commercial acumen, strong alliance management capabilities, and a proven track record of high-impact marketing execution within the complex Indian healthcare ecosystem.

Key Competencies & Qualifications

• Oncology Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of the Indian healthcare ecosystem, emerging market landscapes, and specific clinical nuances of lung/liver oncology.
• Commercial & Strategic Marketing: Strong mastery of marketing fundamentals, a data-driven insight generation mindset, and a history of flawless campaign execution.
• Alliance Management & Collaboration: Exceptional networking and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to manage complex external alliances and drive cross-functional teamwork.
• Operational Rigor & Project Management: A highly structured, process-oriented approach backed by strong project management skills, fluency in modern productivity tools, and strict compliance with organizational SOPs and external regulations.
• Problem-Solving & Communication: An articulate communicator adept at converting customer insights into actionable commercial strategies to solve complex market challenges.

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. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. We are proud of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We are many, working as one across functions, across companies, and across the world. We are Roche.