Medical Value Lead Gastric Tumors

Roche; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Medical Value Lead in Saudi Arabia to partner with healthcare professionals and internal teams to translate clinical data into meaningful health outcomes. The role focuses on shaping medical strategy, engaging external scientific leaders, and advancing disease strategy with a data-driven approach.

The successful candidate will drive scientific collaboration, lead advisory boards, and support clinical research activities while upholding ethical standards and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Natural Sciences (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).
• Solid experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, or related clinical roles.

Responsibilities

• Drive medical strategy and shape the local medical strategy to convey scientifically sound value across the asset lifecycle.
• Engage key scientific partners and build peer-to-peer relationships with academic experts and healthcare professionals.
• Translate clinical insights and analyze field-based data to inform disease strategy and cross-functional activities.
• Deliver high-quality medical education and lead scientific advisory boards to advance practice adoption.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations and Regulatory teams to accelerate pipeline delivery and ensure data integrity.

Skills

Medical affairs

Clinical research

Scientific communication

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Arabic proficiency

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD

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 a Medical Value Lead

You will serve as a trusted scientifically grounded partner within our customer engagement model You will build and maintain deep connections with key external stakeholders to optimize medical practice accelerate our pipeline and ensure Roche remains a preferred healthcare partner across core disease areas

Responsibilities

• Proactively drive medical strategy
• Shape and execute the local medical strategy to communicate a scientifically sound differentiated value story across the asset lifecycle
• Engage key scientific partners
• Build peer-to-peer relationships with Top Academic Experts TAEs and healthcare professionals dedicating substantial in-field time to non-promotional scientific exchanges and collaborative partnerships
• Translate clinical insights
• Systematically gather and analyze field-based insights including patient perspectives to inform cross-functional disease strategy and clinical gap analysis
• Deliver scientific education
• Provide high-quality medical education
• Support internal team capability building and lead scientific advisory boards to advance clinical confidence and practice adoption
• Support clinical research amp access
• Partner with Clinical Operations and Regulatory teams on study site engagement health authority exchanges and local trial feasibility to accelerate pipeline delivery
• Ensure data integrity
• Serve as a custodian of medical and competitor data upholding rigorous scientific standards ethics and human-in-the-loop validation for digital and medical information inquiries

Who You Are

You are an empathetic, scientifically curious partner who thrives in cross-functional environments and is passionate about translating complex data into meaningful health outcomes

Qualifications

• Advanced Scientific Education: You hold a completed degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Natural Sciences (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).
• Medical Affairs Expertise: You bring solid experience within Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, or a related clinical role within a specific therapeutic domain.
• Communication & Engagement: You possess strong, assertive communication skills with a proven ability to engage in peer-to-peer scientific dialogue with external clinical leaders.
• Strategic & Digital Acumen: You demonstrate strategic thinking, adapt comfortably to digital tools, and understand the importance of human oversight when utilizing AI-derived scientific content.
• Language Proficiency: Fluency in English is required for global collaboration, alongside fluency in Arabic to effectively engage with local healthcare ecosystems.