Patient Journey Partner

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in Khobar, Saudi Arabia seeks a Patient Journey Partner to engage stakeholders and co-create patient-centric solutions. You will act as the primary Roche contact, prioritize resources, and drive faster, better outcomes for patients and the health system.

The role requires leadership across functions and deep knowledge of patient journeys. Fluency in English and Arabic, a life sciences background, and strong business acumen are highly valued.

Qualifications

• University degree in Pharmacy or relevant field required.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams is required.
• Fluent in English and Arabic is preferred.
• Strong business acumen with commercialization insight.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted partner between stakeholders and Roche; prioritize resources and drive solutions.
• Collaborate with patient journey stakeholders to remove roadblocks and deliver value.
• Oversee patient journey and Roche portfolio lifecycle to ensure appropriate use.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Business acumen

Patient journey knowledge

Life sciences domain experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or relevant field

Advanced degree in Life science or MBA

Job description

## Patient Journey PartnerApply: Saudi Arabia: Khobar: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 1, 2026 (13 days left to apply): 202610-125917At 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 PositionDriven by rapid healthcare shifts and evolving stakeholder needs, Roche is redefining its societal role through the Patient Journey Partner (PJP). Operating at the center of the organization, the PJP functions as an empowered local leader who collaborates directly with ecosystem stakeholders to co-create high-impact, patient-centric solutions. This functionally agnostic role deliberately eliminates traditional sales and commercial targets to focus entirely on delivering faster, better outcomes for patients and the broader health system.**Your Responsibilities** * The PJP focuses on the importance of bringing the outside in, working with partners to uncover all potential opportunities to transform outcomes for patients, faster. They also 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; the PJP 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.* By overseeing the patient journey in its entirety, the PJP acts as a system thinker with the ability to identify shared purpose among stakeholders and leverages this to co-create solutions with stakeholders in the ecosystem.* The role is empowered to pull in expertise and resources locally and from the network as needed, including in collaboration with other PJPs.* Ensuring great experiences whenever stakeholders in the ecosystem engage with Roche employees, products and services.**Who You Are** * University degree (Pharmacy or a relevant field). An advanced degree in Life science and/or MBA is a plus.* 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.* Deep understanding of patient journey(s) and related treatments in defined disease area(s), enabling engagement at the specialist level.* Neuroscience experience is preferred.* 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.* Fluent in English and Arabic (spoken & written).