Regional Capability Lead for Middle East

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Commercial Capability Development Lead to shape and scale commercialization learning across the Middle East. You will drive strategic capability assessments and design regional learning journeys while partnering with commercial, access, regulatory and medical teams to deliver life-changing innovations to patients.

The role is an individual contributor now with potential to build a team, requiring expertise in curriculum design, blended learning, and change management within

Qualifications

• Educational background in business or related field with focus on organizational learning.
• Experience designing curricula and blended learning in pharma or healthcare.
• Proven change management and transformation delivery in complex settings.

Responsibilities

• Drive Capability Strategy: conduct assessments to design learning journeys and regional capability heat maps.
• Lead Regional Transformation: guide regional change initiatives and organizational development projects.
• Design & Deliver Impactful Learning: create workshops and training programs (in-person and virtual) across scientific, commercial and behavioral topics.
• Collaborate Globally & Locally: partner with internal and external stakeholders to scale training regionally.
• Build Future Teams: identify skill needs, align budgets, and lay groundwork to recruit and coach a future team.

Skills

Curriculum design

Learning & Development

Change management

Strategic facilitation

Leadership potential

Education

Business Administration

Organizational Psychology

Human Resources

Economics

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 Are you ready to shape the future of healthcare capabilities across the Middle East? As our Commercial Capability Development Lead, you will combine strategic vision with operational excellence to establish and scale core commercialization capabilities. Initially operating as a standalone expert with the opportunity to build a team in the future, you will empower our commercial, access, regulatory, and medical teams to deliver life-changing innovations to patients.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive Capability Strategy: Conduct functional and cross-functional capability assessments to design strategic learning journeys and build regional capability heat maps.
• Lead Regional Transformation: Guide and support regional change initiatives and organizational development projects aligned with broader healthcare business goals.
• Design & Deliver Impactful Learning: Conceptualize and moderate highly engaging workshops and training programs (both in-person and virtual) covering scientific, commercial, and behavioral topics.
• Collaborate Globally & Locally: Partner closely with internal departments and external stakeholders to represent regional development needs and scale existing training across the organization.
• Build Future Teams: Identify future skill requirements, align regional budgets, and lay the foundational groundwork to recruit, onboard, and coach your future team.

Who You Are

You are an entrepreneurial thinker and a collaborative leader who excels at translating operational gaps into structured, modern learning experiences within complex environments.

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• Educational Background & Domain Expertise: A degree in Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Economics, or equivalent practical experience in operational effectiveness and adult learning.
• Learning & Development Mastery: Proven experience designing curriculums, leveraging blended learning platforms, and applying adult learning pedagogy within the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector.
• Change Management & Transformation: A successful track record of guiding strategic organizational development, managing change, and navigating classic or agile methodologies.
• Strategic Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional moderation and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and resolve conflicts constructively.
• Leadership Potential: Demonstrated experience or clear potential to effectively hire, onboard, coach, and develop a high-performing team in the future.

* This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.

At Roche, we deliver life-changing healthcare solutions. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you.

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.