Field Medical Lead

Roche; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Field Medical Lead in Turkey to develop medical and scientific expertise within specified therapeutic areas. You will establish long-term, peer-to-peer relationships with TAEs and investigators, and help shape the regional medical plan in line with the disease strategy.

The role requires fluency in Turkish and English, a Medicine or Pharmacy degree, and prior pharma experience. You will collaborate with the Medical Lead, support advisory activities, and ensure compliant

Qualifications

• Medicine or Pharmacy degree required.
• Fluent Turkish and English required.
• Rheumatology and/or Nephrology experience preferred.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish long-term, peer-to-peer relationships with TAEs and investigators and deliver value aligned with Roche strategies.
• Maintain medical knowledge and keep information up to date through training and scientific resources.
• Collect insights from TAEs during visits and share with relevant units.
• Contribute to medical strategy and prepare a regional medical plan.
• Collaborate with the Disease Area Lead in medical processes and support actions (advisory boards, scientific activities).
• Propose centers for clinical research and support patient recruitment and center development.
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and Roche codes of practice.
• Identify training needs and organize updates, providing therapeutic and scientific training support to internal staff.

Skills

Fluent Turkish

Fluent English

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Medicine or Pharmacy degree

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

Field Medical Lead is a key, field-based Medical Affairs role that develops broad medical & scientific expertise within given Disease/Therapeutic Areas. As a Field Medical Lead, you establish and manage long-term, peer-to-peer collaborative relationships with key Therapeutic Area Experts (TAEs) in a given therapeutic area, contribute to the disease area medical strategy in collaboration with the disease area medical lead, and prepare/execute a regional medical plan in line with this medical strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish long-term, peer-to-peer relationships with TAEs and investigators in a given therapeutic field and deliver quality interactions and services that bring value to physicians and that are aligned with Roche strategies
• Have high medical competence to understand current medical knowledge and marketing strategy. Keep their information up to date at all times through internal training and independent scientific resources in a responsible therapeutic area
• Collect insights from TAEs during clinical visits and scientific activities in the responsibility area and share these insights with relevant units
• Contribute to the medical strategy in collaboration with the Medical Lead and prepare a regional medical plan in line with this strategy
• Cooperate closely with the Disease Area Medical Lead in medical processes to support product teams in a given therapeutic area (preparing a medical presentation, etc.) and support implementation of planned actions (advisory board, regional/national/international scientific activities, digital medical projects, etc.)
• Propose new centers for clinical research, review the feasibility of existing centers, the center development plan, patient recruitment, retention of patients, and support for the development of central management in collaboration with the Clinical Medical Lead
• Understand and act in line with legal, regulatory, and company standards and codes of practice (such as Roche Code of Conduct and any other directives, SOPs, and guidelines) and apply them to his/her daily practice
• Respond to unsolicited questions from HCPs in accordance with local laws, regulations, and codes and Roche SOPs, and facilitate their needs for scientific data by ensuring they have the best quality available information they require
• Determine the training needs of the internal stakeholders in his/her region with the Disease Area Lead, and actively take part in the organization and realization of update and development trainings, and provide therapeutic and scientific training support to other internal staff with the Medical Lead

Who You Are

• You have a Medicine or pharmacy degree
• Rheumatology and/or Nephrology experience is preferred
• Previous experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry is preferred
• You are fluent in Turkish and English
• You have strategic thinking and a growth mindset
• You are collaborative and experienced in stakeholder management

Location: (1) Ankara, (1) Izmir field

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.

Lets build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.