Medical Value Lead

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The Opportunity

The Medical Value Lead (MVL) is a key strategic leadership role requiring therapeutic area expertise and clear business understanding to identify and address the relevant medical needs in clinical practice. 

Main Responsibilities
- Act as medical consultant to internal stakeholders as member of the Disease Area Team (DAT)
- Bring the medical expertise and customer insights to the DAT
- Manage the development of the individual therapeutic area medical strategies, tactical plans and monitor the implementation
- Manage Medical Budget for the specific Therapeutic Area 
- Develop in collaboration with Clinical Operations team medically sound, feasible affiliate/Regional studies that enhance product knowledge by identifying unmet medical needs, draft the protocol to address the unmet medical needs and submit for consideration and evaluation as required in collaboration with the ClinOPs team.
- Develop an effective interaction with Clinical Operations in placing studies, provide input on feasibility, sites and investigators selection.

- TAE identification, management and knowledge exchange through the lifecycle of the product establish key scientific relationships
- Support Pharmacovigilance activities, regulatory and medical information activities for selected products
- Ensure Medical and regulatory clearance of promotional and informational materials
- Respect, guarantee and ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements and all relevant Roche guidelines & policies.
- Promote team spirit within the medical organization and across functions.
- Infield coaching and management of all Medical value partners MVPs.

Who you are
Required experience and qualifications  
- Medical degree, PhD or PharmaD is preferable
- At least 5 years experience within the pharmaceutical industry 
- Experience in development & implementation of Clinical trials; principles and techniques of data analysis, interpretation, and clinical relevance;
- Experience of writing clinical publications and delivery of scientific presentations;
- Knowledge of the overall drug development process relevant to pharmaceutical /biotechnology organizations;
- Fluency in both English & French oral and written.

Skills and Competencies
- Capacity to develop scientific knowledge of the assigned therapeutic area/ product
- Understanding of clinical trial design and biostatistics 
- In-depth knowledge of local legislation and codes of conduct
- Ability to develop strong professional network with HCP's & relevant external stakeholders of the assigned disease area/product. 
- Project management ability 
- Ability to "adapt and own" new therapeutic areas and rapidly generate key  insights and convert to relevant strategies (learning agility)
- Competency to analyze complex and large amounts of medical data and translate this to value propositions tailored to customer segment needs 
- Ability to work in a cross functional and in self-managed team environment
- Entrepreneurial focus and creativity in problem solving
- Strong business presentation skills: effective at summarizing and presenting the key considerations and decision-points. 
- Effectively influence without authority.

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.