Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.

Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Patient Journey Partner

Job ID: 202412-132079
Location: Kano or Kaduna
Category: Sales & Marketing

The Position

• The Patient Journey Partner (PJP) is a senior level role within the affiliate, who has decision making authority to request resources of Roche (both within the affiliate and broader network) in order to have improved impact on the patient journey.
• The PJP partners closely with all stakeholders directly touching the patient journey (in a given therapeutic or disease area), gaining a deep understanding of their needs in order to connect Roche’s capabilities to co-create meaningful solutions.
• The role locally embedded in the ecosystem, it is an integrated role, functionally agnostic, with no profitability, sales objectives or incentives.

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

• You hold a University Degree in Medical Sciences, or related. Post graduate degree and/or MBA is a plus
• You built a minimum of 5 years of work experience in a commercial role, and have a deep understanding of patient journey(s) and related treatments in defined disease area(s), enabling engagement at the specialist level
• You built broad understanding of Roche’s present portfolio and future pipeline, such that they can work on future-based solutions, and robust understanding of medical affairs strategies and tactics including clinical research
• You are agile, accountable, “systems thinker”, deep listener, and are able to define and embed the strategy around creating improved patient journeys
• You built excellent stakeholder engagement skills including partnering with therapeutic area experts and organizations. Experience partnering with Patient Advocacy Groups is highly desired
• You are able to formulate cross-functional strategies, and to lead and orchestrate cross-functional team(s)
• You are fluent in English to collaborate internally across the broader Roche enterprise is highly desired. Mastering a local language (e.g. Hausa) is preferred.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.