Patient Journey Partner

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 This role is a field-based role with travel responsibilities. The Opportunity As a Patient Journey Partner (PJP), you will sit at the center of our ecosystem strategy, acting as an empowered leader and the local face of Roche. You will partner directly with healthcare stakeholders, turning our societal role upside down—moving beyond delivering medicines toward co-creating transformative solutions across the entire patient journey. In this role, you will: - Act as a primary, trusted partner to local healthcare stakeholders and Top Advisory Experts (TAEs), identifying shared purpose to co-create solutions that improve patient outcomes faster. - Serve as a system thinker, bringing outside-in market insights to Roche while sharing Roche’s science, knowledge, and expertise directly with the local health ecosystem. - Mobilize and secure resources locally and across the broader Roche enterprise to remove roadblocks along the patient journey. - Oversee the patient journey holistically in defined disease areas, identifying opportunities to transform outcomes without treatment liability or off-label communication. - Steward life-changing products throughout their lifecycle, sharing their merits with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) in a truthful, balanced manner. - Formulate cross-functional strategies and guide cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences across all Roche touchpoints. Who You Are You are a visionary collaborator driven by a personal purpose to improve healthcare systems and transform patient lives. Qualifications & Experience: - University degree in Science, Business, or Economics (Advanced degree in Life Sciences or MBA is a plus). - Stakeholder & System Engagement: Proven experience engaging key healthcare stakeholders, TAEs, and organizations through deep listening and consultative persuasion. - Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated track record of leading, orchestrating, or formulating cross-functional strategies to achieve shared goals. - Therapeutic & Domain Knowledge: Expertise in medical affairs strategies, clinical research, or disease area patient journeys (Experience in Ophthalmology is preferred). - Modern Ways of Working: Strong business acumen with familiarity in digital tools, agile methodologies, or customer experience excellence. - Language Skills: Fluency in the local language with proficient English communication skills for global collaboration. Together, we’ll advance along the whole patient journey with the aspiration to prevent, stop and cure diseases. 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.