Medical Partner

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This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come.

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The Position

Roche Pharma in Midrand is seeking a Medical Partner to join their team.
 

The Opportunity
 

As a Medical Partner, you will act as a trusted, externally focused, and scientifically grounded collaborator within our customer engagement model.

In this role, you will drive local and cross-country medical activities to accelerate our pipeline, differentiate our portfolio with robust data, and secure earlier, broader access to our innovations for patients. 
 

You will join a collaborative and agile ecosystem where your medical expertise serves as a critical engine of competitiveness.

Working end-to-end across the asset lifecycle, you will anticipate changes in medical practice and ensure we remain the preferred partner in our key disease areas.
 

Key Challenges


* Lead Medical Strategy: Drive the medical component of the integrated strategy, shaping a scientifically sound and differentiated value story locally that reflects an end-to-end business perspective.


* Proactive Customer Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact for external stakeholders, cultivating peer-to-peer relationships with Therapeutic Area Experts (TAEs) to foster clinical endorsement and drive required healthcare system changes.


* Insight Generation: Systematically gather, analyze, and translate clinical practice and patient insights into actionable recommendations to guide the squad’s strategy.


* Evidence Planning & Execution: Design and implement local Integrated Evidence Plans (IEP), identifying evidence gaps and executing tactics such as Real-World Evidence (RWE) studies and Investigator-Initiated Studies (IIS).


* Maximize HTA and Access Value: Contribute scientific expertise to local Health Technology Assessment (HTA) submissions, validating data integrity to articulate a compelling value story that secures patient access.


* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Clinical Operations, Regulatory, and Legal teams to support clinical trials (Phase I-IV) and facilitate faster product license approvals.


* Maintain Operational Excellence: Ensure all medical activities, medical information inquiries, and materials comply with company policies, local regulatory rules, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards.
 

Who You Are
 

You are a self-directed professional with a growth mindset, outstanding integrity, and a passion for turning complex science into meaningful patient impact.

You excel at navigating dynamic environments and bringing ...