Head of Digital Health Solutions

at  Roche

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The Position
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Our Global Product Strategy (GPS) team plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare by driving the strategic direction of our innovative product portfolio. As a member of the GPS team, you will be at the forefront of transforming groundbreaking scientific discoveries into accessible and impactful healthcare solutions for patients worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about making a difference.
Digital Health Solutions: by closely collaborating with Disease Area and Lifecycle teams, your organization is accountable to enable the adoption of Roche’s assets by identifying and deploying Digital Health solutions. The creation and go to market of such products will happen in partnership with the Pharma Development, Pharma Technical and RIS organizations. You will lead a team of Digital Health Leads and oversee the discovery, development and deployment of digital health solutions from concept to scaling.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Therapeutic Areas, Disease Areas, and Lifecycle teams as well as key E2E internal and external stakeholders to enable the adoption of Roche’s assets by identifying, prioritizing, developing, in-licensing and deploying digital health solutions
• Lead, oversee and mentor the Digital Health Leads who must develop high quality and efficient solution, instilling a culture of high performance, accountability, and empowerment. Build, coach and support development of team members, building capabilities and fostering enterprise leadership behaviors.
• Ensure clear linkage to Roche Pharma’s ambition and DA/asset strategic levers and oversee governance process to secure sponsorship from DA/TA Heads and senior leadership
• Organize the team and manager resources to ensure the discovery of DH solutions aligned with the DA/asset needs, the development of the solutions with internal or external partners and the deployment of those solutions from early commercialization to scaling
• Maintain an evergreen understanding of the external digital health landscape and comprehend common success and failure points in digital health solution implementation and adoption
• Create an environment of transparency, fast value creation, rigorous prioritization and customer centricity

Who You Are

• 10+ years of relevant experience in digital health or related domains with increasing responsibility and proven track record in a leadership role, from strategic planning to execution and results
• Has technical and business domain knowledge in commercialisation including customer strategy, marketing, digital health, medical and product access at Roche.. Conveys a deep understanding of using strategy to advance and accelerate commercialization excellence and product performance/leadership.
• Strong vision and experience developing organizational commercial acumen as well as deep knowledge of the interconnections between lifecycle development and commercialisation.
• Understands what motivates people/teams to perform at their best and infuses the team and organization with a sense of ambition and purpose; Builds bridges across perspectives (global & affiliate; development and commercialisation), geographies and functions; is able to inspire and influence cross global, affiliate and functional teams to deliver high quality results in a timely manner
• Has a strong understanding of how to mobilize teams across the R&D, PT, Dia, GPS/PDMA, US, and PI interfaces and can achieve strong results through leading others. Has the ability and expertise to align and collaborate with peers across the organizational interfaces to create the conditions for the overall success of the CLTs and CLT roles.
• Demonstrates an ability to make tough decisions and tradeoffs around resources in order to achieve organizational goals across the portfolio. Has shown willingness to both challenge as well as support teams in pulling those decisions through in the best possible way for the organization more broadly.
• MBA or other relevant Graduate or Postgraduate Degree in Healthcare, Digital Health, Computer Science or a related field is preferred.

Join us in our mission to advance science and deliver hope to those who need it most.
Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
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Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

• Partner with Therapeutic Areas, Disease Areas, and Lifecycle teams as well as key E2E internal and external stakeholders to enable the adoption of Roche’s assets by identifying, prioritizing, developing, in-licensing and deploying digital health solutions
• Lead, oversee and mentor the Digital Health Leads who must develop high quality and efficient solution, instilling a culture of high performance, accountability, and empowerment. Build, coach and support development of team members, building capabilities and fostering enterprise leadership behaviors.
• Ensure clear linkage to Roche Pharma’s ambition and DA/asset strategic levers and oversee governance process to secure sponsorship from DA/TA Heads and senior leadership
• Organize the team and manager resources to ensure the discovery of DH solutions aligned with the DA/asset needs, the development of the solutions with internal or external partners and the deployment of those solutions from early commercialization to scaling
• Maintain an evergreen understanding of the external digital health landscape and comprehend common success and failure points in digital health solution implementation and adoption
• Create an environment of transparency, fast value creation, rigorous prioritization and customer centricit