Global Therapeutic Area Head (TAH), Neurology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Who We Are

Global Product Strategy (GPS) drives Roche’s strategy and portfolio of products - from research and development through to patients. As a member of GPS, you will be part of a truly international group that collaborates with functions and affiliates worldwide, across the Roche enterprise, to shape the future of medicine.

As the Global Therapeutic Area Head (TAH), Neurology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, you will lead large-scale, multidisciplinary teams, composed of direct and indirect reports, with considerable influence on the company’s overall strategic, financial and operational performance.  You will directly lead a team of senior leaders who are accountable for coordinating and managing the early pipeline and the lifecycle of late-stage and on-market products; providing global, cross-functional leadership for all development, technical, and commercial activities for all molecules/products across Neurology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. 

You will be a standing member of the GPS Leadership Team and make significant contributions to the long-range vision, strategy and plans for GPS and Roche Pharma overall. You will be a co-chair for relevant Therapeutic Area (TA) governance boards (business and development boards / TAH meetings) and a standing member of various global decision-making committees, such as the Late-Stage Portfolio Committee (LSPC).

Who You Are

We're looking for a leader with VACC attributes (Visionaire, Architect, Coach, Catalyst) who is committed to our new ways of working. You're authentic and self-aware, passionate about the big picture, cutting-edge science and achieving results while creating a diverse and inclusive environment that brings out the best in the people.

Key Responsibilities

In this position, you will be primarily accountable for effectively:

• Defining, setting, aligning and overseeing implementation/adoption of the long-range vision and global strategy for the diverse therapeutic areas of Neurology and Immunology.

• Leading development and execution of a robust, integrated and cohesive vision and Therapeutic Area Strategic Plan, which includes individual global pipeline, disease area and lifecycle strategies and plans (including integrated solutions, if appropriate), for all assets/indications/disease areas across Neurology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

• Optimizing resource allocation to ensure strategic portfolio and financial outcomes are achieved, both within Neurology and Immunology and across GPS.

• Ensuring rigorous commercial assessments of Phase I – III results and provision of expert insights, strategic options and recommendations to executives and Strategic Portfolio Committees regarding therapeutic area assets and their market potential.

• Catalyzing Lifecycle Teams (LCTs), Disease Area Strategy Teams (DATs), Commercialization Leadership Teams (CLTs), and Integrated Development and Commercialization Planning (IDCP) Teams, to coordinate activities across Roche to assure global and affiliate alignment.

• Ensuring Neurology and Immunology teams provide asset leadership guidance, relevant commercial insights and rigorous analytical support for licensing and other business development activities.

• Accountable for partnering with the Immunology Pharma Portfolio Team (IPPT)  and Neurology Pharma Portfolio Team (NPPT) leaders to ensure the realisation of our TA and DA strategies including supporting strategic portfolio considerations, opportunity assessments, and trade-offs, while fostering end-to-end TA collaboration and community.

• Co-chair Business and Development Boards and TAH meetings to ensure robust and rigorous asset and program level decision making. As a co-chair across the Development and Business Boards, the TAH plays a vital role in steering assets through their end-to-end lifecycle by bridging technical execution with commercial strategy. At the development board, you ensure programs meet the "Bar" criteria. At the business board, you guide the evaluation of commercial value drivers, target product profiles, and financial metrics like NPV to optimize an asset's path to value. This comprehensive leadership ultimately empowers teams to make well-informed recommendations to the ESPCs/LSPC, increasing the probability of delivering transformative medicines.

• Architecting an organization that fosters the mindsets needed for greater speed, flexibility and customer-centricity, helping Roche serve more patients more quickly and more effectively, while enabling people to thrive in the new ways of working.

• Helping develop and manage the GPS function; taking a leadership role in defining, developing and overseeing execution of the long-range vision, strategy, plan and outcomes for the overall function.

• Inspiring your team, while transparently leading through change.  Recruiting, coaching, developing and retaining talent, as well as ensuring a strong and diverse succession plan for key positions.

You will also play a key role in shaping the Roche system, including:

• Developing a pragmatic system shaping roadmap, enabling Roche to continue to lead the development and delivery of care and the launch of integrated solutions.

• Enabling identification of opportunities for greater customer-centricity, flexibility and operating efficiency across the organization.

• Role modeling of high performance culture, mindset and behaviors in practice (experimentation, learning fast, collaboration, servant leadership), assembling and deploying teams in ways that foster connection, transparency and knowledge sharing across the Roche enterprise.

Key Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Extensive multidisciplinary work experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.

• Outstanding people leader and developer in a multicultural environment and virtual set-up.

• Demonstrated ability to lead business and people through high impact change and transformation.

• Experience in Neurology and Immunology disease areas preferred.

• Mastering strategic business planning processes, including development and implementation of such plans, goals and metrics.

• Experience leading large commercial organizations and/or experience and substantial experience in drug development, with at least experience in launching drugs/indications.

• Previous accomplishments include developing and overseeing the execution of breakthrough development and/or commercial strategies that have led to considerable financial results and increased the long-term, sustainable success of multiple products.

Education:

• Graduate Degree, particularly MBA or MSA (MD or PhD is a plus)

Additional Requirements: 

• Extensive knowledge of and experience working with business development, alliance partners or licensing activities

• Confirmed ability to work effectively in a matrix environment, across numerous geographies, cultures and time zones

• Outstanding partnership skills: with a track record that includes finding opportunities that have improved results in areas beyond direct management or influence

• Ability to travel globally 30%-40% of the time

• Proficient written and verbal English

Location: South San Francisco, CA primary and Basel, Switzerland secondary

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is 418,200-517,230. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Are you ready to apply? We are looking for someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a rare springboard to many other opportunities at Roche.

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