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Neuroscience focussed Medical Affairs role

Sydney-based Medical role

Agile and flexible work environment

As a Medical Enabler (Medical Manager), we pursue meaningful work across the system where our experience, perspectives and skills can have the biggest impact. In this role, you will aim to jointly cultivate an environment that enables a self-managed team, with strong innovative, agile and enterprise mindset, customer centricity  and a culture of discovery, experimentation and learning. You will:

provide strategic input and operational support from late stage development / near launch  through growth to end of lifecycle of therapies in the Disease Area (DA)

seek out opportunities to apply your scientific experiences, skills and capabilities towards valuable work in service of patients

act as a scientific expert of our medicines and diagnostic solutions throughout their product life cycles

work in cross border collaborations and will be a member of the Network capabilities 

What will you be working on:

You will be responsible for providing comprehensive expertise of Medical Affairs theories, techniques and technologies and fostering scientific collaborations and value based partnerships with therapeutic area experts and other healthcare stakeholders across different healthcare systems. You will:

Understand important data gaps, design and support data generation plans to address them including phase IV studies, registries etc

Contribute Medical Affairs expertise to patient support and/or compassionate use programs across the Disease Area portfolio as appropriate

Build high value-added continuing medical educational programs in the Disease Area for external stakeholders

Advise on strategic planning and prioritisation of opportunities, taking into account patients’ need, resource requirements and market access considerations

Build and contribute the medical affairs capabilities to cross functional, cross cultural, self-managed teams that apply agile methodologies 

Translate insights into strategic and actionable recommendations for varied stakeholder groups to impact the way we work and ensure we help deliver positive, sustainable change in healthcare

Provide strategic medical review and approval for materials and communications.

 Who you are:

You are a qualified Medical Affairs professional who has:

A degree in Life Sciences/ biology/ immunology/ neuroscience or equivalent. Having a MD / PhD degree is a plus

Comprehensive knowledge of the drug development process and Australian medical landscape

Strong relevant experience within the Medical Affairs fields as Medical Adviser or Medical Manager

Deep understanding of the Neuroscience therapeutic landscape and well-established and trusted relationships with Australian Neurology KOLs would be advantageous

With your expertise in data comprehension, critical appraisal, synthesis interpretation and delivery of data/information skills, you are able to co-create solutions to address customer needs and transform clinical practice.

With your entrepreneurial and growth mindset, you can identify opportunities, to experiment, to take risks and disrupt the status quo and thrive working in an empowered, dynamic and agile working environment, you are able to understand relationships, create purposeful strong internal/external collaborations with key stakeholders to mobilize systems towards change that enables better outcomes for patients.

Full eligibility to live and work in Australia is required for this Sydney-base role as visa and/or relocation support is not available for this role.

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes or enquiries from recruitment agencies. Roche has a dedicated in-house Talent Acquisition team.

Roche offers rewarding growth opportunities, a competitive remuneration package and a collaborative culture where people are united in purpose and will stretch you to be brave, speak up and think differently. Feel empowered to deliver meaningful outcomes, supported by accessible and inspiring leaders. 

Roche encourages a high-performance culture where you are empowered and trusted to make decisions. We strive for excellence and extraordinary results and take a genuine interest in our people and their well-being, and our patients.

Take pride in knowing you can make a difference to millions of patients worldwide in developing diagnostics and treatments for oncology, neuroscience, inflammation, immunology, ophthalmology, rare diseases, respiratory disease and diabetes.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, secure and healthy workplace, and to minimise any such impacts to our employees, customers and the community. We welcome applications from all people and encourage you to advise of any individual circumstances that may require consideration.

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.