Head of Product Scientific Comms & Engagement

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
• The
• Scientific Comms & Engagement
• team delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to manage every facet of scientific communication and stakeholder interaction.

This department provides the core systems for medical information management—enabling the capture and response to external inquiries—as well as platforms for medical content creation, review, and compliant sharing. Additionally, the team oversees systems for scientific publication management and technology platforms for medical compliance oversight. By supporting external stakeholder engagements, the team derives critical insights into unmet medical needs, treatment barriers, and data perceptions, ensuring that all technology solutions align with medical affairs compliance requirements and broader strategic directions. As the

• Head of Product Scientific Comms & Engagement (Senior Product Leader)
• , you are accountable for the entire product lifecycle, from initial ideation and strategic planning through to launch, scaling, and eventual retirement.

You will serve as a key strategic liaison between the business and the RDT organization, transforming complex scientific and business needs into high-value technology solutions. This role demands a distinctive blend of scientific inquisitiveness, technical proficiency, and business insight to lead engineering and service teams in building sustainable products that accelerate the delivery of life-changing diagnostics and medicines to patients.

• The Opportunity
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Strategic Vision:

• Set the direction for complex products, ensuring they achieve business outcomes while integrating AI capabilities and market trends into the roadmap. +

• Product Lifecycle Management:

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle for a diverse portfolio, identifying innovation opportunities and capitalizing on emerging technologies to shape the industry. +

• Customer-Centric Innovation:

• Establish an aspirational end-to-end user experience and define performance KPIs to inform data-driven product iterations. +

• Stakeholder Orchestration:

• Influence senior leadership and external partners while managing an ecosystem of internal teams, SaaS vendors, and academic partners. +

• Team Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of engineering and product managers, fostering a culture of customer-centricity and continuous learning. +

• Performance Optimization:

• Connect long-term product growth to broader business outcomes, guiding optimization strategies to maintain a competitive advantage. +

• Financial & Resource Management:

• Develop multi-year financial forecasts and strategically allocate resources across initiatives to maximize portfolio ROI.
• Who You Are
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Strategic Visionary:

• Proven ability to think beyond functional silos, connecting initiatives to broad business strategies and external market trends to ensure long-term scalability. +

• Senior Leader:

• Confident in leading former peers and handling difficult people-management situations or stakeholder conflicts with directness and transparency. +

• Administrative Expert:

• High proficiency in managing heavy administrative and financial tasks, including complex budgeting and resource allocation. +

• Change Catalyst:

• A track record of driving early organizational change management and securing buy-in from Legal, Regulatory, and Business stakeholders from project kickoff. +

• Delivery Focused:

• Experienced in large-scale delivery that fulfills initial promises and ensures new solutions "stick" through rigorous stakeholder management.

Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you. Apply now to discover this exciting opportunity! Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Kaiseraugst. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

• 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.

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