Global Scientific Communications Leader
At a glance
Mid-level Communications role at Roche. Basel · full-time.
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What you'll do
- You'll set a cross-channel plan that delivers scientific content to each audience
- You'll turn data into clear, consistent narratives about disease areas and company assets
- You'll tailor scientific materials to patient and healthcare professional needs
- You'll coordinate molecule or disease-area communications, publications, and education across the lifecycle
- You'll use customer feedback to refine content, channels, and communication strategies
What you bring
- Your background includes an advanced life-science degree such as a PhD, PharmD, or MD
- You bring experience in medical communications, medical affairs, or the biopharmaceutical industry
- You make strategic decisions and organize, prioritize, negotiate, and communicate effectively
- You work well in a matrix with shared responsibilities and use English fluently in speech and writing
- You follow ethical, legal, regulatory, industry, and company standards
Who this fits
This role suits a curious, learning-oriented, solution-focused communicator who can collaborate with external healthcare professionals and internal partners. You should be comfortable working in a matrix and supporting global scientific communications. The position is full-time and based in Basel, Switzerland.
From the employer
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
Healthcare’s future is driven by the exchange of science and data.
We are Medical. We are transforming Medical practice together. We are advocates for patients, for medical progress and for global access providing optimal and personalized healthcare. We are a trusted partner and central interface with the external medical stakeholder community. We collaborate and strive in an integrated work environment with the affiliates, global development and global strategy. We help in driving the development, introduction, uptake and informed use of our innovative medicines and services in clinical practice and patient care worldwide. We create and evolve competencies, capabilities, and opportunities for our global Medical Network.
The Opportunity:
As a Global Scientific Communications Leader at Roche, you will be at the forefront of driving scientific communication strategies and shaping the future of healthcare. Your key responsibilities will include:
You lead a strategy for scientific content delivery across multiple channels, engaging the right audience with the right content at the right time.
You deliver data-supported scientific narratives to simplify and ensure consistent discussions about the disease areas in which we operate and our assets, aligning with external needs and expectations.
You develop tailored scientific content based on insights and subject matter expertise to meet the evolving needs of patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs).
You orchestrate support across the lifecycle for assigned molecules or disease areas, applying impact parameters to evaluate content value and driving strategic publications and educational initiatives in collaboration with various stakeholders.
You collaboratively engage with external customers and with internal partners to reflect the voice of the customer and adjust strategies, content, and channels based on insights.
You commit to personal growth, serving as a role model for knowledge management, continually seek opportunities to learn and innovate
You lead the development of the strategic scientific communications plan including leading publication planning and work with external HCPs to create and deliver medical and scientific content.
Who You Are:
You hold an advanced life-science degree (PhD, PharmD, or MD), ideally with experience in medical communications, medical affairs, and the bio-pharmaceutical industry.
You are skilled in the use of innovative methodologies to maximise the reach and impact of our scientific data in an increasingly competitive environment would be advantageous.
You maintain high ethical standards and act in accordance with legal, regulatory, industry, and company standards and codes of practice (including Roche Code of Conduct and publications-related standard operating procedures).
You demonstrate strategic agility and decision-making ability, with strong organizational, prioritization, negotiation, and communication skills.
You are a team player, capable of operating successfully in a matrix environment with shared responsibilities and have fluency in both written and spoken English.
You are curious, willing to learn and solution oriented.
Are you ready to make a difference for our patients? We look forward to receiving your application!
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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