Current Jobs at Roche

The Position

• Are you driven by the idea of delivering clinical trials that make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients? As part of our PDG Country Study Start-Up Team, you'll be at the forefront of enabling innovative clinical trial delivery across multiple therapeutic areas. Your mission will be to streamline and optimize study start-up processes, ensuring trials are executed seamlessly for patients, investigators, and site staff. By working collaboratively with local internal and external teams, global study teams, and CROs, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping a future where groundbreaking therapies reach patients faster.
• This is your opportunity to take the lead on driving process efficiency, fostering cross-functional teamwork, and embracing innovation to advance the clinical trial landscape.
• The grading range for these roles falls within the SE5-SE6 Range.

Key Challenges

• Strategic Leadership in Study Start-Up: You will craft and execute country-level start-up strategies, balancing global alignment and local needs to deliver efficient, compliant, and patient-centric trials.
• Regulatory Excellence: Overseeing clinical trial submissions, amendments, and regulatory challenges while ensuring adherence to global timelines and the ever-evolving regulatory landscape.
• Driving Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities for automation, process improvement, and harmonization across systems to accelerate study start-up timelines.
• Complex Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaising with Ethics Boards, Health Authorities, CROs, and key internal/external stakeholders to align on priorities, sharing best practices to influence clinical trial policies globally and locally.
• Navigating Complexity with Precision: Managing site documentation, compliance, budgeting, and contract negotiation while fostering strong government and institutional partnerships.
• Is an expert in navigating complex regulatory environments and working within frameworks like ICH-GCP , EU CTR and local Regulatory provisions like IVDR and Ethics requirements.
• This dynamic role demands someone who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and possesses the skills to lead through challenges with confidence.

Who You Are as Our Ideal Candidate

You are a visionary and strategic thinker with a passion for clinical trials and making an impact. Here’s what sets you apart:

• Clinical Trial Expertise: You bring hands-on experience in clinical trial start-up processes, regulatory submissions, and managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• A Catalyst for Innovation: You have a knack for identifying improvement opportunities, standardizing processes, and introducing innovative solutions to improve efficiency.
• Leadership & Collaboration: You excel at leading teams in a matrixed environment, collaborating across local and global teams, and managing vendor and CRO relationships with ease.
• Regulatory Know-How: Your deep understanding of ICH-GCP, EU CTR, and local regulatory processes allows you to navigate complexities with precision.
• Communication Pro: You possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly in global, cross-functional environments.
• Tech-Savvy Problem Solver: You’re confident using clinical systems (e.g., Veeva Vault, CTIS, RIM) and thrive on tackling challenges with an analytical mindset.
• Ability to independently collaborate, drive and focus on speed, site excellence, Quality and efficiency of both process and execution is key!
• With a strong academic foundation (a degree in life sciences is a must, and a postgraduate degree is desirable), you pair your qualifications with organizational excellence, attention to detail, and a collaborative, adaptive mindset. If you’re fluent in English and passionate about driving change in clinical trials, this is your chance to make an impact that truly matters.
• Note that relocation benefits are not available for this role.

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The Position

• Roche Pharma in Johannesburg has a vacancy for a Head of Legal, Compliance, Privacy & Risk.
• Are you a legal expert with sharp analytical thinking, a passion for compliance, and an impeccable sense of integrity? We are looking for you to join our dynamic team! This pivotal role supports our company’s operations by managing risk, compliance, and legal strategies in alignment with Roche corporate standards and legislation. You’ll be instrumental in ensuring the protection of the company’s legal interests while driving our vision of excellence.

As our Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Risk Lead, you will:

• Shape and drive both strategic and operational plans for the Legal and Compliance function.
• Oversee legal, compliance, and risk management with a focus on corporate governance and adherence to legislation.
• Contribute to the broader organizational strategy while managing transformation initiatives and organizational opportunities.
• Act as the company secretary, supporting board activities, maintaining corporate records, and aligning policy implementation with international best practices.
• Serve as a data privacy officer, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations such as POPIA and PAIA, while managing related compliance risks.

Key Challenges:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop long-term legal and compliance strategies that align with the company’s vision and ensure effective implementation with measurable outcomes.
• Risk Management: Proactively manage affiliate and healthcare risk frameworks, minimize legal exposure, and safeguard organizational interests.
• Governance Expertise: Offer advisory support on legal disputes, audits, and board-level decision-making while ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.
• Driving Transformation: Proactively address compliance gaps, build robust legal templates, and provide world-class training on legal and compliance matters.
• Operational Efficiency: Track performance, implement corrective actions, and ensure every decision is aligned with financial commitments and strategic priorities.
• People Leadership: Inspire, manage, and mentor a high-performing team, fostering personal and professional growth among team members.

Who You Are as Our Ideal Candidate
You are a seasoned legal professional known for your strategic foresight, solid understanding of legislation, and deep commitment to integrity and compliance. Specifically, you bring:

Qualifications & Experience:

• An LLB or equivalent degree and admitted Attorney or Advocate.
• 10+ years of legal commercial experience in corporate environments (Multinational experience, within the Pharmaceutical/Medical industries is essential).
• 3-5 years of executive management and/or board experience.
• Expertise in the Companies Act, Labour Legislation, Data Protection Laws (POPIA/PAIA), and general contracting. Pharmaceutical or Competition Law experience is a bonus.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Exceptional analytical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
• Strong leadership, resource management, and relationship-building skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication tailored to multiple levels of stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to policy adaptation and governance, enabling innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• High levels of political savvy and situational responsiveness, ensuring success in dynamic and regulated environments.

Required Mindset:

• You demonstrate integrity, maturity, and self-management.
• You are passionate about developing teams, driving collaboration, and advancing organizational health.
• You approach challenges with curiosity, resilience, and a relentless focus on solutions that align with the company’s mission.

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally as needed.

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The Position

• Roche in Johannesburg is hiring a Patient Journey Partner (PJP), - Haemophilia and Haematological Malignancies, covering Western Cape and Eastern Cape , a pivotal role designed to accelerate better patient outcomes, foster ecosystem-wide engagement, and deliver exceptional value to stakeholders.
• As a Patient Journey Partner (PJP), you will strengthen Roche’s presence within South Africa’s healthcare ecosystem, building strong relationships with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key stakeholders along the patient journey. You’ll identify areas of improvement across the patient experience, deliver actionable insights, and implement innovative solutions to overcome barriers in care. This role is dynamic, high-impact, and customer-focused, requiring a blend of strategic insights, cross-functional collaboration, and executional excellence.
• Your goal is clear: leverage Roche’s scientific and industry expertise to deliver life-changing results where they matter most.

Key Responsibilities

• Align with the Ecosystem: Build deep insights into patient and stakeholder needs, aligning Roche’s products, knowledge, and resources to create impactful healthcare solutions.
• Forge Partnerships: Serve as a trusted partner to HCPs, community leaders, healthcare organizations, and authorities, fostering collaboration that transforms the patient journey.
• Deliver Stakeholder Value: Amplify the stakeholder experience by optimizing interactions with Roche’s portfolio, ensuring measurable value for patients and their communities.
• Identify Opportunities: Proactively pinpoint systemic challenges in the patient journey and apply fresh, high-impact innovations to drive measurable outcomes.
• Drive Patient and Stakeholder Outcomes: Unite cross-functional Roche teams to harness the organization’s advanced capabilities, navigating barriers and delivering outcomes that improve access to care.
• Promote Product Success: Ensure Roche’s products are utilized appropriately and effectively to maximize patient benefits and build trust with stakeholders.

Your Key Attributes

• Customer-Centric Leader: You excel in customer-facing environments, forging influential relationships across diverse healthcare stakeholders.
• Strategic Innovator: You bring a visionary mindset combined with pragmatic executional capabilities to solve challenges and achieve tangible results.
• Collaborative Communicator: You know how to effectively engage and inspire trust across diverse and complex healthcare audiences.
• Agile and Resilient: Thriving in fast-paced environments, you adapt swiftly to shifts in priorities, overcoming challenges with a solutions-focused approach.

Qualifications and Experience

• Required Education: A university degree/NQF 7 in scientific, business, or economic disciplines is essential. An advanced degree in life sciences or an MBA is an added advantage.
• Industry Experience: A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector, ideally with exposure to the Haemophilia therapeutic area. Expertise in patient journeys, disease treatments, commercial processes, and digital innovation methodologies is crucial.