Current Opportunities at Roche

Role Purpose

• As a Quality Partner you are accountable for ensuring your contributions are delivered in a way that lives up to our commitments to each other and the We@Roche Diagnostic Commitments. You are responsible for building and developing your capabilities to contribute more to the team, customers and patients. You apply new approaches to improving your work to increase productivity, reduce costs or mitigate significant compliance issues within your area of influence. You work as a strategic business partner to help break down silos between organizations (internal and external) all which lead to developing and producing safe, quality products and services that meet customer requirements throughout the entire lifecycle. You push the boundaries to enable and implement smart, risk-based compliant processes that result in quick and efficient innovation.

Your Responsibilities will include:

• Managing the supplier quality activities, implementation and continuous improvement of the supplier management processes such as supplier onboarding, supplier performance monitoring for quality parameters, facilitating with supplier corrective action process etc
• Collaborating with procurement, operations, suppliers to address any concerns and foster an environment of continuous improvement.

Driving business results and customer value

• Performing activities as required to meet Q&R goals and objectives with minimal collaboration with your manager. Able to identify improvements and implement with collaboration. Navigates in situations by applying a diverse skill set with minimal guidance
• With in-depth specialist knowledge of own job discipline and broad knowledge of related disciplines in the field
• Document authoring and review as required to support changes. Performs technical reviews, as applicable. May require collaboration with your manager on technically complex technical reviews
• Preparing documentation for audits as applicable
• Completing all required training in learning solution
• Responsible for training, coaching and mentoring other quality managers or business partners, as applicable in a professional manner to ensure that business needs are being met.
• Identifying and escalating issues as they arise and able to provide adequate solutions
• Communicating significant quality or regulatory issues and risks that may impact product quality or regulatory compliance in a timely manner to Executive Management

Advance the work of the Network, making tradeoffs and breaking silos

• Work on a day to day with minimal supervision to correctly complete daily scheduled and unscheduled activities. Initiate daily activities independently with limited guidance. Have the courage to make decisions within scope of responsibility. Be decisive and do not procrastinate on decisions; develop solutions and presents both issues and solutions to manager
• Initiate, facilitate, participate and implement process improvements to meet business needs. Link responsibilities with both site and Global Quality and Regulatory. Drive innovation within your own area of influence
• Contribute by participating in large/global cross-functional or cross-chapter squads where it may take a leading role

Empower and enable the Network

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues and business patterns to assure alignment around strategic projects and day-to-day activities and to assure mutually successful working relationships
• Be the champion and advocate for Engrained Quality at the Site
• Build a culture of continuous improvement

Enable the organization’s New Ways of Working

• Act as role-model for Agile Leadership behaviors, as well as for our culture, mindset & behaviors as defined in Dia Operating Principles.
• Model behaviors to support the organization’s transformation to new, more Agile Ways of Working – e.g. new decision making/governance practices, collaboration, etc. c. Everything you do should contribute directly to the achievement of our Roche Ten Year ambitions

How?

• Know and follow the Dia Operating Principles and Roche Core Competencies. Adopt and adhere to the Leadership Commitments. Accountable for meeting commitments. Be flexible, able to shift priorities while balancing commitments and daily work requirements, with minimal collaboration from your manager. Seek candid feedback your performance and act on it. Recognize the contributions of teammates and peers. Establish strong collaborative relationships inter-departmentally and leverages these connections to achieve our key results. Identify personal goals and actively manage your career to pursue personal goals and priorities with collaboration from your manager.

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Qualifications: Bachelor’s / Master degree in Life Science, Data Science or related subject or equivalent experience
• Experience: 2+ years experience in a similar role. Completed training as a technician or laboratory technician or worked in a Quality related role. Experience in supplier management processes, supply corrective action, SCAR, supplier audits and supplier performance monitoring would be desirable
• Other requirements: As this position is part of a global organization, international business travel may be required

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The Position

• Roche Diabetes Care in KZN is seeking a Sales Representative, HCP and Retail to achieve sales targets and develop long term and sustainable accounts that increase sales volume over time within the target market.

Key Responsibilities

Sales

• Achieve sales targets by engaging with clients, implementing sales strategies, promoting products, responding to queries and facilitating clinical discussions
• Source new business opportunities by monitoring market moves and trends, building relationships, networking with medical professionals and internal stakeholders, identifying potential clients and engaging with clients
• Provide input into sales strategies by providing insights and trends on sales patterns, collaborating with internal stakeholders and sharing information and lessons learnt

Stakeholder Engagement and Management

• Build and maintain client relationships by developing networks, maintaining visibility, engaging with key decision makers, responding to queries and providing information and solutions, facilitating feedback and being the first point of contact
• Arrange CME sessions by identifying gaps and opportunities, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, inviting participants, speakers and experts, managing expenses and providing feedback
• Comply with and support the corporate culture and ethics by being accountable for abiding by Local legislation and Roche corporate policy

Territory Management

• Understand and target key stakeholders by analyzing the customer portfolio, identifying key accounts and opportunities, identifying key gaps and developing solutions to grow accounts
• Identify key client opportunities by analyzing client scripting behavior, identifying gaps and developing sales opportunities
• Report on sales by completing information in relevant systems, tracking sales data and drafting reports
• Track competitors by analyzing market information, gathering field intelligence, identifying competitor activities and reporting on impacts

Legal and Compliance

• Manage full compliance and support of the corporate culture and ethics of all product management activities by maintaining expertise, abiding with compliance requirements, managing compliance and communicating legal and compliance requirements at all times.

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Qualification: NQF 7 in Science, Health Sciences, Commerce or similar
• Experience: At least 1-2 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Required Knowledge: Marketing codes & Health care regulations

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The Position

• Roche Diagnostics in Midrand is seeking a Document Controller on a 1 year fixed term contract to be responsible for the timely, accurate and efficient preparation and management of documents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a process for document management within the commercial finance department
• Produce or setup of documents and templates
• Compile, revise, edit and prepare documents according to required standards
• Initiate document updates including their maintenance and validity
• Conduct document reviews and ensure accuracy.
• Create, organise and maintain registers and repositories for available documents
• Collaborate with stakeholders in the collection or supply of required documents
• Storage of documents in electronic repositories and hard copies.
• Facilitate sign off and approval of documents
• Perform required printing and binding for digital or hard copy documents
• Manage the delivery and collection of required documents
• Ensure compliance to legal and formal requirements
• Assist with document completion and follow up on outstanding Commercial Finance quote to contract documents (e.g. tenders, contracts, proposals, etc

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Required Qualification: Certificate or Diploma in Bus
• Required Experience: 2-3 years in a similar role

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The Position

• Roche in Midrand is seeking a Medical Enabler. The Medical Enabler is a therapeutic / disease area expert and supports the Primary Point of Contact (PPOC) in the relevant therapeutic area (TA). The Medical Enabler Role ensures both medical/scientific expertise independent from promotional objectives in all their decisions.
• The Medical Enabler works with the PPOC to gain a deep understanding of the relevant patient journey and area ecosystem needs. They collaborate and derive actionable insights that inform the Therapeutic Area strategy. They proactively enable co-creation and delivery of national-level activities that deliver tangible value to the medical community and transform clinical practice.
• The Medical enabler develops broad medical & scientific expertise, often across multiple molecules or indications within a given Therapeutic Area, and drives evidence generation and scientific exchange activities. This is a network role that fosters and enhances collaboration and coordination across the formal and informal network - in country , across countries or as seen relevant to serve patients across the enterprise. The role is anticipated to spend most of its time serving the local ecosystems.
• They remain focused on supporting high-value and high-impact activities that either directly, or indirectly, touch the patient journey.
• The Medical Enabler is a fluid member of one or more Therapeutic Area aligned working teams according to evolving needs. Together with the PPOCs they maintain strong relationships with TAEs and partner with them on national-level initiatives as appropriate.

Cross-Functional responsibilities

• PPOC’s (HSP/PJP’s) are the custodian’s and responsible for external stakeholder engagement, acting as the product owners for work packages identified and delivering solutions in response to ecosystem needs.
• Contribute to and drive solutions for work packages generated, these may be ecosystem related, internally generated or relate to foundational / License to Operate procedure’s, amongst others

Disease Area Accountabilities

• Deep disease area expertise: Custodian of assigned TA data, ensure credible scientific communication dissemination, fostering Roche‘s reputation as a science-based, innovative and patient-focused reliable partner
• Support development and execution of patient-focused medical strategies that supports the maximization of the value proposition of assigned Roche therapies including support of strategic planning, launch support by participating in Launch pods and lifecycle management, in collaboration with appropriate cross-functional teams and governance, in full compliance of all laws, regulations and SOPs as a part of the organizational responsibility
• Determine scientific/medical subject matter appropriateness of labels/regulatory/patient access/promotional material and medical deliverables used to support internal/external interactions through appropriate review process as per SOP’s
• Provide valuable insights and solutions and be a thought partner for scientific engagement across a broad range of stakeholders to strengthen external understanding of the unmet need and value of the product as a part of the patient Journey solution, including medical specific training where appropriate
• Support PPOC relationships with the external healthcare community, including interactions with Top TAEs, payers and societies for scientific exchange, where appropriate and contributing to medical activities & solutions
• In response to the ecosystem, develop and lead evidence generation projects (clinical protocols, RWE, digital, registries), applied cross-functionally with the PPOC (HSP/PJP) responsible for customer engagement & delivery of solutions
• Respond to unsolicited queries for the assigned Therapeutic areas from HCPs in accordance to local laws, regulations and codes and Roche SOPs, facilitate their needs of up to date scientific data
• Support the Regulatory Teams by providing medical expertise for New Product / Indications dossier review, Submission Preparation and presentation support to Global Team and Local RA from medical aspects. Review and approval of Prescribing information and Abridged prescribing information for the assigned Brands
• Clinical Operations Team Support - Facilitates Investigator Initiated Studies through review of Study materials. Support for initial investigator /site mapping for the PDMA studies. Scientific responsible for clinical studies in the affiliate
• Manage evaluation of patient eligibility and all the procedures to the treatment approach for Compassionate Usage (CU) program's. Review of case details on PAIRS system and coordination with the treating Physicians as appropriate
• To provide inputs into outcomes based planning ensuring that key priorities and value add activities in the ecosystem are addressed. Leverage Global network for solutions and best practices by participating in Community of interest / CoP and be Global point of contact for the assigned Therapeutic Areas
• Provide input on IME, medical grants and sponsorships, where appropriate

Eligibility Criteria:

• Medical degree, PhD/PharmD/Masters in Science (MSc) degrees would be an advantage
• NQF 8-10 in health sciences related field
• 3-5 years pharma experience Preferable
• Established knowledge base/ skill set in: Data generation (clinical trials; IIS, RWE programs)
• Understanding of clinical trial design, interpretation and biostatistics

Skills Required:

• Self-managed and self-directed;
• Display of integrity in everything;
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and networking skills
• Proved experience in working in a cross-functional team;
• Experience in agile ways of working;
• Broad understanding of Roche’s present portfolio and future pipeline;
• Robust understanding of medical affairs strategies and tactics including clinical research
• RWD / RWE Capabilities
• An understanding of Digital Transformation in Medical Affairs to support the Affiliate and Network