Medical Science Partner in Roche Central Asia (Ophthalmology)

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The Position

Medical Science Partner in Roche Central Asia (Ophthalmology)

Role purpose

Leads the development and is accountable for implementation of the medical part of dedicated Therapeutic Area (TA) strategy that ensures better pts outcomes by being timely diagnosed and treated, accelerating pts access through medical\scientific value creation and customer centricity.

Accountability for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Belarus.

Reports to Science Chapter Lead

Requirements\ qualifications

• High education in Medicine is a must

• Previous working experience in ophthalmology is preferred, but not essential

• Established disease area network and strong stakeholder engagement skills including partnering with HCPs and TAEs is preferred

• Experience in building medical\scientific exchange, communication and value creation

• Expert knowledge of disease area\areas

• Fluent English is a must

• Knowledge in Real World Evidence (RWE), experience in working with agile methodologies is a plus

• Position is based in Almaty or in Astana

Critical capabilities

• Clinical Expertise

• Environmental expertise (patient journey, healthcare system landscape, clinical practice landscape, etc.)

• Growing mindset

• Strategic thinking

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to work effectively in Network (both Roche internal and external)

• Fast learner

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing  integrated TA (Ophthalmology) strategy aligned to Global strategy

• Ensures proactive science partnership with key clinical\scientific experts (regular F2F and online meetings)

• Unsure building external clinical advocacy

• Demonstrate deep scientific expertise in assigned molecules/products and therapeutic areas to exchange relevant information with thought leaders and healthcare decision makers

• Build and leverage relationships with key external scientific and medical customers to understand evolving healthcare trends

• Ensures scientific support for PPOCs  and other internal stakeholders in frame of Ophthalmology  and assigned products

• Act as an expert in Ophthalmology to provide medical insight and work with the team to develop strategies for medical education

• Member of launch readiness and  value&access affiliate teams, contributes to launch readiness; value creation and patent access in Ophthalmology and assigned products

• Contribution in frame of  Ophthalmology for regulatory\safety outcomes

• Contribution in frame of Ophthalmology for value dossiers preparation

• Accountable for collecting evidence gaps and related needs in Ophthalmology and ensure their inclusion in global Integrated Evidence Plan (if needed)

• Leads RWD activities (in close collaboration with Clin Ops responsible)  in Ophthalmology

• Leads One Roche approach in close collaboration with Roche Dia in Ophthalmology

• Leads MedInfo support in Ophthalmology

• Involvement in Affiliate Teams work, Network and Global activities, as required

• Compliance with relevant internal standard operation procedures and external regulation

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