Patient Advocacy Management

<p>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.</p><h3></h3><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h3>The Position</h3><p>To strengthen Roche Ukraine’s role as a trusted, transparent, and long-term partner of the Ukrainian healthcare ecosystem by building authentic collaborations with patient organizations.<br /> Patients Associations Engagement Lead (PAL) ensures that patients’ voices and lived experiences inform Roche’s strategy, supporting access to innovation, disease awareness, and health-system resilience in Ukraine.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:14px">Key Responsibilities</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">1. Patient-organization engagement</span></span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Map and prioritize national and regional patient associations across Roche’s key therapeutic areas (oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, ophthalmology).<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Build long-term, trust-based partnerships guided by Roche values and compliance standards.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Co-create awareness and education projects that improve patient literacy, empowerment, and access to care.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Ensure all collaborations are transparent, documented, and publicly disclosed according to EFPIA codes of ethics and Ukrainian legislation.<br /><br /></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">2. Advocacy and ecosystem development</span></span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Collaborate with patient associations leaders and healthcare NGOs to identify policy and access barriers; co-develop proposals for improvement.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Support patient organizations’ capacity-building (training, data, communication, networking).<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Contribute to Roche Ukraine’s footprint communication — showcasing how patient collaboration drives systemic impact.<br /><br /></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">3. Internal partnership</span></span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Act as the link between patients and internal teams (Medical Affairs, Market Access, Communications, Public Affairs).<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Bring patient insights into strategic discussions, access dossiers, and public affairs initiatives.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Train internal colleagues on ethical engagement and patient-centered decision-making.<br /><br /></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">4. Compliance and governance</span></span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Guarantee full adherence to Roche’s global and local compliance frameworks.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Manage and archive all interactions, agreements, and support grants transparently.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Promote internal culture of integrity in all patient interactions.<br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:14px">Core Competencies</span></p><p></p><p>Strategic</p><p>Ecosystem mapping, stakeholder engagement, healthcare policy insight</p><p>Relational</p><p>Empathy, diplomacy, trust-building, cross-sector collaboration</p><p>Operational</p><p>Project management, documentation, outcome tracking</p><p>Ethical &amp; Governance</p><p>Mastery of EFPIA, local ethical codes, transparency principles</p><p>Communication</p><p>Storytelling, facilitation, public representation, bilingual communication</p><p>Cultural</p><p>Sensitivity to Ukraine’s healthcare realities and resilience context</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:14px">Ideal Background</span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Education: Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, Sociology, or Communications.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Experience: 3–5&#43; years in patient relations, healthcare NGOs, or corporate affairs.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Proven record of successful partnership with patient groups or public-health programs.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Strong understanding of Ukrainian healthcare reform, patient advocacy ecosystem, and European best practices.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Fluent Ukrainian and English<br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:14px">Personality &amp; Mindset</span></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Deep respect for patients’ lived experience and advocacy voice.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Transparent, ethical, emotionally intelligent communicator.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Network-oriented: connects people and initiatives for shared outcomes.<br /></p><p>●<span style="font-size:14px">     </span>Balanced mindset — combines corporate accountability with social purpose.<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1>Who we are</h1><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:left"><br />Let’s build a healthier future, together.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</b></p>