Healthcare System Partner in Sherbrooke

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.

Roche is a company with a 125 year history and our ongoing success is based on our strong focus on delivering meaningful value for our customers and society, and we will need to evolve our offering and approach in order to do so. We are focusing on how we can deliver the greatest value and make a meaningful difference to our customers, patients and society. All this to provide our stakeholders with the greatest expertise, leveraging local resources and an international network and support faster and more equitable access to innovation.

As a Healthcare System Partner, you will harness your expertise to give science a voice. Your personal passion and patient impact will intersect and can actively shape the healthcare ecosystem for the future while being part of enabling all Canadians to be the best "them" that they can be.

In the role of Healthcare System Partner every day, you will be able to:

• Drive health policy shifts by engaging government, institution, academic and patient stakeholders to shape the healthcare system.
• Have an impact that will be felt locally and globally because you are recognized as a strategic partner bringing healthcare solutions.
• Grow and develop, given opportunities to coach and develop your peers.
• Invest time in accelerating progress in health policy.

The Opportunity:

• Act as a trusted partner and the primary point of contact between political government relations and ecosystem stakeholders and Roche.
• Responsible for identifying, mapping, engaging and managing ecosystem stakeholders.
• Look across the individual ecosystem and catalyze our ability to see broader trends and patterns in health care systems.
• Bring the inside out to bring the Roche expertise, science and knowledge out to the ecosystem.
• Partner with healthcare system stakeholders to drive health policy and system innovation.
• Optimize engagement and influence with our healthcare system stakeholders.
• Partner with the external environment to shape and deliver innovative healthcare and policy solutions.

Who You Are:

• You are an empowered leader and the local face of Roche working closely with system-level healthcare stakeholders.
• University Degree (scientific, economic, or business degree). An advanced degree in life sciences and/or MBA is an asset, but not required.
• Education in political science, health policy, and communications.
• Relevant experience in life sciences or health care and the government sector is an asset.
• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in influencing health system, market access, and policy shaping.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Strong communication skills - ability to communicate with impact and influence at all levels internally and externally.
• Ability to travel depending on the business need, may vary from limited travel to up to 40%.

This position is not eligible for relocation support. The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Alberta is 136,936.00 and 179,728.50. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world.