Access Engagement Lead

At Roche, we commit ourselves to achieving access to medical and diagnostics innovations for all. Together with country organizations, we are building health systems ready to provide the future of care and make access a reality, thus, enabling people and patients around the world to live their best lives.

The Access Engagement Lead at Roche plays a crucial role in ensuring global access to medical and diagnostic innovations. This position drives the integration of diagnostic solutions into healthcare, expanding access, reimbursement, and funding for both existing and new products. The incumbent will collaborate closely with global teams in Medical, Commercial, Market Access, and Health System Policy to empower affiliates in co-designing and implementing global tools, setting specific access targets, and executing effective plans for their realization. The role involves working directly with affiliates to help build future health systems, leveraging market insights to enhance global tools and support, and continuously pushing for improved affiliate assistance.

1. Research and analyze access coverage, reimbursement levels, health and payer policies, and competitive access landscapes to identify business opportunities and assess the potential for positive change.
2. Apply expertise to consolidate and provide relevant access insights, supporting the development and execution of global access strategies and impactful access tools.
3. Act as a catalyst and coach for affiliate implementation of global access strategies, identifying gaps, tailoring approaches, and accelerating time to reimbursement and effective funding for prioritized products.
4. Create frameworks for efficient transfer of global strategies and foster learning, sharing, and collaboration across organizations and territories by building an effective interface to countries and among countries, driving reimbursement and funding efforts.
5. Support affiliates in executing payer-relevant access approaches, addressing access, reimbursement, and funding barriers holistically, and leading projects to enhance local access capabilities with the goal of delivering tangible business growth through access opportunities.
6. Support affiliates in building plans and networks that aim for the creation of sustainable healthcare systems by influencing the regulatory frameworks of payers, Health Technology Assessment bodies, and their advising networks.

1. Master’s degree in business economics, life sciences, public health, marketing, or a related discipline, with additional educational programs in market access preferred.
2. Over 5 years of commercial and/or access experience in the diagnostic, pharmaceutical, or related industry, with additional experience in related functions such as Strategy, Marketing, or Health Policy preferred.
3. Combined experience at both affiliate and global levels is preferred.
4. Deep knowledge of the Access landscape and country archetypes in healthcare systems globally, including the US, EU5, China, and Japan, coupled with a strong mindset of growth and continuous learning.
5. In-depth understanding of payers and their value drivers, as well as trends in Access, Pricing & Reimbursement and Policy.
6. Strong relationships with key access stakeholders, decision-makers, and influencers in major healthcare systems.
7. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a matrix environment and lead diverse teams through smart leadership.
8. Demonstrated innovation-driven mindset.
9. Fluency in English and another relevant language.
10. Ability to travel up to 20%.