Disease Level Partner - South Central UK

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The Position

The Purpose

The Disease Level Partner (DLP) is at the centre of implementation of the strategy and objectives within our therapy areas balanced with truly focusing on patient outcomes. The DLP understands their business as if it were their own. Through deep understanding of patient pathways, our medicines across the portfolio and customer needs, the DLP aligns their objectives to both the disease area strategy and regional objectives across their local health economy. By effective utilisation of all available resources, they will be successful in securing appropriate access to key customers to deliver better outcomes for more patients, faster. As an expert of the region, the DLP will enjoy developing deep customer knowledge and generating insights that support our strategies and bring new customer partnerships to Roche.

Your Opportunity

• Have strong communication skills where you listen, partner and educate

• Gather actionable insights and elicit partnering opportunities that improve patient outcomes.

• Construct, present and agree with the Therapy Area Team and Disease Community Leads the objectives, strategy and goals for the region.

• Be fully accountable for the delivery of the goals within the Roche portfolio of products through effective engagement with customers, driving positive customer experience.

• Leverage support for products, ideas and projects across a local health economy and to contribute to the development and mobilisation of local and national brand advocates

• Maintain a detailed knowledge of national policy objectives and drivers and apply this to identify opportunities for growing the business at a National and Regional level in collaboration with the cross functional extended Roche Teams

• Use agile methodology (e.g. sprint methodology, MVP and iterative approach) to deliver disease level projects and non-disease level projects with internal/external expertise

• Ensure that all knowledge management and CRM systems are maintained in accordance with Roche standards, possess a thorough understanding of the provisions of the ABPI Code of Practice, remaining compliant with Roche SOPs and policies.

• Act as a guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics and safety; putting patients at the center of all actions by consistent business behaviour that complies with applicable laws, industry codes and Roche’s Code of Conduct.

• Increasingly demonstrate a VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) approach, to develop personal skills and capabilities, to positively support colleagues

Who you are

• University degree educated

• Multi-stakeholder engagement - Clinical and all stakeholders relevant to the commissioning of local services

• Previous experience in market access, commercial sales, or medical affairs within a healthcare (experience in Neurology, with Multiple Sclerosis knowledge is a huge plus)

• Specialised medicines sales and market access experience beneficial but not essential

• Advanced business acumen skills

• Superior prioritisation skills, with the capacity to manage multiple indications within a portfolio

• Competitive mindset

• Ability to demonstrate a growth mindset

• Valid driving licence

Who we are

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.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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