Country Medical Director

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position
A healthier future for our citizens in Denmark. It’s what drives us to continue investing in Denmark to bring our innovations from early to late stage development and further partner across the healthcare systems to realize this ambition. To continuously advance the translation of science into clinical practice and ensure everyone has access to the better healthcare options they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

As a Country Medical Director for Roche in Denmark, you will play a critical role in ensuring Roche’s scientific independence, upholding medical compliance, and maintaining our commitment to patients and integrity. Collaborating with local, regional, and global networks, you’ll apply your expertise to build partnerships, support healthcare equity, and enhance patient access to innovative solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to lead, coach, and catalyze medical initiatives that place patient-centricity at the heart of everything we do. An opportunity to be part of a highly performing and a highly engaged organization.

The Opportunity

• Medical and Scientific Compliance: Uphold Roche’s integrity and medical independence as the affiliate’s authority on compliance and business ethics.
• External Partnerships: Represent Roche’s perspectives among partners, building partnerships across industries, patient groups, and governmental agencies.
• Leadership within Affiliate Team and in the broader international network: Guide medical and scientific decisions based on data and patient needs, collaborating with healthcare professionals and internal teams.
• Development Integration: Coordinate local safety, regulatory, and clinical functions to align with global and regional standards and meet local requirements.
• Evidence Generation: Oversee data generation to support patient access, filling evidence gaps and advancing Roche’s portfolio through innovative studies.
• PDG Collaboration: Work closely with clinical operations teams to enhance research capabilities and maintain compliance with local and global standards.
• Medical Information (MI): Ensure accurate, compliant medical information is provided, focusing on customer needs and proactive engagement.
• Patient Safety: Cultivate a culture of pharmacovigilance, ensuring safety standards are met across the product lifecycle and local practices.
• Health Economics / Market Access: Collaborate on health policy and access strategies, focusing on value-based healthcare and long-term patient outcomes.

Who You Are

• You are a servant leader with a strong commitment to Roche Values, inclusive leadership, and the VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) principles, fostering a collaborative and empowering environment.
• You are a strategic problem solver with an entrepreneurial approach, skilled at making portfolio-wide decisions that balance patient outcomes and organizational needs.
• You are proficient in managing complexity, excelling in people development, network engagement, and competency building within a dynamic healthcare environment.
• You are an effective communicator, able to clearly convey complex medical and scientific information to diverse collaborators.
• You are experienced in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry, with a deep understanding of the regulatory, payer, and healthcare landscape.
• You have knowledge about Roche’s priority therapeutic areas, new treatment innovations, and personalized healthcare advancements.
• You have strong business and financial skill, capable of setting a customer-centric tone that drives value across local and global networks.
• You hold a Medical Degree with board certification preferred; alternatively, a human life science degree with substantial relevant experience may be considered, provided that other employees with a medical degree are accessible within the local medical department.
• You are fluent in Danish and English, with excellent oral and written communication skills.

Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Location: Copenhagen