Rare Conditions Partner (RCP) for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - (m/f)

Job description

·  Job facts

As the Rare Conditions Partner (RCP), you thrive for an intimate understanding of the stakeholder needs & behaviors centered around the patient with SMA disease in Austria & Czech Republic. You act as the customer-facing, single-point of contact and as the connector with Roche's internal capabilities. You ultimately drive for co-creation within the strongly connected SMA network of stakeholder to achieve personalized & fit-for purpose solutions.

You'll do this as part of a larger self-managed and directed international network of RCPs. To be successful, you'll need to closely collaborate with all functions in the respective affiliate to exchange insights and analyze the disease ecosystem. Your knowledge of the competitive landscape will impact Roche strategy, and ultimately patients.

Key Accountabilities:

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Map Eco-systems of Spinal Muscular Atrophy disease

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Identify, qualify and quantify all relevant stakeholders

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Build trust & credibility with Eco-systems

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Educate & provide targeted information

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Deliver care support around patient journey

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Act as enabler for science partnerships to deliver a personalized solution

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Facilitate access & financial planning

Qualifications :

Are you passionate about new ways of team collaboration and best-practice sharing? You can translate complex insights and large amounts of data/analytics into succinct, actionable presentations?

In addition, we are looking for a candidate who:

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Has strong rare disease specific expertise, ideally in rare neuromuscular diseases

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Has clinical practice understanding; Experience in implementation of clinical trials preferred

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Has experience of partnership with relevant Therapeutic Area Experts (TAEs) and external organizations

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Has a scientific degree and relevant work experience

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Has strong knowledge of drug development process, with cross-functional experience

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Is able to establish collaborations with TAEs and maintain existing collaborations

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Establish scientific collaborations with Global Scientific Societies (including patient organizations)

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Has an entrepreneurial mindset and is able to act fast

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Is a system thinker with foot on the ground

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Is able to learn quickly, and grow to take on new challenges

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Is a mobilizer & influencer, who can build and maintain open and transparent communication with key RC eco-system stakeholders

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Language skills: German, Czech & English

Location : Austria & with travel to Czech Republic

The next step is yours.

·  Who we are

At Roche, 94,000 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.