Head of RSS External Collaborations Enablement

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.

The Position

Head of RSS External Collaborations Enablement

The Opportunity

In this critical global leadership role, you will safeguard our license to operate by setting the strategic and operational standards for external engagements with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), Healthcare Organizations (HCOs), and patient communities worldwide.

• Lead a global organization of approximately 40 professionals, fostering psychological safety, coaching chapter and operational leaders, and sustaining an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Champion healthcare compliance excellence across global operations, ensuring full alignment with international healthcare regulations, evolving governance policies, and audit readiness.
• Shape strategic collaboration frameworks across Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, and global business functions to deliver seamless, transparent, end-to-end partner solutions.
• Partner with senior executive stakeholders across commercial, research, and compliance divisions, serving as a trusted advisor to translate complex regulatory landscapes into sustainable operational workflows.
• Drive operational performance and financial oversight, establishing key metrics, managing budgets, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service quality and scalability.
• Scale future-ready capabilities by monitoring industry and technological trends to selectively expand high-value service offerings and support long-term healthcare innovation.

Who You Are

You are a visionary, values-driven executive who pairs deep healthcare compliance acumen with empathetic leadership, excelling at navigating complex global ecosystems and empowering diverse teams.

• Proven executive leadership: You bring 15+ years of relevant industry experience, including 10+ years in senior leadership roles building, coaching, and guiding large, multi-functional global teams.
• Healthcare compliance mastery: You possess profound expertise in global healthcare compliance frameworks governing interactions with HCPs, HCOs, and patient advocacy organizations.
• Global operating model proficiency: You have demonstrated success leading end-to-end service delivery within shared-services, matrixed, or global business services (GBS) environments.
• Influential communicator: You excel at establishing trust-based partnerships, influencing senior and executive stakeholders, and navigating complex corporate ecosystems with diplomatic clarity.
• Empowering leadership mindset: You embody authentic, servant-leadership principles (focusing on visionary direction, architecting systems, catalytic coaching, and empowering teams) to foster ownership and growth.
• Educational background: You hold an advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Life Sciences, Law, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and substantial industry leadership experience.

In exchange we provide you with

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
• Excellent benefits & flexibility: competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. We also ensure flexibility, to help you find your balance: home office is a common practice (2 office days). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. That’s what makes us Roche.

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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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.