Medical Affairs Chapter Lead

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

Drive strategic collaboration and enable future-ready medical capabilities at Roche UK.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced people leader and strategic problem solver to head up our Medical Affairs Chapter in the UK. As a Medical Affairs Chapter Lead, you’ll empower cross-functional squads through capability building, champion a high-performing culture, and ensure our medical affairs expertise meets both today's and tomorrow’s needs. You’ll lead a group of dedicated Medical Lead Managers, shape foundational and future-focused work, and ensure we remain a trusted scientific partner for patients and stakeholders.

At Roche, we work to deliver what patients need next. Our Chapters are built on trust, autonomy and collaboration. In this role, you’ll be a key voice in shaping our Medical Affairs function and our collective impact on patient outcomes. Join us in reimagining the future of medicine.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop people: Provide coaching and guidance to 1st line Medical Lead managers and their teams, ensuring growth, well-being and alignment with business needs.
• Set strategic direction: Define and drive chapter focus areas in alignment with affiliate and portfolio ambitions.
• Enable delivery: Collaborate with Medical Leads and squads to match capability with demand, balancing foundational and squad-driven work.
• Foster a thriving culture: Promote a psychologically safe, inclusive and collaborative environment where people bring their whole selves to work.
• Champion expertise: Advance medical affairs capabilities in insight generation, education, patient support, and compliant data generation.
• Safeguard governance: Ensure that all activities meet the highest standards in compliance, ethics, patient safety and scientific integrity.

Who you are

• A seasoned medical affairs professional with substantial leadership experience and an understanding of medical governance in the UK.
• A people-first leader, passionate about coaching, developing others, and enabling autonomy.
• A strategic collaborator who thrives in complex, matrixed environments and makes decisions that align with broader portfolio goals.
• An influencer and catalyst, capable of connecting medical insight with business impact.
• A role model in compliance, patient-centricity and ethical leadership.

Apply now and bring your leadership to where it matters most — for patients, for science, for tomorrow.