Health Policy Lead

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The Position

The Opportunity

As a Health Policy Lead, you contribute to the Saudi Ecosystem Healthcare Shaping and Business Outcomes in order to reach our Long term Company Vision through a close engagement and partnership with payers and senior decision and policy makers. The focus for this role would be to bring global policies to local levels to shape and influence implementation across Saudi through the support of affiliate teams.

Your Responsibilities

● Build a deep understanding of the health ecosystems across the country to set policy agenda priorities including the environments, institutional and political landscapes linked to the Roche Policy and Partnership strategy.
● Actively engage and build relationships with senior healthcare decision makers and key influencers of health policy agendas at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
● Develop and cultivate long-term strategic partnerships inline with Vision 2030 with key stakeholders, special interest groups and other health policy stakeholders.
● Support Saudi teams in local activities in minimizing gaps/hurdles to access in support of health system strengthening initiatives and public private partnerships.
● Work in collaboration with Global Policy & Access to drive engagement with key regional decision makers and influencers that impact country decision making on access issues, e.g. UICC, WHO, World Bank, UN, etc.
● Provide strategic counsel to regional and country leadership teams on policy trends/opportunities to guide country strategies.
● Liaise with a wider health system shaping network and foster collaboration and identify scalable solutions between countries in the region and beyond.
● Work closely with the Public Affairs and Communications team to ensure clear enterprise health policy positions and associated messaging external and internal.

Who you are

● Bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences, Masters Degree is a plus.
● A degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Health Economics, Political Sciences or Public Policy or relevant degree is preferred.
● ≥ 5 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
● Strong understanding of the Saudi Arabia healthcare landscape.
● Experience in Policy environment.
● Fluent in written and spoken English & Arabic.

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.