Head of Product Scientific Comms & Engagement

Roche

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Scientific Comms & Engagement team at Roche delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions for scientific communication and stakeholder interaction. This includes systems for medical information management (capturing and responding to external inquiries), platforms for medical content creation, review, and compliant sharing, and tools for scientific publication management and medical compliance oversight. By supporting external stakeholder engagements, the team gathers critical insights into unmet medical needs, treatment barriers, and data perceptions, ensuring all technology solutions align with medical affairs compliance requirements and broader strategic directions. As the Head of Product Scientific Comms & Engagement (Senior Product Leader), you will be accountable for the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and strategic planning through to launch, scaling, and eventual retirement. This role serves as a key strategic liaison between the business and the RDT organization, translating complex scientific and business needs into high-value technology solutions. It requires a distinctive blend of scientific inquisitiveness, technical proficiency, and business insight to lead engineering and service teams in building sustainable products that accelerate the delivery of life-changing diagnostics and medicines to patients.

Requirements

• Proven ability to think beyond functional silos, connecting initiatives to broad business strategies and external market trends to ensure long-term scalability.
• Confident in leading former peers and handling difficult people-management situations or stakeholder conflicts with directness and transparency.
• High proficiency in managing heavy administrative and financial tasks, including complex budgeting and resource allocation.
• A track record of driving early organizational change management and securing buy-in from Legal, Regulatory, and Business stakeholders from project kickoff.
• Experienced in large-scale delivery that fulfills initial promises and ensures new solutions "stick" through rigorous stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for complex products, ensuring they achieve business outcomes while integrating AI capabilities and market trends into the roadmap.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle for a diverse portfolio, identifying innovation opportunities and capitalizing on emerging technologies to shape the industry.
• Establish an aspirational end-to-end user experience and define performance KPIs to inform data-driven product iterations.
• Influence senior leadership and external partners while managing an ecosystem of internal teams, SaaS vendors, and academic partners.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of engineering and product managers, fostering a culture of customer-centricity and continuous learning.
• Connect long-term product growth to broader business outcomes, guiding optimization strategies to maintain a competitive advantage.
• Develop multi-year financial forecasts and strategically allocate resources across initiatives to maximize portfolio ROI.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees