Project Manager, Global Access Program EMEA LATAM - Subregion Africa at Roche Nigeria

Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.

Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Manager, Global Access Program EMEA LATAM - Subregion Africa

Job ID: 202402-103757
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Category: Business Development

Who You Are

• You as our successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Roche Global Access Program (GAP) across the EMEA LATAM region delivering strategic direction to drive greater access for patients, supporting creation of key tactics to drive toward commercial goals and coordinating with and enabling affiliates to effectively implement the program in a harmonised approach.
• This includes translating the Global GAP Strategy into EMEA LATAM priorities with an emphasis for linking to the Africa strategy, creating functional structure with the GAP teams across the region to coordinate implementation and impact, identifying key barriers and co-creating solutions, serving as a central resource and advocate for GAP, as well as building and maintaining external relationships with key GAP stakeholders to maximise the impact of the program for patients.
• You will collaborate with local experts in affiliates to drive maximum impact of the Global Access Program in supporting the WHO infectious disease elimination target, reinforcing the value of Roche as a key partner for health system strengthening and delivering to our business goals.  
• You will coordinate closely as a thought partner with the various internal teams to ensure alignment and harmonization in the strategy, related tactics and implementation of the Global Access Program across EMEA LATAM.
• Further information about the Roche Global Access Programme can be found here: https://diagnostics.roche.com/global/en/article-listing/global-access-program.html

The Opportunity

• The Global Access Program Partner, EMEA LATAM delivers value to Roche Diagnostics within the EMEA LATAM region as the main point of contact for Global Access Program strategy and implementation with the following responsibilities.

Strategy and access components:

• Lead for Global Access Program strategy and implementation planning for key tactics across the EMEA LATAM region including as key sponsor for the GAP Network in Africa.
• Ownership for strategy development in collaboration with internal teams for products within the GAP program including support for broader access topics bringing insights and lessons learned from other regions.
• Lead for relationship management for key stakeholders linked to GAP commercial success, including development agencies, financing and partnering organisations, logistics agencies and support partnership implementation projects with key GAP stakeholders (eg Public Health agencies) in coordination with internal partners.
• Point of contact to represent GAP in engagements to EMEA LATAM Leadership, forums, functional areas and to other internal stakeholders in APAC and Global teams relating to strategic decisions and updates for the program.

Commercial activities:

• Lead for coordination and implementation for key projects that impact across the EMEA LATAM region including but not limited to large RFPs for HIV and TB linked with global funders and support coordination of pricing/tenders for HPV / Hepatitis for harmonization and alignment of GAP implementation.
• Provide support to theGAP Finance lead by monitoring changing market dynamics related to key external stakeholders, customers and competition, coordinating with the APAC region, monitoring GAP sales performance and coordinating on pricing strategy and new business models with Global Access & Policy.
• Support critical processes that impact implementation such as supply chain (eg Vendor Managed Inventory, 3PLs) working in collaboration with the EMEA LATAM Supply Chain Head, Africa supply chain team and align needs of external stakeholders and other internal processes that impact regionally.

Enabling functions:

• Collect and channel EMEA LATAM needs as voice of the customers for Global Access Program implementation, monitoring of metrics, and to inform longer term strategy development to Global Access & Policy.
• Responsible point of contact for GAP for EMEA LATAM for affiliates to address challenges in implementation, understand overarching trends, training and mentoring activities.
• Lead for future pandemics or outbreaks and build strategies for response, and align strategy and execution with senior internal and external stakeholders
• This role reports to the Chapter Lead of Marketing & Commercial Excellence, Africa.

Requirements
You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Bachelor's Degree Business, Marketing or Science.
• At least 7 years of product management, business development and/or strategy development in the healthcare / pharmaceutical industry.
• Willingness to travel within Africa, Central Asia, Europe and LATAM.
• Fluency in English required (spoken and written), other languages including French and/or Portuguese considered a plus
• Ability to successfully work within cross-functional matrix teams, inspiring and influencing others, implementing vision and strategy across region and affiliates.
• Ability to engage with senior leadership and executive level stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Proven track record of tactical agility, ability to make decisions and problem solve in complex and ambiguous situations and apply system level thinking.
• Ability to engage with external stakeholders to gain insights, address needs and represent Roche initiatives effectively individually and as part of a broader team.
• Experience working in and with stakeholders in emerging markets with demonstrated cultural empathy.
• Should have a proactive mindset, and be a self-motivated, passionate driver from start to finish for projects and willingness to handle all levels of tasks (hands-on).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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