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

External Affairs International (EAi), part of the Roche Pharma CEO Office, ensures the company can shape the policies, funding decisions, and market conditions that determine how healthcare innovation is valued and rewarded. We influence globally where strategic priorities are defined and enable locally where business impact is delivered. Through focused advocacy and a connected global network, EAi builds trusted relationships with governments, multilateral institutions, and global partners, develops third-party advocates, and forges alliances that protect and grow Roche’s business while improving patient access to innovation.

The Opportunity

The Head of Health System Partnerships builds and leads Roche’s capability to translate innovation into system-ready, financeable, and scalable care solutions. The role demonstrates VACC leadership by setting clear direction, building practical system solutions, enabling collaboration, and developing people to deliver results. The focus is on implementation partnerships that enable real-world adoption of care models, financing mechanisms, and system capacity — working in close collaboration with other EAI teams, Disease Area teams, Global Access, Diagnostics, regions, and affiliates.

The Head of Health System Partnerships is a member of the External Affairs International Leadership Team and reports to the Head of External Affairs International.

What You Will Do

• Develop and lead Roche’s implementation partnership strategy, focused on care delivery models, financing pathways, and system capacity building.

• Identify investment cases for pilots that translate into scalable, multi-country implementation models, supported by practical blueprints and toolkits.

• Build and steer partnerships with global institutions, insurers, investors, NGOs, and delivery partners to operationalize solutions such as screening pathways, digital platforms, and sustainable funding and financing models.

• Establish pragmatic governance and clear guardrails for system partnerships, ensuring models are adaptable, usable, and consistent across markets.

Who You Are

• Advanced degree in economics, public health, international relations, business, or a related field; equivalent senior experience considered (affiliate experience an advantage).

• 10+ years’ experience at the intersection of health systems, financing, and large-scale implementation across public, private, and/or multilateral settings.

• Proven enterprise leadership — setting direction, prioritising investments, and guiding complex work across functions and geographies.

• Strong track record building and leading senior-level partnerships with governments, institutions, payers, investors, or delivery networks.

• Sound strategic judgment with the ability to move from concept to scalable execution.

• Experience leading and developing senior professionals, with credibility at executive level.

"Join us in our mission to advance science and deliver hope to those who need it most.”

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.