Squad Lead

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

As a Squad Lead, you will play a crucial role in setting the vision for therapeutic areas and innovative brands, shaping high-impact strategies, and leading their execution in the Slovak Pharmaceutical industry. You will report to the Strategy Lead.

Career Challenges and Opportunities

• You design, lead the strategic ambition for the Squad for therapeutic areas and brands, aligning with Pharma strategy, regional outcomes and with the strategy and priorities for Slovakia

• You assume overall accountability for the execution of this vision/ambition by applying Outcome-based planning principles, without direct reporting lines

• Lead end-to-end prelaunch/launch/post launch product strategies and their execution

• Responsible for commercial management including P&L delivery; business planning, patient flows, forecasts, and other commercial areas

• Effectively prioritize squad outcomes and ensure resource requirements are met to deliver on long-term and short-term outcomes

• Responsible for fostering collaboration, coaching, developing and upskilling squad members, to create value for the patients, ecosystem and Roche (“triple win”)

• Adhere and ensure compliance with Roche guidelines and regulatory requirements, optimizes resources to enhance operational efficiency and maximize impact, maintain an alignment with the Customer Engagement Lab priorities, drive improvements in patient journeys, omnichannel customer engagement, and business outcomes

Who You Are

• University degree in a relevant field (e.g., Science, Business, Economics); advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, Life Sciences) are a plus

• Fluency in local language and English for effective internal and external collaboration

• Proven track record in commercialization, strategy planning, customer engagement, and medical product excellence (5+ years of relevant experience)

• Robust understanding of the healthcare system, governance, and regulatory environment in Slovakia

• Strong data, financial and business acumen and managing P&L

• Project Management, experience in managing complex projects

• Proven leadership skills, leading cross-functional teams and strategies, and driving business transformation

• Strategic Agility and Entrepreneurial; able to identify opportunities, experiment, and to take risks

• Borderless Collaboration: working closely with other countries/communities/teams, embracing the loop of ‘sharing and learning together’

• System Thinking; able to understand complexities and simplify them

• Proficiency in omnichannel & digital innovation methodologies 

• Valid driving license

• Expected Travel: 10%

Salary starts from 4000 EUR gross/month. Final salary depends on the level of experience, skills and qualifications.

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.