Global Strategic Pricing Leader – Diagnostics Global Access & Policy
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of global value‑based pricing strategies for prioritized pipeline and on‑market products, utilizing analytics to assess elasticity, forecast trends, and manage profitability.
- Co‑lead the roll‑out of pricing strategies, including innovative pricing and contracting solutions, in collaboration with access and commercial stakeholders to drive market access and profitability.
- Act as the main responsible for exception management, providing clear guidance and supporting affiliates with local strategy development to address access barriers.
- Be the key responsible for price monitoring and insights generation using internal databases (e.g., DIAprice, sCORE), delivering actionable insights to affiliates, regions, and IBTs.
- Establish and lead pricing committee meetings, issue price memos, and drive pricing governance, including the maintenance and monitoring of pricing policies, controls, and KPIs (e.g., floor price).
- Conduct and leverage primary and secondary payer, reimbursement, and pricing research to inform global strategy and provide consolidated pricing and reimbursement advice to relevant product teams.
- Partner cross‑functionally to inform IBTs and their Product Managers on recommended price setting, ensuring adherence to relevant governance processes.
Qualifications
- Minimum 8‑10 years of professional experience with recognized expertise in pricing and reimbursement, preferably in the diagnostics, medical device or pharmaceutical industry.
- Affiliate and/or regional experience is a plus.
- Possess a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as business, finance, economics, health economics, life sciences, or public health.
- An MBA or other graduate/higher‑level degree is beneficial.
- Deep financial and commercial understanding with in‑depth knowledge of the global reimbursement environment, competitive intelligence and market segmentation for effective global price setting.
- Demonstrated strategic & analytical acumen with strong influencing, negotiation and Agile leadership skills to excel in a global matrix organization and lead diverse multicultural teams.
- Committed to permanently optimizing processes to increase quality and efficiency standards and implement pricing competence and awareness across the organization through training and support.
Essential Skills
- Strategic & analytical acumen: design and implement global value‑based pricing strategies, utilizing analytics to assess elasticity, forecast trends and manage profitability.
- Deep financial and commercial understanding is critical.
- DX & market knowledge: in‑depth knowledge of the global reimbursement environment, and the clinical value proposition of the products; expertise in competitive intelligence and market segmentation.
- Global leadership & execution: excel at cross‑functional collaboration and stakeholder management across a global matrix organization; establish clear pricing governance and processes, effective negotiation, and drive necessary change management to ensure pricing discipline and strategic execution across all regions.
Location
For this role, the primary location is Rotkreuz. Additional locations may be discussed during the hiring process.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all.
