About this role
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.
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The Position
The Opportunity
As a Commercial Squad Lead at Roche Romania Pharma, you will shape the strategic direction for a dedicated disease area while coaching and empowering a team of high-performing healthcare partners. In this pivotal role, you will balance strategic commercial leadership with people development to deliver meaningful solutions that improve the end-to-end patient journey.
Key Areas of Accountabilities
- Set the strategic vision and ambition for your cross-functional team, aligning goals with broader organizational priorities and healthcare ecosystem needs.
- Own the disease area strategy, financial planning, and overall P&L accountability for the product portfolio.
- Lead end-to-end product lifecycle management, including commercialization excellence and pre-launch preparation in close partnership with cross-functional teams.
- Manage, coach, and inspire a team of healthcare engagement professionals, fostering a culture of psychological safety, continuous learning, and high performance.
- Act as the strategic decision-maker for the squad, establishing clear roles, priorities, and agile working practices (such as regular impact retrospectives and planning rituals).
- Represent the squad in strategic business discussions and partner with local and global commercial leaders to drive seamless execution.
- Model collaborative, enterprise-minded leadership by aligning resources, removing operational bottlenecks, and championing synergies across teams.
Who You Are
You are a visionary and empowering leader who is passionate about improving patient outcomes and transforming healthcare. You thrive in complex environments, challenge the status quo, and bring a strategic, human-centric approach to leading teams.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Education: University degree in a scientific, economic, or business field. An advanced degree in Life Sciences or an MBA is a plus.
- Experience: Proven (10+ years) of commercial experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry, with a track record of engaging key healthcare ecosystem stakeholders.
- Leadership & Culture: Demonstrated experience in leading, coaching, and developing teams, with a proven ability to build trust, foster psychological safety, and drive a feedback-oriented culture.
- Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Strong strategic planning capabilities, robust financial management/P&L experience, and a track record of driving commercial excellence.
- Agility & Mobility: Experience working in matrixed environments or utilizing agile ways of working; valid Category B driving license and willingness to travel for business (more than 50% time) and participate in international projects.
- Languages: Fluency in Romanian and a high level of English proficiency for global collaboration.
Please send us your CV in English language.
The selection process for this role will be run in multiple interview rounds (2-3 rounds).
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.