International Business Leader - Coagulation, Hematology and Urinalysis

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A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

At Roche Diagnostics, we are driven by our vision: innovating diagnostics, shaping healthcare, and changing lives. We are excited to see this vision come to life.

Roche Diagnostic Solutions is responsible for delivering on our Diagnostics Strategy. Within this, the Core Lab business area plays a key role: we strive to expand global access to innovative diagnostics and empower our customers to improve patient outcomes across the healthcare continuum. 

By increasing access and setting new standards in core laboratory diagnostics, we provide efficient, end-to-end testing systems and high medical-value solutions, leveraging the full strength of our One Roche approach.

The International Business Leader (IBL) – Coagulation, Hematology & Urinalysis (CHU) is responsible for driving the global strategic vision, commercial success, and market development for the CHU product portfolio within Core Lab, Roche Diagnostics Solutions (RDS). In addition, the IBL would support strategy development and implementation of Core Lab 3rd Party eco-system activities. This role leads the International Business Team (IBT), identifying international market opportunities, filling portfolio gaps, and aligning commercial strategy with global regions and affiliates.

Key Accountabilities

The key accountabilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Strategic Vision & LCT Leadership: Creates and executes the long-term strategic commercial vision for the Coagulation, Hematology & Urinalysis Life Cycle Team (LCT) and 3rd party Eco-system. Accountable for the overall commercial success and systematic lifecycle development of the portfolio.

• Global Marketing & Launch Planning: Develops, refines, and implements the Global Marketing Plan and strategic launch roadmaps across assigned product lines (e.g., Coagulation, Urinalysis, Hematology instruments and assays).

• IBT & Functional Team Leadership: Heads the International Business Team (IBT). Leads, coaches, and empowers International Product Managers (IPMs) and cross-functional team members while cultivating a high-performing, inclusive culture.

• Budget & Commercial Operations: Manages the rolling global LCT marketing budget, optimizing allocations and making recommendations in response to market dynamics, IP/risk assessments, and affiliate needs.

• Cross-Functional & Ecosystem Alignment: Serves as the key commercial interface across multiple system lifecycle teams (e.g., cobas ULTRA ecosystem), R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Operations/Supply Chain, IP/Legal, and Global Marketing (M&CI), and 3rd Party partners. Proxy for the Life Cycle Leader (LCL) on select strategic topics.

• Market Execution & Risk Management: Identifies growth opportunities and mitigates commercial/market risks. Directs execution for key commercial activities including global congress presence (e.g., EML), product positioning, messaging, pricing strategies, and affiliate execution support.

We are looking for a professional with a University degree in a scientific and/or business-related field (e.g., life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, economics, business administration or similar), with experience working in affiliate and/or global leadership roles. 

You will bring:

• Senior-level experience leading, motivating, coaching, and developing people and teams to drive customer focus in our mindset, work priorities, and collaborative behaviors
• Extensive progressive global business and commercial leadership experience, preferably in diagnostics/medical devices.
• High level of subject matter expertise in diagnostics, including a deep understanding of the diagnostic lifecycle, development processes, and global trends.
• Proven experience in building and providing effective leadership for teams, aligning with Roche Values and leadership capabilities.
• Experience working with international markets.

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.