Disease Area Squad Lead – Breast Cancer (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Roche – Multinational Locations – 2025 Opportunity

Disease Area Squad Lead – Breast Cancer (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Roche – Multinational Locations – 2025 Opportunity

ESSENTIAL JOB DETAILS

• Position: Disease Area Squad Lead – Breast Cancer, Sub-Saharan Africa

• Locations: Nairobi (Kenya), Lagos (Nigeria), Johannesburg (South Africa), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

• Category: Sales & Marketing / Ecosystem Engagement

• Type of Role: Full-Time | Regular / Permanent

• Seniority Level: Individual Contributor (Leadership & Strategy)

• Application Deadline: 17th June 2025

INTRODUCTION

Are you a visionary strategist who thrives in cross-functional, cross-border environments? Do you have a deep understanding of the healthcare ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa, a track record of leading agile teams, and a passion for revolutionizing breast cancer outcomes across the continent?

This unique and high-impact career opportunity at Roche is designed for professionals ready to take bold steps in shaping the future of cancer care. As the Disease Area Squad Lead – Breast Cancer for Sub-Saharan Africa, you will leverage regional and global networks, mobilize multifunctional squads, and deliver outcome-driven results that truly change lives.

This position goes far beyond traditional leadership roles. It’s about enabling triple win outcomes: for patients, ecosystems, and Roche.

ABOUT ROCHE

Roche is a globally trusted name in biotechnology, diagnostics, and personalized healthcare, with a powerful mission: to do now what patients need next. With more than 100,000 employees globally, and 26 million people treated with Roche medicines annually, the company leads with innovation, ethics, and a relentless commitment to healthcare access, affordability, and advancement.

Operating in over 100 countries, Roche fosters a culture where diversity, inclusion, and integrity are not just values—they are daily practices. The organization empowers individuals to be their authentic selves, enabling breakthroughs through borderless collaboration and scientific excellence.

This is your opportunity to join Roche’s Pharma International (PI) network, work across multiple Sub-Saharan African countries, and engage with communities, regulators, healthcare professionals, and thought leaders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Disease Area Squad Lead (Breast Cancer – SSA), you will serve as the integrator and steward of outcomes across countries, squads, and disciplines. Your work will directly influence Roche’s vision to prevent, stop, and cure disease across Africa.

Key responsibilities include:

• Vision Leadership:
  Set a clear, compelling North Star ambition for the Disease Area (DA) squad focused on Breast Cancer outcomes across Sub-Saharan Africa. Drive team alignment, cross-functional execution, and country-level collaboration.

• Outcome-Based Strategic Planning:
  Use outcome-based planning methodologies, with full accountability for squad execution and strategic delivery—ensuring that all efforts link back to impactful, measurable results.

• Agile Team Leadership:
  Champion agile principles, host retrospectives, refine processes, and embed a culture of experimentation, feedback, and rapid iteration within the squad environment.

• Cross-Border Collaboration:
  Operate across affiliate borders—co-leading multi-country virtual squads and aligning goals with regional and global partners. This includes working closely with Roche global and PI hubs.

• Squad Synergy & Resource Allocation:
  Collaborate with other Disease Area Squad Leads to balance squad priorities, share resources, eliminate duplication, and create scalable solutions for broader patient access across Africa.

• Voice of the Customer (VOC):
  Embed co-creation into every step. Partner with external stakeholders, patients, HCPs, payers, and health systems to ensure that all solutions represent their evolving needs.

• Mentorship & Coaching:
  Act as a VACC leader (Visionary, Architect, Coach, Catalyst) for squad members—empowering talent, enabling team agility, and fostering continuous professional growth.

• End-to-End Accountability:
  Define, lead, and routinely assess the entire squad ecosystem, including product backlog, budget oversight, capability development, and outcome delivery.

• Systems-Level Impact:
  Collaborate beyond traditional product boundaries—engaging in Roche’s transformation into a solutions company. Design and deliver ecosystem-focused strategies that strengthen healthcare access, equity, and resilience in the region.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

To thrive in this leadership role, candidates must demonstrate excellence across strategic, technical, collaborative, and visionary domains.

Functional Expertise

• Deep understanding of the breast cancer landscape, patient journeys, and care delivery ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Experience working across the life cycle of pharmaceutical or diagnostics solutions, from concept to delivery to access.

• Mastery in Outcome-Based Planning, Budget Management, and agile methodologies.

• Full command of English (written and spoken); French proficiency is highly desirable or willingness to learn.

• Demonstrated experience in health systems strengthening, public-private partnerships, or global health collaborations.

Strategic and Collaborative Skills

• Strong project management acumen, with the ability to lead virtual, cross-functional, cross-country teams.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing abilities, including policymakers, funders, clinicians, and ecosystem partners.

• Systems thinker—able to see the interdependencies between people, technology, policy, and infrastructure.

Leadership and Coaching

• Passionate coach and mentor who fosters growth mindsets, peer learning, and cross-functional upskilling.

• Embodies VACC leadership values—blending vision with humility and decision-making with facilitation.

• Known for enabling innovation while safeguarding compliance and patient-centricity.

CULTURE AND MINDSETS AT ROCHE

At Roche, leadership is defined not by title but by impact, inclusivity, and inspiration. As a Disease Area Squad Lead, your mindset will matter just as much as your resume.

Core mindset expectations include:

• Enabler Mindset:
  Rather than controlling, you unlock possibilities across networks. You value collaboration over hierarchy.

• Growth Mindset:
  You experiment, learn from failure, and constantly ask: What else can we try for our patients and ecosystems?

• Customer Centricity:
  You co-create with the people affected by breast cancer—patients, caregivers, clinicians—to build real solutions.

• Value Creation:
  Every decision you make should benefit at least one of three: the patient, the health ecosystem, or Roche.

• Borderless Leadership:
  You contribute to global learnings, share best practices with other affiliates, and co-develop scalable, replicable models.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

This isn’t a stagnant leadership role—it’s a platform for transformation.

As Disease Area Squad Lead at Roche, you will:

• Shape breast cancer solutions across SSA in collaboration with global experts.

• Influence how Roche evolves from a product-based organization to a platform solution enterprise.

• Play a critical part in building Africa’s precision medicine ecosystem.

• Be at the forefront of access innovation, such as value-based partnerships, market shaping, and digital patient support.

• Grow within one of the most globally respected healthcare organizations, with lateral, upward, and cross-functional career mobility.

HOW TO APPLY

If you’re ready to catalyze health outcomes in Africa, scale access to breast cancer care, and lead diverse, passionate teams across borders, then this role is for you.

👉 Apply directly through Roche’s Global Careers Portal:
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🗓️ Deadline to Apply: 17th June 2025 (Applications close at 11:59 PM in the location’s time zone)

📌 Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Roche Talent Acquisition. Ensure your application includes a detailed resume and tailored cover letter highlighting your leadership in disease-specific healthcare solutions and cross-functional ecosystems.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer and champions diversity in all its forms.

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