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

Join us in Auckland and take the lead in delivering meaningful change for patients across New Zealand. As a Health System Partner (HSP), you are the local face of Roche, working directly on the ground to navigate and shape the New Zealand healthcare ecosystem. In this hands-on role, you will focus on the "how"—executing the vital work of connecting with policy makers, regulators, and payers to remove barriers to patient care. Your mission is to move beyond theory and take practical action to co-create and implement solutions that deliver better health outcomes to more New Zealanders, faster.

What You Will Be Working On:

As a Health System Partner (HSP) you will:

• Actively partner with healthcare system stakeholders to identify shared goals and turn them into tangible projects.

• Lead the development of all PHARMAC-related activities for the designated disease area to ensure best possible funding outcomes. 

• Lead the strategy and execution of new funding proposals, commercial proposals, contracts and tenders.

• Engage with local and global colleagues in development of the pharmaco-economic analysis, pricing requests and reimbursement strategies.

• Oversee product lifecycle processes such as new product introductions, pricing, divestments and discontinuations for your allocated squads.

• Navigate the internal Roche network to pull in the specific technical expertise or tools needed to support local health initiatives.

• Execute activities that support regulatory and reimbursement processes, ensuring our innovations reach the people who need them.

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of complex health projects, staying focused on timelines, budgets, and practical results.

• Use digital tools and health data to track the progress of your initiatives and demonstrate real-world impact to stakeholders.

• Capture insights from your daily interactions and feed them back to the team to help refine our local approach.

• Act as the "glue" between different Roche departments, ensuring everyone is aligned on the execution of your projects.

• Ensure every action you take in the system is fully compliant with Roche’s high ethical standards and local regulations.

Who Are You:

You have a deep passion for transforming healthcare and improving patient outcomes. You are a natural collaborator and systems thinker, skilled at connecting people and ideas to drive collective success. You have:

• A "roll up your sleeves" attitude as an action-oriented operator, thriving on the execution of projects rather than just designing high-level strategies.

• A deep, practical understanding as a healthcare insider of how the New Zealand healthcare system, its governance, and its processes work on a daily basis.

• A natural ability to build trust and rapport with diverse stakeholders and possess excellent customer engagement skills.

• The skills of a system navigator, acting as a deep listener who can sense the needs of the system and respond with practical, effective solutions.

• Highly developed organizational skills as a project manager, capable of managing the logistics of complex, cross-functional projects from start to finish.

• The mindset of an agile learner, staying comfortable in fast-paced environments and pivoting quickly based on field feedback to get the job done.

• Strong business acumen and the savvy to leverage digital tools to enhance the excellence of our customer experience.

• A university degree in Scientific, Economic, Public Health or equivalent and are ready to apply your knowledge in a high-impact, hands-on professional role.

Full eligibility to live and work in New Zealand for the duration of the 12-month contract is required.

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes or enquiries from recruitment agencies. Roche has a dedicated in-house Talent Acquisition team.

What we offer

Roche offers rewarding growth opportunities, a competitive remuneration package and a collaborative culture where people are united in purpose and will stretch you to be brave, speak up and think differently. Feel empowered to deliver meaningful outcomes, supported by accessible and inspiring leaders. 

Roche encourages a high-performance culture where you are empowered and trusted to make decisions. We strive for excellence and extraordinary results and take a genuine interest in our people and their well-being, and our patients.

Take pride in knowing you can make a difference to millions of patients worldwide in developing diagnostics and treatments for oncology, neuroscience, inflammation, immunology, ophthalmology, rare diseases, respiratory disease and diabetes.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, secure and healthy workplace, and to minimise any such impacts to our employees, customers and the community. We welcome applications from all people and encourage you to advise of any individual circumstances that may require consideration.

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.