Innovation and Strategic Initiatives Lead

Description

• Strategic Matrix Leadership & Execution
• Leading and coordinating all internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and accountability for the delivery of all strategic initiatives
• Refine project timelines, key milestones, and critical signals required for current and future investment rounds
• Drive the collaboration between local and global teams to navigate challenges and leverage resources to deliver business results
• Partner with Government Affairs to shape supportive policies and embed the project's value proposition into the Korean national agenda
• Partner with functional teams to drive and ensure their accountability for the timely generation, rigorous utilization, and strategic deployment of evidence (RWE, HEOR, TIM) to successfully support reimbursement and policy efforts
• Ensure close collaboration with the above country network to ensure scalability of initiatives to other markets
• Ensure all Initiatives-specific external communication is clear, professional, and strategically aligned with the organization’s overall messaging
• Collaborate with Finance and other leaders to develop, track, and manage the end-to-end budget for all strategic projects and future growth initiatives
• Solidifying Factbase & Strategic Ambition
• Act as the project owner for initial key initiatives, including the IPC designation and the Early Cancer program, ensuring all goals are met and reported effectively to senior leadership
• Proactively monitor the Korean healthcare and policy landscape to identify, evaluate, and propose new strategic initiatives and investment opportunities that align with Roche's future growth strategy
• Identify strategic choices for implementing and scaling IPC and digital diagnostic solutions within the Korean market, considering the current regulatory and competitive landscape
• Identify Additional Opportunities and Initiatives:
• Significantly expand Roche's innovation impact by building and nurturing strategic alliances with local academia, IT start-ups, and other third-party innovators
• Competitor & Market Analysis:
• Monitor competitor investments and strategies within the digital health, oncology, and broader healthcare sectors
• AI & Digital Partnership Execution:
• Drive the identification, negotiation, and execution of MOUs and partnerships with key AI/digital health or bio-technology innovators

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of progressive experience within significant matrix initiatives. Experience in the Pharmaceutical or healthcare industry is preferred.
• Leadership & Influence: Proven strategic cross-functional leadership or inspirational indirect leadership capability, with a proven track record of successfully driving outcomes, being a good coordinator, and working with people without direct authority to secure commitment across the matrix organization
• Visionary Strategic Planning: Ability to translate ambiguity and complexity into a clear, actionable, multi-year strategic vision with defined investment milestones
• Strong business acumen : A strong business acumen and knowledge of the Korean healthcare system is required.
• Strong Stakeholder Management: Proven track record leading large-scale, complex projects and successfully managing cross-functional internal stakeholders while ensuring accountability
• Partnership Mastery: A verifiable track record of successfully initiating and executing multi-stakeholder engagements with external bodies
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to translate a high-level, ambiguous vision into a concrete, actionable, multi-year plan with clear milestones
• High learning agility, resilience, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Action-Oriented: Proven ability to drive execution across a multi-year roadmap with clear milestones and defined deliverables
• Demonstrated experience in scouting, negotiating, and executing AI/digital health partnerships is preferred.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills (both English and Korean proficiency is critical)