Medical Affairs Manager

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

As a Medical Affairs Manager at Roche Diagnostics, you act as a strategic catalyst and healthcare system shaper. Working in close synergy across commercial, access, and marketing partners, you shape clinical practice and accelerate the adoption of high-medical-value diagnostics to directly impact patient lives across Belgium.

• Drive Strategic Medical Direction: Define and own the medical strategy for assigned disease areas, aligning affiliate initiatives and allocating medical resources for maximum patient benefit.
• Champion Innovation & Diagnostic Access: Assess early-stage medical and diagnostic innovations to overcome systemic barriers and address critical unmet healthcare needs.
• Lead Evidence Generation: Spearhead clinical studies, real-world evidence initiatives, in collaboration with Key Opinion Leaders to fill important scientific gaps and shape healthcare guidelines.
• Translate Science into Impact: Convert scientific data and external medical insights into clear strategic actions, constructively shaping cross-functional dialogue.
• Transform Patient Pathways: Partner actively with laboratory networks, and healthcare systems to elevate the standard of care.
• Engage the Medical Community: Cultivate trusted scientific partnerships with key healthcare leaders, chair advisory boards, and direct meaningful medical education programs.
• Foster a Collaborative Culture: Collaborate with high autonomy, shared accountability, and mutual respect within an agile, purpose-driven team.

Who You Are

You are a forward-thinking scientific partner who thrives on turning complex medical concepts into transformative healthcare solutions. You are energized by cross-functional collaboration and passionate about elevating patient care standards.

• You hold a Master’s degree or higher in a medical, scientific, or life sciences discipline (an advanced degree such as a PhD, PharmD, or MD is an asset).
• You bring proven experience in Medical Affairs or a strategic medical role, with demonstrated success developing disease-area strategies or evidence-generation roadmaps.
• You possess a solid understanding of clinical practice, patient journeys, and the healthcare ecosystem to recognize and address unmet patient needs.
• You have hands-on experience facilitating clinical studies or research collaborations, and scientific communications in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.
• You have a growth mindset and strong stakeholder management skills to influence, constructively challenge, and ability to communicate complex topics in simple terms while driving cross-functional collaboration with clear ownership and accountability.
• You are an articulate communicator who operates effectively in English, Dutch, and French within the Belgian healthcare landscape.

Together, we’ll advance along the whole patient journey with the aspiration to prevent, stop and cure diseases.

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.