Senior Medical Writer

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

The Global Digital Hub has been established within the Roche Services & Solutions Center. Our main purpose is to strengthen Roche's digital capabilities globally by supporting central initiatives with Social Media Management, Brand Support, Digital Publishing Services, Marketing Automation, Copywriting, and Creative Design.

As a member of the Global Digital Hub Team, you will work to ensure fulfillment of the Global Digital Hub long term outcomes and strategy as well as excellent delivery of content creation priorities. As a Senior Medical writer, you will support the growing medical writing team within Roche Services & Solution Centre in developing medical writing & digital content solutions for our business partners across various therapeutic areas and play a crucial role in business development and stakeholder engagement

As a Senior Medical Writer, you will be at the forefront of creating high-quality content for medical communications tailored solutions. The Senior Medical Writer is an experienced  subject matter expert, advisor and leader within the chapter. Focusing on specific therapeutic areas in dedicated service teams, Senior Medical Writers are responsible for training and mentoring medical writers, copywriters and content editors within their assigned team - also driving cross-team upskilling and knowledge transfer to grow the capabilities of the chapter overall. This critical position has a global scope and a key component of the role involves acting as a trusted advisor and knowledgeable consultant to our business teams on the topic of medical writing and communications.

The Opportunity:

• Apply broad knowledge of medical writing to develop effective scientific content for digital implementation in collaboration with cross-functional partners and clients.

• Manage multiple concurrent projects across therapeutic areas, ensuring delivery on agreed timelines and proactively managing your workload and capacity.

• Ensure that all content, format, and structure comply with regulatory guidelines, Roche best practices, and diligently follow applicable company SOPs.

• As a Senior Medical Writer, you will provide mentorship and technical coaching to team members and new writers joining the team.

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in pharmaceutical and medical communications, leading the team in assigned specific therapeutic areas.

• Take ownership for upholding the highest standards of scientific accuracy, quality, and compliance with all applicable industry guidelines.

• Exercise excellent communication skills for professional liaison with internal teams and external stakeholders to obtain comprehensive briefs and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Who you are:

• You have an advanced degree in a biological science or medical discipline and 7+ years of medical writing experience, ideally within an agency setting.

• You have native-level written and spoken English and additional languages are an advantage.

• You possess excellent attention to detail, consistency, clarity, and scientific rigor, demonstrating an accountable, focused, and precise attitude.

• You must be able to effectively coordinate people across multiple organizations and countries while demonstrating strong stakeholder management and a customer-centric mentality.

• You thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment, utilizing a continuous improvement and growth mindset to effectively prioritize tasks.

• You have experience with standard IT applications, with a preference for proficiency in the Google suite.

In exchange we provide you with:

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. 

• Excellent benefits & flexibility:  Roche Annual Bonus, Monthly transportation allowance, Home Office set - up equipment, Health Insurance, Life/Accident insurance, Full salary when on sick leave for the first 9 days, Eyeglasses settlement, One-time payment options for various events in the life e.g. wedding, childbirth, Service Awards: We value loyalty with additional holidays and bonus payment, Work in a hybrid model (2 days/week from the office).

• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

Salary starts from 4000 EUR gross/monthly. Final salary depends on the successful candidate's level of experience, skills and qualifications.

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.