The Position

POSITION OVERVIEW:

At USMA, we focus on broadening opportunities for patient access by ensuring that health care stakeholders have the evidence they need on our products and the confidence in that evidence to make informed treatment decisions. As a key pillar in the broader Genentech organization, USMA has a pivotal role in bridging internal partner functions (including Research, Product Development, Commercial, and Government Affairs) and collaborating across the dynamic health ecosystem to ultimately deliver better patient outcomes while making care more accessible and affordable for all.

The Medical Partner (MP) is a critical part of the cross-functional leadership team (Squad*) and

is accountable for the success of the company in key therapeutic areas (TAs). The individual in

this role will lead a team of Medical Directors (MD) / Medical Science Directors (MSD) and/or

MD/MSD Manager and is accountable for the development, delivery and execution of the

medical strategy for a given therapeutic area. By bringing deep medical expertise, innovation,

and critical thinking, they drive medical strategic planning and execution. The Medical Partner

advocates the relevant medical perspective when creating Squad priorities and long-term

strategies with an enterprise view and a customer-centric approach to drive medical progress.

The Medical Partner is expected to be a strong servant leader. They are key members of the

US Medical Affairs leadership community. The individual in this role will maintain a

comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the medical strategy and relevant clinical, market

and access landscapes for their assigned TA. In addition, the Medical Partner is expected to

understand and evaluate their team and organization’s opportunities and constraints and build

capabilities with an enterprise mindset in collaboration with relevant key stakeholders.

• A Squad is a small cross-functional team of senior leaders responsible for a therapy area or set of products that is

accountable for generating the 5-year vision, integrated customer plan, identifying 90-day priorities and enabling small,

self-governing teams to design and develop the best solution for the patient/customers.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Drive the synthesis and translation of complex scientific data/clinical situations into strategy

and solutions to optimize access and care for patients, with the ability to appreciate and

navigate trade-offs within and beyond medical

• Proactively bring feasible options for evidence generation (clinical and economic), medical

communications and clinical and non-clinical customer engagement and insights with an

understanding of the unmet medical needs (compliantly)

• Ensure execution on evidence generation plan (clinical and economic), medical

communications and clinical and non-clinical customer engagement that delivers on the

shared 5-year vision, 90-day priorities and integrated customer plan

• Ensure effective two-way communication between the Squad and the Medical Network (in

order to socialize business/financial priorities to colleagues within USMA) so that they may

ideate solutions, understand the rationale behind Squad decisions, provide guidance, and the

context of activities across the network

• Partner effectively across the Medical Network, within USMA internal functions and with global

(REDs, PD, PDMA & GPS) colleagues to create and deliver options to support Squad short

and long-term goals. Provide perspective so that teams avoid redundant efforts

• Lead the formation and execution of high quality Phase IIIb/IV clinical trials and investigator-

initiated research including study design, protocol writing, approval, implementation and conduct,

clinical monitoring and study reports

• Consistently engage with customers (patients, payers, healthcare professionals, professional

societies, & cooperative groups) to understand their evolving medical needs and identify

knowledge gaps & opportunities for collaboration, & scientific exchange through various

channels to drive medical progress

• Identify and address training and development needs of team based on capabilities, capacity,

and interests

• Inspire high performance of the team by providing strategic leadership, setting individual and

team goals, removing roadblocks, providing feedback, and coaching to capabilities

• Actively promote an inclusive environment; provide & support coaching, mentoring, &

development opportunities for others through timely, actionable, & balanced feedback

• Attract and integrate top new talent to meet current and future needs when internal resources

are limited

• Create and empower autonomous project teams across the Medical Network by serving as or

selecting Work Product Owners, and ensure timely execution of medical deliverables to the

Squad. Help teams identify critical partners, CMG centers of excellence for partnership and

remove / help navigate barriers to enable efficiency

• Act as a guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics and safety
• Ultimately accountable for the final assessment of benefit/risk and safety for patients,

including medical monitor activities, product, clinical trial, and promotional material where

patient benefit/risk assessment is needed; accountable for the training of customers and

auxiliary staff in the medical/clinical use of our products (MDs only)

• Ultimately accountable to provide strategic perspective based on a deep understanding of clinical

decision-making to inform decisions about unmet medical needs and the impact of clinical data on

clinical practice pattern (MDs only)

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES:

• Post-graduate degree required (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD); MD strongly preferred
• 10-15 or more years of pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry experience – preferably in

Medical Affairs or Product Development or is a recognized expert in the field

• Scientific credibility and enterprise thinking on how medical affairs impacts the broader

organization and ability to provide proactive solutions to complex enterprise needs

• Superb collaboration, influencing, and communication (oral and written) skills in developing

strong partnerships with cross-functional commercial, development, and global peers

• Sophisticated understanding of the evolving regulatory, medical practice and economic

environments impacting Roche / Genentech both globally and within the US; have a thorough

understanding of US regulatory / FDA requirements

• Strong academic/teaching background preferred
• Understanding of and/or previous experience with Phase I - III and/or Phase IV drug

development ; experience in medical writing and the principles and techniques of data

analysis, interpretation and clinical relevance

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with, and understand and identify the needs of

patients, providers and payers

• Substantive understanding and exposure to corporate legal and compliance groups, and be

knowledgeable of issues related to, GCP, OIG and other guiding or controlling elements of

our business

• A successful track record of collaborating, coaching and influencing outcomes in complex

organizations and projects

• Demonstrated evidence of successfully achieving results, managing a high functioning team

that delivers on their accountabilities, and mentoring and developing emerging leaders

• Embraces an agile mindset to develop necessary processes to get things done. Knows how

to organize people and activities effectively to achieve impactful outcomes

• Embraces new digital healthcare landscape to better serve patient needs
• Understanding of finance and / or large-scale budget development, management and

administration

Business travel, by air or car, is required for regular internal and external business meetings

Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.

Operating Principles

• Put Patients First: I always act as if patients I know are in the room and do what’s best for them.

• Follow the science: I seek answers through experiments, data and debate, and act on facts.

• Act as one team: I care, collaborate and commit without boundaries, and trust others to do their part.

• Embrace differences: I seek diverse perspectives, invite opposing views, and challenge myself and others.

• Accelerate learning: I push to learn new things even if difficult, and openly share my successes and failures.

• Simplify radically: I eliminate complexity, reuse with pride, and accomplish more with less.

• Make impact now: I take accountability to do what’s right, deliver value fast, and don’t wait for certainty.

• Think long term: I choose actions today that benefit future generations.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $255,400 - $556,100. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

This position is based in South San Francisco, CA. Comprehensive relocation assistance will be provided for applicants who reside outside of a 50 mile radius.

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.

Genentech requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of their start date. This requirement is a condition of employment at Genentech, and it applies regardless of whether the position is located at a Genentech campus or is fully remote. If you are unable to receive the vaccine due to a disability or serious medical condition, or because it is prohibited as a result of your sincerely held religious beliefs, you will have an opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation.