Roche Posted September 10, 2026

Medical Manager CardioMetabolism - Pipeline Acceleration Team

Madrid, Spain FULL_TIME
Medical Affairs Manager
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About this opportunity

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

You will be part of the Medical Department, reporting directly to the Pipeline Acceleration Team Lead. Your mission as Medical Manager in the Pipeline Acceleration Team is to generate:

Proactive Medical Engagement:

Shape the environment by generating new knowledge through research and promoting medical education for patient benefit.

Identify relevant medical needs and translate them into insights to build the therapeutic area strategy in pre-launch phases.

Cross functional team coordination and networking with international teams to, ultimately, develop an optimal prelaunch strategy of Roche products and solutions in the new therapeutic areas of Cardiology and Metabolism.

Your Key Responsibilities:

1. Scientific Strategy Leadership:

Lead and align the local prelaunch strategy with the global one for the product and therapeutic area.

Oversee communication regarding medical issues with Global Medical Affairs and other international groups.

Anticipate needs related to Personalized Medicine.

Manage the local publication strategy and digital scientific communication.

2. R&D Leadership:

Identify local evidence gaps and develop strategies to address them.

Participate in the global Integrated Evidence Plans.

Interface with scientific societies for R&D projects and align with global/local strategies.

Oversee local studies through all phases in collaboration with PDG and Local Evidence Generation.

3. Medical Expertise and Customer Insights:

Collect and analyze scientific insights from various stakeholders, including patients.

Conduct advisory meetings with TAEs and integrate their input into the local strategy.

Train/update Field roles and others to ensure a scientific approach.

Serve as the therapeutic area expert and support product lifecycle activities.

Respond to internal and external medical-scientific inquiries.

Participate in national/international scientific meetings.

Maintain relationships with key TAEs and ensure product access in collaboration with internal stakeholders.

Establish scientific collaborations with National Medical Societies and Patient Associations.

Who You Are:

Bachelor's degree in health sciences is required. Bachelor's degree in medicine with a specialization is preferred.

Candidates should have previous experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry within the Medical Department and/or prior experience as a clinical doctor.

Experience in Cardiology and/or Metabolic Health is required.

Research experience is desirable, including experience with scientific publications.

High proficiency in English and Spanish.

Knowledge in clinical trial design, implementation and monitoring.

Experience in managing TAEs and establishing/maintaining collaborations with external organizations.

Your residence location is in Madrid.

Imagine working for Roche…

You are joining Roche, a huge family of value driven employees. Passion, courage and integrity are part of our DNA. We do run the extra mile for every patient. As a company we are purely innovation focused which results in a nicely filled pipeline. We have a culture of trust and empowerment! Next to this, we strive for healthy balance between work & leisure time

 

 

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.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Madrid, Spain
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 282 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 82 biopharma companies.

282Comparable roles tracked
253Currently active
82Companies hiring similar roles
38Countries represented

Salary context

63 of 282 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

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Lowest disclosed · Clinical Research Associate · Pfizer $68,600/yr – $114,300/yr
Peer group range $91,450 – $231,700 (median $198,000)

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Japan29
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Seniority mix

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Therapeutic area mix

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