Health Policy Lead – Roche Morocco

Health Policy Lead – Roche Morocco

Roche Morocco is looking for a Health Policy Lead to serve as its principal strategic institutional representative and macro-level architect. The role shapes the external policy landscape in a Moroccan healthcare ecosystem undergoing structural and regulatory transformation, driven by Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals, new digital governance models, and evolving institutional decision-making structures.

The opportunity

The Health Policy Lead co-creates sustainable macro-frameworks with high-level public, private, and military institutions, ministries, NGOs, and funding bodies to accelerate structural access to healthcare innovation. Acting as a peer-level advisor to institutional leaders, the role bridges national health priorities and Roche's global enterprise ambitions, while operating in full compliance with local regulations, Roche Group compliance principles, and the Roche Code of Conduct.

Major responsibilities

Macro policy leadership

• Act as a senior counselor within institutional ecosystems, analyzing macro-trends to anticipate regulatory, political, and financial shifts.
• Drive evidence-based policy dialogues with national decision-makers to align Roche's objectives with Morocco's UHC goals and national health strategies.
• Translate complex socio-political dynamics into institutional engagement plans that protect and accelerate access to the Roche innovation portfolio.

High-level institutional partnerships

• Cultivate partnerships across decision-making networks, including public and private health institutions, military health systems, national insurance funds, and NGOs.
• Architect large-scale public-private partnerships that address systemic health gaps.

Healthcare system shaping

• Lead top-tier policy discussions on sustainable health financing, presenting innovative funding mechanisms to optimize national health expenditure.
• Collaborate with institutional bodies to structure sustainable access frameworks and value-based care models tailored to resource realities.

Reputation and enterprise synergy

• Support high-impact institutional narratives with internal and external stakeholders that protect Roche's equity and position Roche as a healthcare system partner.
• Serve as the strategic bridge to the Enabling Team and Global Squads, ensuring macro-policy insights inform local commercial and medical pipelines.
• Act as an internal mentor, upskilling cross-functional teams on political acumen, health economics, and ecosystem dynamics.

Who you are

Required education and experience

• Master's degree or higher in Public Policy, Health Economics, Law, Political Science, Business Administration, or a related scientific field. An MBA or PhD is highly desirable.
• Native or bilingual fluency in Arabic and French, and professional proficiency in English.
• A minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive, high-impact experience in public policy, institutional relations, public affairs, healthcare economics, management consulting, or corporate strategy.
• Demonstrated track record of directly interacting with and influencing senior governmental, ministerial, or institutional authorities.

While a healthcare background is highly valued, exceptional leaders from adjacent sectors (e.g., top-tier consulting firms, international development agencies, banking, or sovereign funds) with deep regulatory and financing experience are encouraged to apply.

Required competencies and skills

• Deep understanding of macro-policy environments, national healthcare funding mechanisms, governance structures, and the Moroccan public, private, and military health apparatus.
• Proven capability in managing large-scale, complex projects and driving cross-functional alignment without formal authority.
• High digital literacy, leveraging health tech and digital healthcare transformations as policy-shaping tools.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset and partnership capabilities, including coaching, consulting, deep listening, and understanding stakeholder needs.
• Growth mindset, with the ability to continuously learn, unlearn, experiment, and adapt quickly.
• Self-managed and self-directed, with a collaborative and altruistic approach toward the broader Roche network.
• High level of integrity, acting with openness, honesty, ethics, and authenticity in all interactions.
• Enabler mindset, leveraging internal and external networks to create value, scale impact, expedite access, and share best practices.
• Ability to make bold, value-oriented decisions, including stopping activities that do not create meaningful impact.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity.
• Sensitive and adaptive leadership style, capable of responding effectively to evolving ecosystem dynamics.

Who we are

Roche employs more than 100,000 people across the globe, dedicated to advancing science and ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. The company aims to prevent, stop, and cure diseases, and encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.