Chapter Lead (Director) - Strategic Communications

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.

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

At Roche, we are committed to transforming lives through innovation. As one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, we continuously work to create a future where healthcare is more personalized, accessible, and effective. To help us tell our story and strengthen our voice, we’re searching for a talented professional to join the External Affairs Division and to lead our Strategic Corporate Communications Chapter.

Are you a strategic visionary, an inspiring leader, and a passionate communicator? Do you excel at cultivating impactful narratives, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders to achieve a shared vision? You may be the exceptional leader we are seeking to take on the role of Chapter Lead (Director), Strategic Communications, and to drive our communications strategy to new heights.

The Opportunity:

As the Chapter Lead, Strategic Communications, you will:

• Lead a Center of Excellence: Build, enable, and cultivate a best-in-class Strategic Corporate Communications function, centered on aligning how Roche Canada tells its story of impact both internally and externally.

• Develop Talent and Capabilities: Hire, empower, and develop a team of communications experts, cultivating leaders for the future. You will embody Visionary, Architect, Coach, and Catalyst (VACC) principles so others thrive. And you’ll enhance communication and external engagement capabilities across the organization.

• Champion Culture and Innovation: Be an architect in creating a dynamic, engaging, and inclusive workplace culture, making Roche Canada an exceptional place to work. Your leadership will align innovative initiatives with our Roche Pharma Canada vision, ensuring long-term impact and success.

• Steward Roche Canada’s Narrative: Lead the development of the Roche Canada narrative, embedding in it our policy positions and enterprise-level thought leadership pillars, while ensuring that the resulting stakeholder engagement strategies resonate with key partners.

• Be a Trusted Advisor: You are a thoughtful, strategic advisor to the President & CEO, VP External Affairs, other Roche Canada leaders, and global colleagues. Your counsel is sought out and deeply considered, given that you balance perspectives and are known for your integrity. 

• Foster Engagement: Inspire collaboration across Roche Canada, One Roche, and the broader ecosystem by connecting with local and international stakeholders to drive clear and compelling communications.

• Bring the Outside In: Conduct market sensing, interpret external insights, and integrate them into decision-making processes and business priorities to shape impactful outcomes.

• Collaborate and Partner with Intention: You know how important partners are to advancing a program or mission, and do so with thought, care, and intention so that Roche Canada and our partners are well-positioned to thrive. 

Who You Are:

• Extensive Expertise: A minimum of 10-12 years of communications management experience with a minimum of 7 years of leadership experience required, which can include individual or team management, as well as indirect leadership roles such as managing projects, coordinating teams, or overseeing initiatives.

• Education:  A minimum of a 3 year undergraduate degree: Journalism, Communications and/or Health Policy preferred

• Strategic Thinking: Your ability to make connections across concepts and insights, people and work, and to link them to a clear vision, are among your stand-out qualities. 

• Visionary Storytelling: A refined ability to craft and execute forward-thinking narratives that establish thought leadership and influence key stakeholders.

• Leadership Excellence: Demonstrated success in leading and developing high-performing, purpose-driven teams that thrive through collaboration and innovation.

• Strategic Partnership: A proven track record of building relationships with internal and external partners that align goals, values, and outcomes.

• Holistic Communication Skills: Expansive knowledge of the communications craft and principles, including corporate storytelling, media relations, issues management, policy and advocacy communications, employee relations, and community-focused engagement. Bilingual English-French is an asset.

• Global Perspective: An ability to work within and align local communications strategies to a broader international framework. Experience in healthcare, life sciences, and government sectors is a significant asset.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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.