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The Position

Publication Coordination Manager

Healthcare’s future is driven by the exchange of science and data. As a Publication Coordination Manager at Roche, you’ll be actively shaping this future and giving our wealth of science a voice as a member of the Scientific Communications Community. 

Publication Coordination Manager support the implementation of  Scientific Communications (SC) Strategies by ensuring effective coordination, oversight and overall project management of all publications activities with the ultimate goal of changing medical practice. The means of accomplishing these activities may include supporting product-specific teams, Disease Area teams spanning multiple molecules, early research areas and other iterations of team engagement across the lifecycle. 

The Opportunity

As a Publication Coordination Manager you will play a key role in shaping the future of healthcare by ensuring science and data are communicated effectively. Joining our Scientific Communications Community, you will drive project management, coordination, and operational oversight for publication activities across prioritized disease areas.

In this role, you will:

• Partner closely with scientific communication leaders to manage E2E (end-to-end) publication workflows, project timelines, and budgets across global disease areas.
• Direct the planning and execution of scientific publication projects in collaboration with cross-functional internal teams, medical authors, and agency partners.
• Oversee agency deliverables, track key performance metrics, monitor budget allocations, and ensure high-quality execution across external vendors.
• Manage publication planning cycles, leading kick-off meetings, coordinating review cycles, and maintaining transparent project dashboards.
• Ensure all publication activities strictly comply with global medical guidelines, regulatory standards, and ethical codes of practice.
• Leverage operational data to identify continuous improvement opportunities across communication tools, workflows, and vendor partnerships.
• Foster collaborative relationships with external medical experts, healthcare professionals, and medical societies to ensure candidate and customer perspectives shape communication strategies.

Who You Are

You are a organized, collaborative project management professional with a passion for scientific communications and medical affairs. You thrive in complex environments, bring strong stakeholder management skills, and enjoy bringing structure to multi-faceted scientific projects.

• Proven experience (5+ years) in medical affairs, biopharmaceuticals, or a medical communications agency.
• Demonstrated track record in project management, operational excellence, and managing complex publication or scientific workflows.
• Strong experience managing agency partners, budgets, and project timelines.
• Experience utilizing publication management software systems and adapting quickly to digital platforms.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influence skills with the ability to work collaboratively across global teams.
• Strong ethical standards and working knowledge of medical publication guidelines and regulatory frameworks.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

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:  competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. We also ensure flexibility, to help you find your balance: home office is a common practice (2 office days/week on average).  We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
• 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. That’s what makes us Roche.

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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.