Expert Imaging Lead, CVRM

The Opportunity

The Expert Imaging Lead, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism (CVRM) plays a pivotal role in advancing the strategic and scientific application of imaging across our CVRM pipeline. Operating within DEPCS, the Imaging Lead, CVRM serves as the primary scientific and strategic liaison for imaging solutions, ensuring alignment with molecule and program goals, clinical and regulatory requirements, and enterprise innovation priorities. The role bridges Medical imaging science, Pharmaceutical Drug Development, and Advanced Analytics/AI, to design fit-for-purpose, scalable, and regulatory-ready imaging strategies.

Collaborating closely with The TA Lead in DEPCS and Digital and Patient Centred Outcomes Research leadership, as well as cross-functional teams and external partners, the CVRM Imaging Lead builds multi-year imaging roadmaps that elevate endpoint precision, protects data quality, and drives asset differentiation, improving the probability of technical success within the CVRM pipeline.

• You serve as a leading expert in imaging science across the assigned therapeutic area, shaping strategy and leading high-impact, cross-functional initiatives
• You translate development needs into robust scalable imaging endpoints and embed AI, ML, and advanced analytics where appropriate
• You define and direct imaging strategy across multiple programs, influencing DEPCS TA digital strategy by anticipating clinical and business needs
• You partner with Disease Area (DA) Heads, TA Heads, and Franchise Heads to align strategic planning activities, ensuring a focused approach to enhancing people, processes, and technology capabilities needed to improve drug development at Roche
• You identify pain points and specific critical needs of disease area strategies and large asset programs that can be addressed with imaging capabilities and solutions, including close interactions with Study management teams (SMTs), Global Development Teams (GDTs), and Asset Teams
• You represent DEPCS imaging strategy in functional and enterprise governance, influencing priority-setting, investment decisions, and cross-functional alignment
• You anticipate external trends in imaging science, regulatory expectations, and clinical innovation, incorporating these into strategic planning
• You lead the development and lifecycle management of DEPCS AI and medical imaging-based algorithms, from technology assessments to deployment
• You act as a scientific thought leader in imaging across Roche, enabling standardization, interoperability, and reusability of imaging data assets
• You lead large, global project teams or matrixed initiatives, ensuring integration of imaging into the broader development architecture
• You serve as a key liaison to external collaborators, academic partners, and vendors, shaping Roche's role in the imaging science community

Who you are

• You hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent in Radiology, Imaging Science or a related discipline and 12+ years of experience in imaging science with strategic impact across clinical trials or drug development programs or a mix of relevant scientific degree and directly relevant experience
• You have broad and deep expertise in relevant imaging methods, including regulatory strategy and AI/ML-enhanced analytics
• You demonstrate proven leadership in high-complexity, global projects and governance interactions
• You are able to influence senior stakeholders and lead scientific strategy across functions and geographies
• You bring deep understanding of the clinical and drug development context, preference for CVRM experience
• You demonstrate proven experience in data science, AI/ML, digital health, or related technologies and their application in the pharmaceutical industry
• You bring broad experience in the development of AI-based, data-driven solutions for healthcare
• You have proven experience managing projects from concept through deployment and success measurement
• You bring a process-oriented mindset with attention to detail and a focus on delivering high-quality results, with deep enthusiasm for developing and embedding groundbreaking new capabilities
• You demonstrate capacity for independent thinking and ability to make decisions based upon sound principles
• You show excellent strategic agility including problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and agility that extends beyond the technical domain
• You demonstrate respect for cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in the global workplace
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, specifically in the areas of presentation and writing, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear language

Preferred

• Recognized leader in the imaging community with external visibility (e.g., publications, leadership roles)
• Experience defining investment cases or shaping functional strategy for imaging innovation
• Familiarity with enterprise-level data architecture and how imaging integrates with multi-modal evidence generation