Expert Imaging Lead, CVRM

The Opportunity The Expert Imaging Lead, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism (CVRM) plays a pivotal role in advancing the clinical application of imaging within drug development. The role defines and drives therapeutic‑area‑specific imaging strategies across the development lifecycle and 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. Responsibilities You lead cross‑functional initiatives that embed AI/ML–enabled analytics and medical imaging into clinical trial design, execution, and analysis. 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, TA, 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 primary pain points and critical needs of disease‑area strategies and large‑asset programs that can be addressed with imaging capabilities, engaging study management teams and global development stakeholders. 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. Qualifications You hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent in Radiology, Imaging Science, AI/ML, or a related discipline, with extensive experience in cardiovascular, renal, or metabolism imaging, and are recognized as a scientific expert with a demonstrated disease understanding and a track record in the therapeutic area. You bring 15+ years of experience in imaging science with strategic impact across clinical trials or drug development programs. You have broad and deep expertise in therapeutic‑area‑relevant imaging methods, including regulatory strategy and AI/ML‑enhanced analytics. You demonstrate proven leadership in high‑complexity, global projects and governance interactions. You have a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead scientific strategy across functions and geographies. You hold an advanced understanding of the clinical and drug development context in the applicable therapeutic area. You bring proven experience in data science, AI/ML, digital health, or related technologies and their application in the pharmaceutical industry. You possess project management experience 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, coupled with enthusiasm for embedding groundbreaking new capabilities. You demonstrate independent thinking, sound decision‑making, and strategic agility, including problem‑solving and critical thinking skills. You respect cultural differences when interacting with colleagues in a global workplace. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear language. Preferred Recognized leader in the imaging community with external visibility (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 multimodal evidence generation. Salary & Benefits Base salary range for the primary location (California): $277,800.00–$515,800.00 USD per annum. Actual salary will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location, within applicable legal constraints. A discretionary annual bonus may be available. Full benefits package as detailed through the linked benefits information. Equal Opportunity Genentech, a member of the Roche group, is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to a workplace free of discrimination and to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG