Associate Director, Global Competitive Intelligence, Sanofi Immunology, Respiratory

Job Title: Associate Director, Global Competitive Intelligence, Sanofi Immunology, Respiratory

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. 

Currently, Sanofi has the most robust pipeline and forthcoming product launches in the company’s history. As the next phase of our Play-To-Win strategy, Sanofi must appropriately support this pipeline to materialize our vision of delivering scientific miracles to patients worldwide. Thus, modernizing the Sanofi operational structure is also required. In line with this, project DRIVE is shepherding change throughout the organization and created the development of the Go-to-Market Capabilities (GTMC) team within the company.

The Associate Director, Global Competitive Intelligence (CI), Sanofi Immunology, Respiratory will be responsible for leading CI activities with a focus on Respiratory. This position will provide a high level of competitive intelligence analysis to support these Sanofi businesses. This person will be an integral cross functional partner to the leadership and the commercial teams. Key components of this role will include proactively monitoring and synthesizing the competitive environment, analyzing threats and opportunities, and working with cross functional partners to provide insights to help guide the short- and long-term strategy of Respiratory Indications.

This position will report to the Lead, Insights & Analytics  - Global Immunology, Sr. Director and will be based in Cambridge, MA.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Serve as the competitive subject matter expert for indications in focus with clear pull through impact and relevance to the brand.

• Lead CI activities (focusing on Respiratory Indications within the Immunology portfolio as well as relevant lifecycle management) bringing proactive key competitive intelligence to leaders within the commercial organization that will reduce uncertainties and create insights to help guide optimal business decisions.

• Legally and ethically monitor, gather, analyze, and communicate actionable, reliable intelligence on a competitive environment including company messaging, pipeline/R&D, life cycle management, and predicted strategies and tactics.

• Ensure appropriate intelligence and value-added insights are captured and disseminated throughout the commercial organization and supporting functions including regular intelligence briefings and early warning alerts.

• Work in close collaboration with the commercial teams, other related market insights functions and forecasting to create and maintain up to date key intelligence topics and develop a prioritized implementation plan to provide best solutions.

• Collaborate with other market insights related colleagues to synthesize internal and external information, analytics, and data to arrive at value added conclusions.

• Manage external vendor(s) to proactively maintain appropriate levels of market intelligence coverage.

• Lead Congress CI efforts and provide key competitive insights before, during and post congress.

• Be an integral member of the Sanofi Competitive Intelligence team to establish and share best practices and work to continuously to improve the intelligence process at Sanofi

• Rigorously apply the Company's standards of ethics and policies for intelligence gathering.

• Directly supervise day-to-day operations of Hub teams, ensuring contributors are successfully implementing Go to Market Capabilities processes for Sanofi. Consistent oversight of related Hub activities is performed whether Hub contributors report to this role or not.

• • Collaborate with Hub contributors to fulfill business needs, coordinate regular meetings with the Hub to review completed work and manage Hub activity timelines / prioritization

  • Advise Hub contributors on Go to Market Capabilities processes, Insights & Analytics tools, inputs, and outputs as well as business principles.

  • Partner with the Hub on development of projects in support of competitive intelligence activities

About You

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, MD, PhD) preferred

Skills and Competencies

• 7+ years of relevant experience in biopharma industry; equivalent combination of education (MA, MS, MBA / PhD) and / or relevant consulting experience may be considered

• High degree of analytical horsepower

• Experience with an Immunology focus strongly preferred

• Experience with vendor-side CI firm and/or consulting firm strongly preferred

• Experience across global, regional, local roles strongly preferred

• Product launch experience strongly preferred

• Experience in adjacent functions (New Product Planning, marketing, value & access) a plus

• Demonstrated ability to drive to deadlines, balance competing priorities, and ensure high quality

Soft Skills

• • Effectively influence in a highly matrixed environment

  • Effectively and confidently communicate to various audiences, including senior leadership

  • Synthesize complex ideas to simple

  • Focused on implications and pull through into brand implications (not just a summary of the “what”)

  • Strong learning agility and high degree of curiosity

  • Strong focus on detail, accuracy, and ability to solve problems through analytical reasoning

  • Strong work ethic and personal motivation

  • Ability to think strategically in an ambiguous environment

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.