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About the Job

Our Team

At Sanofi, we are committed to transforming the lives of patients through innovative healthcare solutions. Sanofi is a pioneer in Rare Disease therapy.

The Manager – Rare Diseases role is a regional business role responsible for driving growth, improving patient access, and achieving business objectives through strategic customer engagement, market development, and effective execution of sales strategies.

This role involves direct engagement with healthcare professionals, key stakeholders, and strategic accounts to understand customer needs, create value for Sanofi’s Rare Disease portfolio, and implement initiatives that enhance customer satisfaction and patient benefit.

The role requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and an ability to build a sustainable Rare Disease ecosystem through partnerships with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Marketing, Tender, Trade, and Public Affairs teams.

About Sanofi:

Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Now, with its Take the Lead Strategy the objective is to make a greater impact on patients, healthcare systems, and society at large scale. This means (i)  pioneering an innovative pipeline and executing transformative launches at scale to bring life-changing new medicines and vaccines to more people, more quickly (ii) modernizing and deploying resources with agility (iii) building a sustainable business that tackles the most urgent healthcare, environmental, and societal challenges of our time 

Sanofi India is implementing an ambitious transformation plan  aligned with our Take the Lead Strategy and Values, with 3 main objectives (i) achieve our target growth for the Diabetes portfolio in Public and Private market (ii) Foster empowerment and autonomy at customer level to create a customer centricity approach (iii) Implement contemporary ways of working for better efficiency

Main Responsibilities

• Sales & Business Development 

• Customer Engagement & CRM Effectiveness 

• Product Knowledge & Promotional Execution 

• Rare Disease Business Model & Market Access 

• Compliance & Ethics 

About You 

Main Requirements 

• 10–12 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Sales / Channel Sales / Institutional Sales.

• Experience in Rare Disease or Specialty Care is preferred.

• Experience managing healthcare professionals, KOLs, strategic accounts, and institutional stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of business development, market dynamics, and customer engagement.

• Graduate degree in Science or Pharmacy.

• Strong communication and influencing skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions.

• Strong execution mindset with focus on achieving business objectives.

• Professional Skills That Make the Difference

• Customer-first mindset with the ability to understand and address customer needs.

• Strategic thinking and ability to identify new business opportunities.

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities.

• Ability to adapt strategies based on market insights and customer feedback.

• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to embrace new ways of working and agile methodologies.