Neurology Franchise Launch Excellence Lead (FLEX)

Job Title: Neurology Franchise Launch Excellence Lead (FLEX)

Location: Cambridge, MA

Travel expected: 30%

About the job

Sanofi currently has one of the most robust pipelines in the industry.  Sanofi’s goal is to optimize the value of our pipeline and to become the leading healthcare company recognized for best-in-class launches and portfolio growth. 

Sanofi is focused on modernizing and optimizing our approach to launches.  This transition aims to avoid the duplication of resources, standardize our launch processes and tools, accelerate our key capabilities development, and foster an entrepreneurial spirit by speeding up the decision-making process.  Sanofi’s launch activities are based on a “One Sanofi” mindset as we look to realize efficiencies from removing silos that exist between our business units.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

As part of our efforts to be recognized for best-in-class launches, Sanofi has established a new Global Launch Excellence Center of Excellence (CoE), within GTMC to oversee the implementation and consistent delivery of the new launch blueprint to ensure cross GBU, Franchise and country consistency. Another key part of the transition is the development of the Franchise Launch Excellence Lead (FLEX) role within each Franchise. This role will play a critical part in the transformation of the organization by implementing the LEx framework and best-in -class practices to support future launches at the global franchise level and in the franchise key markets, namely US; China; Germany and Japan. 

The FLEX lead will be part of the franchise team and will be working with global launch excellence teams within LEx/MEx pillar. This role will work with senior leadership and cross functional brand teams and country cross functional teams to elevate the capabilities of the franchise towards a best in class launch organization, facilitate the development of comprehensive launch plans, improve launch execution, and drive cross-functional performance to deliver exceptional launches.

The FLEX lead has a dual mission to do the following:

Drive value through successful future launches across the brands

• Partner with GBLs, local Franchise Heads and all cross-functional team leaders to achieve all launch-readiness and market-shaping KPIs and objectives 
• Define and implement new excellence standards / SBPs 

Elevate best-in-class capabilities in brand & across Sanofi

• Thought leader willing to challenge status quo 
• Embed & share innovative launch practices

As a member of the Global Franchise Brand Teams, in coordination with the Global Launch Excellence team the FLEX lead will develop and deliver the best-in-class capabilities towards launches within the Neurology franchise.

Main responsibilities:

• Accountable for best-in -class launches across the Neurology franchise:
  • Accountable for implementing the new LEx blueprint and framework within the franchise.
  • Lead the launch plan management.
• Lead with Innovation:
  • Responsible for launch readiness, launch simulations & go-to market operations and cross functional alignment.
  • Launch Readiness Reviews (LPR) within global franchise and key markets.
  • GBU level launch governance bodies (ie. ELC)
  • Ensure strong coordination through the GBTs.
• Increase Impact:
  • Monthly KPI reporting based on defined metrics cross-franchise.
• Cross Functional Coordination: Pulls through global launch frameworks and templates for market.
• Drive launch excellence across Sanofi being an active member and strong partner of Global Launch Excellence. 
• Launch Planning: Develops, maintains, and tracks launch plans for launch products supported by key performance indicators.
• Launch Synergies: Maximizes synergies from launch to launch and ensures the lessons learned from launch experience are leveraged for future launches.
• Deliver the change management milestones to support the new structure.
• Support global brand teams by providing clarity on the ambition for a best-in-class launch organization, providing launch expertise and addressing capability gaps towards defined global launch excellence standards in close partnership with business.
• Elevate Sanofi launch readiness, implementing launch readiness governance and coordinating the launch readiness process at global level.
• Drive launch innovation.
• Participate in the implementation, in partnership with the digital teams, an enhanced digital ecosystem and AI Led technologies to support best-in-class launches, translated in clear market competitive advantage.
• Partners in the development of launch curriculum to upskill the launch community and brand teams in the critical go to market capabilities (existing gaps and new) supporting the team elements in their development journey.
• Ensure alignment with other functions within the franchise and beyond.

Ways of working:

• You will be a member of the Global Franchise Leadership Team
• You will be a member of the Global Launch Excellence council led by Global LEx team
• You will foster strategic alignment and close collaboration between cross-functional teams and drive structured ways of working between teams to provide maximum value and efficiency to business teams.
• You will ensure/promote the setting up agile and effective teams    
• You will foster strategic alignment and close collaboration between cross-functional teams and drive structured ways of working between teams to provide maximum value and efficiency to business teams (M&S, Marketing, Medical, GTMC, Corporate affairs, Digital…)

About You

Work experience:

• 10+ years in Commercial roles, leading launches and/or launch excellence
• 5+ years in leading cross functional teams
• 2+ years of Global experience
• 2+ years of Local (in country) experience
• Deep understanding of launch excellence drivers, launch readiness framework and building BIC capabilities
• Experienced in leading by influence and drive in matrix driven project teams/organizations.
• Agile mindset and practice: ensure the correct pace of the acceleration being outcome goal oriented.
• Ability to leverage networks, to develop people, coach & give feedback, empower people.
• Ability to lead change while achieving business goals & objectives, act for change - Challenge the status quo. Be persistent and resilient.

Skills and competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Makes decisions by analysing current and future scenarios. Disrupts the status quo with innovation, develops new approaches to deliver results while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.
• People Leadership: Engages and leverages everyone’s strengths, ensures active communication; Demonstrates a high-level drive, passion and ambition for optimal result. Sets high standards and expectations. Shares authority and responsibility.
• Relationship and Influence: Inspires trust through empathy and authenticity. Empowers and recognizes others to create powerful and trusted relationships while challenging the status quo. Effective stakeholder management.
• Personal Characteristics: Accountability, innovation, creativity, initiative, stress management, fast learner, result orientation, ability to work on one’s own continuous improvement; listening skills, co-creating with the different teams, GBUs and with key geographies. Excellent English language knowledge and skills (written and oral), IT knowledge, communication and presentation skills.

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