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Country Lead Project Coordinator - VIE Contract

• Location: Porto Salvo, Portugal
• Target start date: 01/07/2025

iMove, the Sanofi VIE Program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

PLEASE NOTE that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, only applications that are submitted in English will be considered. Please make sure to apply with your personal email address.

About the job

Looking to launch your career at the cutting edge of healthcare? Join Sanofi for a chance to develop with mentoring and guidance from inspirational leaders while helping to make an impact on the lives of countless people worldwide. As Country Lead Project Coordinator VIE in our team you will manage strategic & transversal projects ensuring prioritization, methodology & alignment to business needs.

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main responsibilities:

• Facilitate decision making by providing analysis and recommendation.
• Manage strategic & transversal projects ensuring prioritization, methodology & alignment to business needs.
• Involves all relevant perspectives & helps the teams for designing, executing & following up the projects.
• A trigger for a project initiation & alignment across functions. After that, accountability is transferred to other function (FH, PA, commercial team).
• Project owner & accountable. Leads, facilitates, implements & follows up the full project.
• Facilitate communication between functions and/or external players without any accountability.
• Direct support to General Manager (GM) for specific actions, projects, reporting or interactions with EU/global teams.
• Part of a project team due to own experience, knowledge and capabilities.

About you

Experience:

• 1+ year experience in a similar role.
  

Soft and Technical skills:

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Ability to deal with a vast number of information & to prioritize according to business relevance.
• Ability to positive influence at all organizational levels.
• Ability to generate & explain reports and business cases.
• Results-oriented and proactive.
• Good analytics and business communication skills.
• Confidentiality & discretion is mandatory.
• Strong team player & network developer. Ability to voice different perspectives, and to cultivate effective relationships.
• Well-developed digital skills & use of digital tools (TEAMs, Excel, Project, PowerPoint).
  

Education:

• Master’s degree in Business Management, Healthcare or related field.
  

Languages:

• Fluent English (written and verbal).
• Fluent Portuguese would be an asset.
• Spanish would be an asset.
  

Why choose us? 

iMove is a unique program tailored for European youth interested in challenging themselves with meaningful assignments across the globe. At Sanofi we have a strong ambition to invest in young talents who will drive the success of Sanofi tomorrow.  

Sanofi’s Work Abroad Program, iMove, offers jobs-assignments with actual responsibilities and a perspective to grow. We provide those opportunities in various functions such as: marketing, finance, regulatory, supply chain, clinical trials, production, etc. and in more than 40 countries. Sanofi unites people who are passionate about solving healthcare needs across the world. Joining our iMove Work Abroad Program is a unique opportunity to make a difference through your work. 

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