Vaccines
Where
extraordinary minds
help protect  half a billion people

Job Title: Medical Head Hong Kong & Taiwan, Vaccines

About the Job

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Define medical strategy with special focus on prioritized strategic plans for Vaccines Taiwan & Hong Kong, aligned with Regional and Global Franchise strategy

  • Lead and consolidate the required medical information and activities to develop a robust and comprehensive strategy aligned with local objectives and priorities

  • Proactively identify emerging  trends, integrate them into business strategies for launch and life-cycle and assessment of public market access/ private market needs

• Shape clinical strategies pertaining development activities and post-licensure commitment of Vaccines products

• Build strong external medical and scientific relationships

  • Identification and management of all external key opinion leaders (KOL) that will help advocate the public health need of SP’s products

  • Interact with the different KOLs and other medical specialists, facilitating scientific exchange

  • Build and maintain good relationship and partnership of Sanofi Vaccines with external stakeholders and institutions

  • Generate clinical and epidemiological evidence in close collaboration with external investigators

  • Address clinical/medical queries from external stakeholders

• Share and disclose outcome from company-sponsored studies and develop review articles that contribute to medical education and scientific exchange associated with Sanofi vaccine franchise and public health impact

• Provide vaccine related medical leadership and input to the Pharmacovigilance team

• Foster and encourage strong cross functional collaboration with internal stakeholders, demonstrating medical leadership and partnership

  • Work in collaboration with the different functions (e.g. marketing and sales, regulatory, public affairs, key account management, pharmacovigilance) at Global, Regional or Country level in the definition and implementation of the strategy. 

  • Provide scientific/medical input and insights to marketing and sales colleagues to maximize asset value based aligned with Franchise medical strategies

  • Provide and contribute to training activities

• Lead and manage Vaccines Taiwan & Hong Kong medical organization

  • Drive scientific planning and content for SP activities at scientific meetings

  • Execute scientific meetings with local experts (e.g. advisory board, clinical research update, masterclass)

  • Develop a leading medical organization

  • Nurture and develop Taiwan & Hong Kong Medical team members

  • Promote high performance culture

  • Provide valuable medical expertise in a compliant & ethical manner

• Be accountable for Medical Governance for Vaccines Taiwan & Hong Kong.

• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

• Sanofi employee must understand of own roles and responsibilities in avoiding health risk (Health), preventing accidents (Safety) and environment protection (Environment). Involved in any such activities must comply with HSE policy.

About You

Education:

• Medical Degree

• Post graduate degree/qualifications in Public Health or Infectious Disease is an asset

Experience & knowledge:

•  5+ year experience in Pharmaceutical Industry leading a Medical/Clinical function

• Vaccines experience an advantage

• Knowledge/experience and/or degree in infectious disease field, vaccine field and/or healthcare

• Native Mandarin/Taiwanese, fluent in English

Core competencies /skills:

• Ability to synthesize information and translate it into actionable intelligence

• Strategic mindset with focus on execution

• Business and Market access acumen

• Ability to navigate in a matrix environment and to cooperate transversally

• Strong ability to build and maintain networks with internally and key external stakeholders

• Good Leadership and management skills

• Strong communication, influencing & negotiation skills

• Inspirational leader, flexible, self-motivated, ability to establish credibility

• Interest in talent development