Global Medical Product Lead (Recombinant Influenza Vaccine)

Job title: Global Medical Product Lead (Recombinant Influenza Vaccine)

About the Job

Sanofi Vaccines is the Global Business Unit (GBU) of Sanofi responsible for vaccines and prophylactic agents for infectious diseases.

At Sanofi, we are driven by one purpose – we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible.  

At Sanofi, we are focused on bringing transformative therapies to patients. Together with our stakeholders and healthcare partners, we transform the practice of medicine by unlocking the potential of science. As a Medical team, we are driven to improve patient outcomes and shape healthcare ecosystems. Acting as the scientific voice of the company, we are leveraging medical insights, generating robust scientific evidence, influencing brand strategy, and driving external scientific leadership through personalized impactful scientific exchange opportunities, in our quest to provide therapeutic solutions to address the highest unmet needs. We are leaders who embrace agility and innovation. We champion new ways of working and leverage data, digital technology/AI, insights, and analytics to drive impact. We are building a best-in-class organization in everything we do. 

As the Global Medical Product Lead for Recombinant Influenza Vaccine (Flublok/Supemtek), you will play a pivotal role in shaping Sanofi's global medical strategy for this critical influenza franchise asset. This leadership position is responsible for driving medical excellence, innovation, and strategic engagement across the entire product lifecycle, with an emphasis on medical market shaping to maximize uptake. You will lead the development and execution of strategies to connect with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, and scientific organizations, drive the delivery of our scientific messages and ensure timely dissemination of critical data. You will collaborate with global and local teams to align strategies, foster partnerships, and help ensure a best-in-class recognition for this priority asset.   

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:

Under the supervision of the Global Medical Brand Lead, the Global Medical Product Lead (GMPL) will:

• Stakeholder Engagement: Oversee the stakeholder engagement strategy and execution, leveraging omnichannel best practices. Develop and expand a network of experts, including key opinion leaders and digital opinion leaders. Profile international experts and engage with medical and academic societies. Collaborate with geographic segments and countries to harmonize expert mapping and engagement plans. 

• Integrated Strategy: Develop the integrated strategy for stakeholder engagements, scientific congresses, scientific events, and medical education. Drive evolution of engagement plans by identifying externally-facing initiatives that will enhance the customer experience for scientific and medical learning. 

• Content Creation: Working with our internal teams, re-engineer medical/educational content creation and delivery: modular content, bite-sized learning packages, ready and acceptable for field-based interactions.  

• Innovation and Technology: Champion new ways of working and successfully leverage digital technology/AI, insights, data, and analytics to drive impactful engagement initiatives. Establish measurable KPIs, metrics, and benchmarks to evaluate and demonstrate the impact of expert engagement plans. 

• Scientific Communication/Publication: Working with other members of the global medical team, ensure that our scientific communication plan is closely aligned with our external engagement strategy.  

• Provide medical strategic advice/expertise to internal stakeholder’s functions

• Provide medical oversight for global medical studies in accordance with ICH-GCP guidelines when appropriate

• Act as a North America “GloCal” liaison focal point ensuring seamless communication and sharing of initiatives, challenges, opportunities and trends between Global and North American medical and cross functional teams

Specific responsibilities:

For the product range under his/her responsibility:

• Contribute to the brand/ product medical strategy and action plan by developing and implementing the Global Medical Plan (roadmap):

  • Collect needs and expectations from medical colleagues in prioritized markets, ensuring alignment and harmonisation of local medical plans with the Global Medical Plan

  • Ensure the best possible use of worldwide medical network resources with respect to:Scientific Communication Plans including:Scientific exchange activitiesGlobal medical communication strategyStakeholder engagement plansRegulatory/ PV submissions

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Integrated evidence generation plan (iEGP)

• Contribute to the development of budget and resource requirements for the execution of the medical plans

• Ensure consistent governance, quality & compliance of medical deliverables in accordance with global regulations, standards and policies, keeping subject/ patient safety as paramount.

• Ensure a consistent, systematic approach to the analysis and interpretation of efficacy, immunogenicity and safety data.  Lead the interpretation and critical evaluation of study results. Review clinical study reports and clinical documents required for regulatory submissions.

• For CTD preparation following Global Medical-led registration studies:

  • Responsible for the review of clinical sections of the Common Technical Document for submission for licensure (drafted under supervision by internal or external medical writers)

  • Responsible for responding to questions from National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) related to CTD submissions

  • Attend relevant meetings with NRAs related to licensure (or support local medical colleagues to attend such meetings)

• Ensure consistency and medical accuracy of core product messaging including compliance of promotional materials

• Coordinate medical communication strategy of the global product range with the Publication Manager of his/her franchise, in collaboration with the marketing franchise, global and local Medical colleagues: scientific key messages, scientific positions regarding disease- or product-specific issues, type, number and timing of communications, etc.

• Develop training or specific communication materials to support the scientific key messages, as well as the scientific needs coming from global and local medical teams.

• Contribute to Medical review and approval of Investigator sponsored study proposals in alignment with the integrated evidence generation plan and in accordance with appropriate regulations and global policies and standards.

• Provide medical input to R&D, Discovery, New Vaccines (NV) and Commercial priority projects, & activities (representing key country medical insights and needs to the successful delivery of these projects)

• Provide medical input for the definition of and alignment with the Franchises & Regulatory Affairs strategies for Marketed products

• Support priority markets in developing and implement aligned medical plans

  • Solicit input from priority markets in the development of the Global Medical plan and share global and local plans across the Medical Community to harmonise and ensure efficient use of resources.

  • Provide expertise in support of local medical plans or plans for key markets where appropriate, prioritizing high impact projects and initiatives and support country medical colleagues to be well equipped to manage local execution of Medical plans.

  • Where needed, provide direct support to priority countries/ customers who do not have sufficient local/ regional resources & capabilities

• Ensure smooth and efficient sharing of information and business intelligence to support decision-making and management of issues at local and global level

• Act as a champion/ conduit to ensure alerts/ questions are raised and cascaded between countries and the global teams in a timely manner.

• Establish, develop or maintain contacts with external experts including, governmental representatives, to ensure the optimal implementation of the franchise strategy. Ensure that coordinated external stakeholder engagement is included in the global product range action plans and aligned with country plans

• Organise external scientific medical meetings (e.g. clinical research updates, advisory board meetings). Coordinate and participate in external advocacy boards.

• Participate and advise global internal committees (e.g., TARC, PSC, CRSF, PSB) and crisis teams when appropriate

• Be a spokesperson for the company to present and potentially defend the franchise strategy in accordance with the scientific data and evidence of the product range and targeted disease(s)

Other Global Medical departmental priority initiatives as defined by Head of Global Medical and the Global Medical Franchise Head

• As required, lead specific initiatives or represent the voice of Global Medical on cross-functional project teams

• Contribute to internal working groups for process improvements and policies elaboration (OQS, SOPs etc)

• Participate in communication of Global Medical vision and mission and in the demonstration of the value and contribution of Global Medical to the business

• Contribute to the overall Influenza/Covid-19 Franchise portfolio positioning strategy, working closely and in alignment with the other product leads

• Support medical congress excellence including scientific engagement across franchise portfolio as required

Learning/Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with required ICH-GCP, technical and SOP training and maintain up-to-date training records

• Stay up to date with relevant scientific and medical publications, journals, meetings and conferences; reach out to colleagues to engage in scientific discussions and debate

About You

• Preferred: Physician, PhD, PharmD, Master of Science, Infectious Disease specialization

• 5+ years experience in Medical Affairs department, with 2+ years in regional/global role preferred

• Prior vaccines experience is a plus

• Strong experience in the pharmaceutical industry or high potential for rapid development

• Global approach

• Strategic vision

• Strong ability to build and maintain networks

• Team play

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent leadership and management skills, high potential for senior leadership positions

• Strong influencing, negotiation and decision skills

• Fluent in English; French fluency and other languages is an advantage.

Leadership Skills and Play to Win Behaviors

• Stretch – We chase the answers and take thoughtful risks to unlock the miracles of science

• Take action – we’re ready to fail, learn and keep going till we achieve what we set out to do

• Act for Patients and Customers – It’s simple. If it’s not in the best interest of the people counting on us, we don’t do it.

• Think One Sanofi – We are Sanofians: we believe that we’ll go further together and have more fun doing it.

Leadership Traits

• Tolerance of Ambiguity - In uncertain situations, can marshal necessary resources and provide direction to keep things moving ahead. May face a few setbacks but gets things back on track.

• People Agility - Gets things done with and through diverse individuals and teams. Insightful about interpersonal situations.

• Confidence and decisiveness - Is likely to assume leadership, act and make decisions in situations where no clear leader exists. Likes to lead rather than follow.

• Mental Agility - Inquisitive and quickly grasps complex issues. Enjoys tackling unfamiliar problems or ambiguous issues.

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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