Chief of Staff, Global HEVA - Specialty Care

Job title: Chief of Staff, Global HEVA - Specialty Care

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

The Chief of Staff, Global HEVA (Health Economics, Value Access) Specialty Care serves as a strategic partner and trusted partner to the Head of HEVA, Specialty care, helping lead a global organization of 60+ professionals dedicated to delivering evidence for access. This role reports to the Head of HEVA and is pivotal in aligning strategy, operations, and culture to ensure the HEVA function delivers innovation, launch excellence, and evidence that elevates access and demonstrates the value for people worldwide.

As a central integrator and driver of organizational excellence, the HEVA Chief of Staff ensures focus, accountability, and seamless execution across priorities to enable the HEVA Head and leadership team to operate effectively. This role brings strategic insight, operational rigor, and people-centered leadership to strengthen collaboration, efficiency, and engagement across the function.

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.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

Strategic Alignment & Execution

• Partner with the Head of HEVA to set strategic priorities and translate them into actionable, measurable plans.

• Coordinate the annual HEVA strategic plan, goals, and performance dashboard; track progress and ensure alignment across global and US HEVA.

• Ensure cross-functional alignment with Medical, RWE, Market Access, and other functions to amplify HEVA’s impact and visibility.

• Drive governance, planning, and leadership routines to enable clarity, transparency, and accountability.

• Lead HEVA Strategic Planning and Operations in execution of team objectives, ensuring consistency and quality in HEVA processes

Resource & Financial Stewardship

• Oversee financial planning, budget tracking, and resource allocation across HEVA.

• Drive efficiency through clear visibility into project and vendor spend, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities.

• Partner with finance and procurement to strengthen fiscal discipline and optimize use of internal and external resources.

Culture, Engagement & Leadership Enablement

• Act as the organizational “pulse”, ensuring strong communication, connection, and engagement across teams.

• Design and implement culture-building initiatives that foster collaboration, innovation, and high performance.

• Partner with People & Culture and leaders to advance inclusion, well-being, and development programs.

• Lead internal communications, town halls, and leadership offsites to reinforce shared purpose and progress.

Visibility, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Elevate the visibility and impact of HEVA through compelling internal storytelling and representation in cross-functional forums.

• Craft clear and inspiring communications for internal and external audiences (eg, leadership updates, HEVA impact stories, global meetings).

• Serve as a key point of coordination for HEVA-related communications, presentations, and initiatives with the broader Specialty Care organization.

Special Projects & Transformation

• Drive cross-functional initiatives that accelerate the HEVA transformation and enhance innovation and agility.

• Lead or support strategic projects (eg, innovation incubator, launch excellence initiatives, digital transformation) to advance HEVA’s future vision.

• Ensure prioritization and follow-through on key commitments to leadership and enterprise partners.

About You

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in life sciences, business administration, public health, or a related field.

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, MSc, MPH, or PharmD) a plus but not required.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in HEOR, strategy, operations, or business management roles within healthcare, pharmaceuticals, or a complex global organization.

• Experience in HEOR a plus but not required

• Proven ability to lead without authority, manage multiple priorities, and drive alignment across senior leaders from other (ie, non-HEVA) functional areas

Attributes:

• Strategic thinker, translating vision into action and outcomes

• Clear, concise, and inspiring communicator

• Highly organized, with strong project management, problem-solving, and analytical skills

• Collaborative leader who fosters trust, inclusion, and accountability

• Agile and adaptable, able to navigate ambiguity, anticipate needs, and drive results under pressure

• Operates with integrity, discretion, and sound judgment; a trusted advisor to the Head of HEVA.

• Deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment of the pharmaceutical industry, with demonstrated integrity, compliance, and ethical standards

• Entrepreneurial and team-oriented, with the ability to develop creative solutions to complex problems

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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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.