Dupixent Planning Lead

JOB PURPOSE

• Lead, coordinate or support projects and initiatives for business growth and delivering on priorities within the Dupixent Unit.
• Collaborates with stakeholders by working transversally with the different franchises and cross functional team.
• Work transversally with franchise teams and be a key player in managing the work of multiple projects by maintaining the backlog, facilitating ceremonies, and making sure the teams are demonstrating true working practices.
• Work directly with CFT teams to advise and oversee performance of against KPIs, adherence to practices and opportunities for continuous improvement to help the core team work better and smarter.
• Champion Agile culture and simplification behaviors, promoting “new ways of working” and principles and practices both at the project level and in corresponding squads.
• Consolidates performance updates and tracking to ensure robust visibility on franchise insights and intelligence
• Evolve our ways of working while defining and implementing strategic projects to continue with our business simplification model. 
• Responsible for ensuring timelines and goals are accomplished per agreed charter and meet the required quality standards. 
• Plan necessary meetings and enagements for the team with optimal frequency and clear objectives
• Follow up on meetings outcomes and a requirements for seamless alignment and timely operations  

KEY RESULTS / ACCOUNTABILITIES

To enable delivery of the best product possible every sprint. Key responsibilities will be:

• Guide the development of the product team agile methodology with a sustainable cadence
• Support communication between brand team & cross functional team.
• Leverage agile tools to manage sprints and improve achieving milestones
• Assist the Product Owner with keeping the backlog groomed and monitoring progress
• Remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
• Facilitate ceremonies throughout each sprint: daily standup, sprint planning, sprint demos
• Maintain relevant metrics that provide visibility & help the team monitor progress
• Inspire the team and bring a unique vision and perspective for what is possible
•  Build the development project planning, including resources allocation and associated budget (internal and external cost). Track the milestones deliveries at all stage gates
• Consolidate the franchise under development projects, look for synergies among projects, and keep permanent update for Operation & Performance when identifying resources constraints
• Conduct “retrospective” reviews to see what went well and what can be improved for the following sprint
• Manage obstacles that arise for the team by communicating with stakeholders outside of the team
• Continuously seek simplification where possible
• Report progress to management and provide recommendations for improvement and acceleration

Maintain Business Integrity   

• Abides by the requirements of the internal Code of Ethics including but not restricted to maintaining high professional standards of conduct in line with the Company procedure with a duty of care to the reputation of the Company. 
• Responsible for oversight and compliant leadership of all customer-facing activities, patient support and professional relations.
• Strengthen company internal controls.

Ethical Leadership

• Takes personal accountability to use personal experience and knowledge, as well as the training and tools provided by Sanofi, to maintain a good knowledge and understanding of all ethics and governance relevant to the role (Sanofi Policies and Procedures and any relevant legal requirements) and demonstrate personal leadership in applying these to all work undertaken.
• Escalates any decisions, or seek the support of colleagues or management if personal knowledge and understanding is not at the level required to carry out any part of the role

Environmental and Safety Leadership

• To care for his/her own safety and wellbeing and the safety of others, and to co-operate with the company to ensure a safe place of work. 

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

INTERNAL

Cross Functional Collaboration with:

• Launch Excellence
• Market Access & Gov. affairs
• Finance
• Pharmacovigilance, Quality and compliance
• Medical
• Sales team
• Supply Chain
• Communication

Occasional Contact with:

• Dupixent brand team
• SPC cross functional team
• Regional/ Glonal teams

EXTERNAL

Would be expected to be involved with:  

• Advertising/creative agencies, local and regional Key Opinion Leaders, Patient Societies, Distributers, Health Authorities, Charities and Non-Profit Organization, and Payers.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

Education Level:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably Pharmacy/Medicine, MBA or Academic Marketing Degree is preferable
• Min 2 years Commercial Experience, Project Management , Agile methodology are a plus
• Experienced mainly in commercial roles and/or Project Management 
• Experience in leading project teams involving different functions is a plus. 
• Market understanding, competition and future trends, and good understanding of our value chain.  
• Ability to take data-driven decisions based on customer needs. 
• Ability to manage relationships across various stakeholders 
• Role model of PTW behaviours. 
• High learning agility and ability to perform under pressure with multi-tasking skills
• Pro-active with a sense of urgency, demonstrating leadership and effectiveness in a matrix organization.
• Professional analytical thinking and problem-solving approach
• Project management skills and Planning capability
• Strong presentation and general communication skills (written, verbal and listening)
• Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting Skills.
• Enthusiasm for working in collaborative, cross-functional teams.

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS                                             LEVEL

• Act for Change

Advanced

• Cooperate Transversally

Advanced

• Develop People Self / Other

Advanced