Project Specialist – Medical Events

Job title:Project Specialist – Medical Events

• Hiring Manager: Project Lead, Sanofi Business Operation
• Location: Hyderabad
• % of travel expected: Travel required as per business need
• Job type: Permanent and Full time

Our Team:

Sanofi Business Operation is an internal Sanofi resource organization based in India and is setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CHC, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions​. SBO strives to be a strategic and functional partner for tactical deliveries to Medical, HEVA, and Commercial organizations​ in Sanofi, globally.

About the job

Project Specialists oversee and documents the creation and approval of events within their areas of responsibility within the 1CRM portal. They evaluate the type of event and organise the creation of the events information within the 1CRM portal that are within their scope, such as advisory board, consulting services, symposium, speaker training, scientific education program, stand-alone meeting, hospital-clinical staff meeting, third party sponsorships, etc.

Project Specialists contribute their experience and knowledge in the form of recommendations to meet Sanofi’s purpose and goals, focusing on efficiency while always staying compliant at every level. They manage and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring consistent company representation at all events.

The role requires project management and communication capacity, as well as organization skills, in alignment with Sanofi’s Play to Win strategy.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the end to end event in a project mode by notably organizing withing the 1CRM events portal
  • ensure all relevant information and documents are available to create the events within the 1CRM portal  
  • regular coordination with stakeholders until event execution
  • event closure
• Partner with events business requestor, events engagement team, for ensuring all approvals are available with relevant documents for every type of event
• Provide guidance and input regarding process improvements
• Adhere to company policies, particularly those related to transparency and compliance.
• In charge of 1CRM events portal management, for all types of events within scope
• Provide hands-on management of all event communication and documentation including attendee registration and data management within the 1CRM portal
• Ensure KPIs and metrics reporting to sustain synergies
• Mentor and train incoming rotating 1CRM digital asset specialists and create/updates all training guidelines and materials as needed.
• Maintain agility, stay updated on any CRM system updates, and participate in any training sessions organized by the local team for new event processes.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Direct experience in the pharmaceuticals and life sciences space.
• Proficient in MS Office and Veeva Vault.
• 1 to 3 years of event management experience preferred.

Competencies:

• Strong relationship builder, customer-service oriented.
• Organized and flexible, able to quickly grasp and implement new concepts.
• Event knowledge.
• Financial acumen.
• Ability to collaborate and focus on outcomes & delivery in multicultural environment.
• Innovative mindset, digital literacy.
• Able to adapt to changing business priorities.
• High attention to detail.
• Accountability and sense of urgency, proactive and able to find flexible solutions on the spot when challenges arise.

Stakeholder:

Work closely with stakeholders from various GBUs, Sanofi Global Hub Activity teams & Sanofi Global Hub leadership

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