Associate Director, Key Markets Communications, Specialty Care

Job Title: Associate Director, Key Markets Communications, 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, youll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

The Global Specialty Care Communications team plays a key role in driving the success of Sanofi, strengthening and preserving our reputation in the complex fields of rare diseases, neurology, oncology, and immunology and engaging employees and external communities on the value of our portfolio and pipeline.We are impact-focused, action-driven, and we never settle for good enough.

The Associate Director, Key Markets Communications, Specialty care is responsible for streamlining and coordinating communications initiatives across Global Specialty Care's priority markets, with a strong focus on building integrated country/global ways of working and capabilities to support priority launches while ensuring all communications efforts are measurable and deliver meaningful impact. This role provides strategic executive communications support to the Head of Markets, Specialty Care, building their reputation and visibility as an industry leader.

This role requires engaging with senior leaders, corporate communications, country communications and global product communications to achieve high impact communications execution. This role requires a breadth of communication experience, and proven success in working in a fast-paced environment and managing and influencing stakeholders without authority.

The Associate Director, Key Markets Communications partners closely with SPC Global Communications Head to organize and deliver key markets communications and engagement activities such as quarterly calls, annual summits, and ongoing digital touchpoints.

Supporting the Head of Key Markets requires participating in, providing strategic communications counsel, creating assets and content for town halls, leadership events, presentations, external speaking engagements, and complex multi-stakeholder communications.

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to own and drive initiatives within a complex, global organization. This person must be highly organized, detail- and solution-oriented, creative, digitally savvy, and possess a collaborative mindset with strong cultural intelligence.

This individual will report to the Head of Executive, Digital, Internal Communications.

About Sanofi

Were an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving peoples 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 peoples lives.

Main Responsibilities

Executive Communications

• Provides strategic communications counsel to the Head of Key Markets on internal and external communications opportunities and challenges
• Develops high-quality content including speeches, presentations, town halls, Q&As, leadership messages, and thought leadership pieces
• Manages the communications rhythm for the Head of Key Markets across multiple channels (LinkedIn, Viva Engage, all-hands meetings, country visits, leadership forums)
• Anticipates communications needs and proactively develops content and strategies to support the Head of Key Markets' engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborates with corporate communications and business operations to ensure messaging consistency and strategic alignment
  
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partners with communications colleagues across Specialty Care franchises, regions, and corporate affairs to drive best practices in ways of working
• Establishes and maintains a consistent rhythm of business communications, ensuring stakeholders are informed and engaged
• Coordinates cross-functional communications initiatives across priority markets, ensuring consistency while respecting regional nuances and cultural considerations
• Develops and implements measurement frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of global to local communications initiatives and optimize strategies based on insights
  
  
  

About y=You

The Associate Director, Key Markets Communication, Specialty Care is a strategic, motivated, and talented communications leader.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelors degree is required
• Proven ability to develop and execute strategic communication plans across a variety of channels
• Proven experience in project management
• Between 7-10 years of experience in corporate communications and/or a public relations agency environment
• Between 7-10 years of writing and editing experience
• Experience developing communications assets using a variety of digital platforms (SharePoint, Viva Engage, Canva, Contact Monkey, Sprinklr, etc.)
• Proven ability to develop successful working relationships with a variety of teams, leaders and stakeholders
• Proven ability to operate with a global mindset, with knowledge and respect for diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• Ability to think creatively, offer solutions, and multi-task on a variety of projects simultaneously
• Expert judgment in making critical decisions and recommendations on issues impacting brand and reputation
• A self-starter who can deliver measurable results with minimal direction
  
  
  

Why Choose Us?

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether its 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.
• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
  
  
  

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.