Global Medical Affairs Director - Oncology

Job Title: Global Medical Affairs Director - Oncology

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About The Job

About us:

In order to pursue Sanofi’s purpose of “Chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives”, Specialty Care Medical Affairs have a vision to be the leaders in patient and scientific knowledge and insights to improve clinical care. We do this by generating and curating the most critical patient and scientific evidence and by being highly credible partners shaping scientific exchange and engagement. We serve as key strategic partners for commercial, regulatory, R&D, market access and external affairs to develop and launch first in class and best in class therapeutic solutions that address highest unmet needs.

Sanofi is recruiting a new Director in Global Medical Affairs (GMA) based in Cambridge, MA, to support oncology evidence generation. It is a highly visible role to all levels within the company due to the optimism for therapies based on the impact they will have on patients. Essential to success is an outstanding partnership with Countries, Clinical Development and Commercial to maximize the value proposition. Externally, the role assists health care professionals and payers to optimize patient care and treatment outcomes through evidence-based decisions.

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.

Main Responsibilities

• Expert internal cross-functional leadership throughout the GPT-GBT continuum to advance the development of assigned assets, assure successful launches, and follow throughout their life cycle.
• Driving Medical Affairs activities for oncology, specifically on clinical evidence generation and implementation therapies.
• Build trust with Global external stakeholders to advance their understanding of the therapeutic area and evolve the treatment landscapes for pipeline assets or marketed products.
• Co-create the IEGP strategy with Medical Evidence Generation Lead and other evidence generation-related functions for the subcutaneous formulation: Clinical Study Unit (CSU), Real World Evidence (RWE), Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEVA), Medical Operations and Effectiveness (MO&E) and country teams.
• Oversee insight generation plan and input to the assigned assets overall medical strategy.
• Provide strategic input to Scientific Communications teams to plan and execute evidence dissemination and medical education plans.
• Lead the Integrated Patient Journey (IPJ) strategy for subcut globally with Key Markets.
• Oversee the design of key medical programs/initiatives to drive the therapeutic value of the subcutaneous formulation and address unmet medical needs (i.e., MAPs, Diagnostic support programs, CSRs, etc)
• Oversee medical tactics and clinical study budgets planning and execution to assure prioritization, alignment with strategy and smart execution.
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in relevant Medical Affairs, MSL, or Therapeutic Area capacity.
• Deep expertise in Oncology, strongly preferred.
• Expertise in international Device regulation as well as market implementation strongly preferred
• Demonstrated industry experience working in strategic roles from medical affairs or clinical development related areas including scientific KOL engagement, evidence generation and scientific communication at Global and Key Market level, preferred.
• Broad drug development experience with robust knowledge of regulatory, market access and reimbursement.
• Demonstrated experience in managing clinical trials in a pharmaceutical environment is strongly desired.
• Demonstrated specialty care product launch experience at a country level, strongly preferred.
• Significant line and matrix management experience, including strong transversal collaboration with key functions such as Research, Clinical Development, Commercial, Health Economics, Value and Access and Product Management functions.
  
  

Leadership Skills

• Strategic thinking: ability to disrupt status quo with innovation while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.
• Result orientation: ability to develop and execute optimal strategy meeting corporate objectives, while creating pragmatic solutions. Comfortable with ambiguity and ability to adapt with agility, take calculated risks and anticipate potential issues.
• People Leadership: ability to engage and leverage everyone’s strengths while being highly self-aware. Set high standards and expectations, communicates proactively, collaborative and approachable and ability to provide meaningful feedback, coaching and support.
• Relationships and Influence: Effective stakeholder management, and role model for collaboration and teamwork
• Highest ethical, regulatory and scientific standards
  
  

Technical Skills

• Education: Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (M.D., PhD or PharmD)
• Languages: Fluent in English.
  
  

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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