Senior Medical Director Vaccines - Immunology BO

Senior Medical Director Vaccines - Immunology BO

Sanofi

Barcelona, Spain

The Senior Medical Director role for Vaccines / Immunology, seated in the Medical Business Operations, will be a pivotal role supporting the global & local teams supporting Immunology portfolio, via driving strategic initiatives and innovation, content development, literature review and insights preparation, and strategic planning, operational execution, and cross-functional collaboration for Medical and Communication Operations. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in therapeutic area knowledge strong leadership skills, and a commitment to advancing medical knowledge and patient care.

Main responsibilities

• Provide medical and scientific expertise for clinical development programs. Be main medical point of contact for study sites in allocated markets;
• Support for clinical trials and research initiatives;
• Provide ongoing support to investigators for Sanofi studies, including site visits as necessary;
• Work closely with local clinical development teams and clinical study units to establish unparalleled relationships with study sites, facilitating efficient participant enrolment
• Support the development and implementation of medical strategies;
• Engage with key opinion leaders and healthcare professionals;
• Review and contribute to scientific communications;
• Collaborate and review scientific content creation from Medical hubs to ensure scientific accuracy and elevating the impact of our scientific communications for launches;
• Participate in medical education activities. Develop and execute plans to deliver medical education initiatives aligned with the global medical objectives;
• Serve as a scientific center of expertise and point of contact for the allocated markets with limited Sanofi medical presence;
• Collaborate with local medical and commercial teams in allocated markets;
• Develop a robust advocacy program by organizing advisory boards and roundtables to build and reinforce product awareness, gather strategic insights, and foster relationships with key external stakeholders;
• Provide contributions and oversight to content development and lifecycle management by mapping and requesting the content needs aligned with global franchise and country medical roadmaps;
• To localize and customize medical content generated by global teams;
• To ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry standards;
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other groups across clinical development, commercial, regulatory, and field medical teams and provide clear medical guidance.

Performance:

• Maintain and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and ensure timely and high-quality delivery of medical and scientific content;
• Strong analytical skills to assess information and emerging trends, including social, policy, and access-related information, and incorporate them into medical plans.

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement comprehensive medical strategies for the disease area portfolio, ensuring alignment with global medical and business objectives;
• Drive innovation in medical approaches, methodologies, and content to enhance team impact and efficiency;
• Establish and maintain key performance indicators to measure team effectiveness and impact.

Scientific Excellence:

• Serve as senior scientific expert for team members assigned to therapeutic areas, providing authoritative guidance on complex medical and scientific matters;
• Oversee development of robust advocacy programs through advisory boards and scientific roundtables to build product awareness and gather strategic insights;
• Lead design and implementation of frameworks for Integrated Evidence Generation Plans (IEGP), ensuring strategic alignment with brand objectives;
• Ensure scientific and ethical integrity across all team activities;
• Strong analytical skills to assess information and emerging trends, including social, policy, and access-related information, and incorporate them into medical plans;
• Direct the development and execution of strategic publication plans to effectively disseminate key scientific findings;
• Establish governance processes for content review, ensuring high-quality medical review of commercial content and compliance with regulatory requirements;
• Lead and oversee content developed from medical tower transversally to ensure contribution to brand strategy;
• Own evaluation and decision-making process for compassionate use requests;
• Provide strategic oversight to Medical Directors serving as medical leads for clinical trials and research.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with global and local GBU teams across clinical development, commercial, regulatory, and field medical functions;
• Represent the medical affairs function in cross-functional leadership forums;
• Collaborate with other functional heads to ensure integrated approaches to medical strategy and execution.

People Management:

• Maintain effective relationships with the end stakeholders (Medical, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, commercial and R&D community) within the allocated franchise and disease area;
• Interact effectively with stakeholders across all departments;
• Constantly assist the medical regulatory writing and scientific writing team in developing knowledge and sharing expertise;
• Effectively engage with key external stakeholders and build long-term partnerships;
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Involvement in Decision-Making Process:

• Strategic Planning – Support medical affairs strategies and priorities for the disease area;
• Resource Allocation - Determine allocation of team resources to maximize impact;
• Content Approval - Final approval authority for medical content within area of responsibility;
• Team Development - Make decisions regarding Medical BO team structure, roles, and development plans;
• Cross-functional Collaboration - Represent Medical BO when needed in key cross-functional decision forums;
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

About You

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in international pharmaceutical companies;
• Experience in Immunology in pharmaceutical company and/or clinical practice;
• Demonstrated experience in medical affairs leadership roles at local and global level;
• Proven track record in leading teams and managing people;
• Experience in brand planning, evidence generation, content development, and medical communications;
• Experience in building and maintaining external expert relationships.

Skills:

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with ability to inspire and develop teams;
• Strategic thinking and decision-making skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, influencing, and networking skills;
• Advanced stakeholder management abilities across multiple organizational levels;
• Ability to navigate complex organizational structures and drive alignment;
• Change management and organizational development expertise;
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills;
• Medical operational excellence, time, and risk management skills;
• Strategic planning and execution capabilities;
• Project and program management expertise;
• Budget management and resource optimization abilities;
• Excellent technical (medical) editing and writing skills.

Education/Qualifications:

• Medical Degree required;
• Specialization in any disease area where Sanofi operates is a plus;
• Additional business or management qualifications are a plus.

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written);
• Additional languages beneficial based on regional responsibilities.