Associate Director, Field Scientific Engagement Strategy and Operations- Vaccines

Sanofi's US Field Medical Vaccines team is seeking an Associate Director, Field Scientific Engagement Strategy & Operations to serve as the execution architect for the Scientific Engagement Strategy, Innovation, and Operations team. This leadership role translates strategic vision into scalable field operating systems, turning direction from the Director and medical leadership into processes, tools, and infrastructure that enable the Vaccines Field Medical team to execute with consistency, speed, and measurable impact.

Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale—and shape the future of immunization.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s 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.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic direction from the Director and medical leadership into field-level execution models, defining how priorities flow through field engagement processes and ensuring strategy becomes action at every level.
• Design, implement, and continuously refine field execution processes and operating systems, including engagement planning workflows, interaction capture processes, and field team operating rhythms that enable consistent, high-quality scientific engagement at scale.
• Operationalize AI and digital tools for field engagement execution, including AI-assisted engagement planning and digital-first interaction models within the technology direction set by NA Medical leadership.
• Develop and maintain field execution playbooks—standardized, franchise-agnostic frameworks for congresses, field engagement cycles, and key operational moments—to reduce reliance on institutional memory and enable repeatable excellence.
• Proactively identify structural gaps, process bottlenecks, and execution capability needs, surfacing recommendations to the Director before they become performance problems.
• Act as the Medical lead for planning cross-functional field execution meetings, including Plan of Action (POA) and Train the Trainer events, shaping agendas and driving operational alignment.
• Serve as the field operational execution lead for Sanofi’s annual congress calendar, coordinating with Strategic Planners, franchise leads, OBM, FBM, and Global teams to ensure timely planning and flawless on-the-ground execution.
• Own field congress execution timelines, logistics coordination, and operational outputs end-to-end, enabling field medical staff to focus on stakeholder engagement.
• Pilot new field congress execution approaches and engagement tactics, including digital-first interactions and innovative scientific programming formats, and document outcomes for continuous improvement.
• Drive continuous process improvement across congress operations, including evaluation of external vendors and operational tools in partnership with the Medical Operations Manager.
• Track and report congress execution effectiveness using established operational metrics, providing field-level execution data to inform strategic decisions.
• Maintain and refine continuous improvement feedback loops specific to field execution processes, embedding lessons learned into field team operations.
• Identify and pilot field execution best practices from leading field medical organizations to strengthen Sanofi’s engagement operations.
• Create and maintain a field execution innovation tracker to monitor emerging engagement models, congress formats, and operational tools, surfacing relevant opportunities to leadership.
• Identify and eliminate process fragmentation, redundancy, and rework across field execution workflows to translate operational efficiency into measurable strategic capacity.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Director of Field Medical Operations and Medical Strategy, bringing forward-looking operational recommendations and emerging trends.
• Develop progress reports on field execution performance for leadership, supporting insight-driven narratives on execution quality, process adoption, and operational outcomes.
• Surface actionable field-level insights, including post-interaction performance patterns and next best actions for high-priority external interactions, to inform decision-making.
• Support role clarity and operational maturity as teams grow, ensuring execution infrastructure keeps pace with strategic ambitions.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (Master’s, PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) in Life Sciences, Public Health, Clinical Research, or a related discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, field medical, or a related function within the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry.
• Prior MSL or field medical experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives in cross-functional, matrixed environments.
• Strong project and operational leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in vaccines or infectious disease Medical Affairs.
• Experience with congress planning, field medical operations, or medical affairs execution.
• Familiarity with AI tools or digital engagement models in a Medical Affairs context.
• Experience developing field execution playbooks or operational frameworks.
• Ability to travel up to 60%.

Benefits

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether through promotion, lateral moves, or international mobility.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Access a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and groundbreaking mRNA platforms redefining the future of immunology.
• Contribute to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare, helping protect half a billion people every year.
• Develop your career with access to mentoring, international mobility programs, and opportunities to grow across four continents.