Global Medical Director Stakeholder Engagement TA-aligned

About the role

Join the engine of Sanofis mission where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you'll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

Business Rationale

The Global Medical Immunology team is dedicated to supporting Sanofis commitment to scientific exploration. We work on first-in-class treatments and have a robust pipeline of potential new medicines for chronic dermatologic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and rheumatologic diseases. This represents an unprecedented volume of stakeholder engagement tactics that need to be developed, coordinated, and executed to prepare for the launches in the coming 1-5 years.

Main Responsibilities

• Own and drive the TA stakeholder engagement strategy in direct connection to the Disease Area Strategy and TA priorities (global-to-local).
• Serve as the TA-aligned engagement strategy partner, participating as a standing contributor in TA strategic governance to ensure engagement priorities, risks, and opportunities are surfaced early and acted upon.
• Accountable for engagement ways of working and strategic decision frameworks (prioritization logic, operating model, governance readouts), and advisor to countries/teams on tactical choices and execution sequencing.
• Prioritize and refresh the TAs portfolio of strategic experts and priority medical societies using defined criteria and data signals with clear differentiation between established KOLs and evolving scientific influencers.
• Drive cross-TA forums such as the Immunology Strategic Council where relevant, ensuring TA priorities and expert landscape inputs are represented.
• Navigate effectively across Medical TA, Clinical Development, Commercial, Affiliates, GTMC, Digital, Public Affairs/Patient, and Patient Safety to enable a single, coordinated engagement narrative and plan.
• Act as a gatekeeper against siloed engagement initiatives, ensuring transparency and alignment while respecting functional ownership and compliance requirements.
• Ensure an end-to-end insight loop is in place connecting engagement outcomes to TA decisions and priorities.
• Partner with Scientific Communications and omnichannel stakeholders to elevate future-facing engagement channels.
• Leverage available data and external signals to identify emerging experts and shifts in scientific influence relevant to TA priorities, ensuring engagement strategies remain current and future-oriented.
• Ensure high-performance delivery on engagement at priority congresses: pre-planning, alignment on objectives, coverage model, and timely post-event insight extraction and actions.
• Ensure compliance and integrity in all activities adhering to Sanofi policies and industry standards, including scientific engagement governance principles and appropriate cross-functional boundaries.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD) or MSc with strong equivalent experience; MBA is a plus.
• Immunology experience required, with preference for Dermatology, Respiratory, Gastro-Intestinal or Rheumatology disease area depth; other immunology experience will be considered.
• At least 6 years in Medical Affairs (or related strategic scientific roles); field medical/affiliate experience strongly valued.
• Demonstrated experience operating in situations making clear calls with imperfect information and articulating tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated experience in working with datasets, dashboards, and translating analysis into decisions or senior/executive level endorsement material.
• Influences without direct authority; aligns teams through clarity and delivery.
• Buils repeatable way of working, governance cadences, and scalable toolkits.
• Executive presence, high standards, pragmatic problem-solving, and comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Curiosity and thoughtful risk-taking; proactive builder of cross-functional trust.
• Professional fluency in English; additional languages a plus.
• International travel required.