US Medical Value & Outcomes Director

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. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Sanofi focuses on developing specialty treatments for debilitating diseases that are often difficult to diagnose and treat, providing hope to patients and their families.

About The Role

The Medical Value & Outcomes (MVO) Director serves as the medical scientific lead for population-based healthcare decision makers to facilitate scientific exchange on disease state management and the value of Sanofi General Medicines Business Unit (BU) products. This role provides insights to internal teams on key evidence gaps relevant to healthcare decision-makers and identifies/facilitates research, education, and other collaborations per applicable SOPs.

Responsibilities include developing and implementing customized medical account plans to address medical needs and opportunities for scientific partnerships in alignment with Sanofi medical strategies and tactics. The position supports strategic and cross-functional alignment within the organization to achieve the medical mission of safe and appropriate use of Sanofi therapies through collaboration with Medical Communications and Publications, Medical Science Liaisons, and Health Outcomes personnel for assigned products.

This role serves as the MVO field strategic lead for the General Medicine Business Unit portfolio, liaising with respective therapeutic area medical units and other internal stakeholders to develop and implement field strategy, tactics, and associated resources and training needs for the MVO team. The position reports to the MVO Senior Director and is a member of the Sanofi North American Medical Affairs team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as medical scientific lead for assigned healthcare accounts and organizations.
• Identify, develop, and maintain credible scientific partnerships with key medical, pharmacy, quality, and health economics/outcomes/analytics healthcare decision-makers and opinion leaders within assigned accounts.
• Lead development and execution of customized medical account plans for assigned accounts in alignment with current Sanofi medical strategies and tactics and per approved policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Facilitate scientific exchange, education, and provide access to medical, health policy, and health economic information (e.g., clinical presentations, dossier, budget impact models, etc.), tailoring information to meet the evidence needs of healthcare decision-makers in a compliant manner.
• Collect and share customer insights and evidence gaps that help inform and advance product portfolio development and customer engagement, including medical brand strategies, customer educational needs, scientific/health outcomes communications, and research priorities.
• Develop key medical contacts related to clinical, evidence-based disease management/health outcome initiatives, aligned with overall medical brand strategy. Identify and expand key contacts with applicable national/regional/local medical, payer, and advocacy associations.
• Assist in leading support for Sanofi scientific advisory boards and symposia. Attend and participate as appropriate in corporate and scientific conferences.
• Work cross-functionally and lead efforts with the US Market Access (USMA) Account Director team, as well as field commercial and Field Business Manager (FBM) teams when needed, to coordinate engagement of and response to customers’ medical/scientific needs, including alignment with additional Sanofi resources (e.g., Medical Directors, Brand Team members, HEOR/HEVA, or other functions).

Requirements

• Understanding and knowledge of the current US healthcare system, healthcare delivery, and biotechnology drug/device development process.
• Expert knowledge of HEOR disciplines, and basic understanding of biostatistics and evidence-based medicine (i.e., research methodology, developing clinical protocols, clinical reports, etc.).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work effectively in a constantly changing environment, both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated customer service mindset and the ability to gain insights and identify customer needs and opportunities. Proficiency in leveraging these insights into actionable strategy for the team.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen skills.
• Demonstrated expert ability and knowledge to effectively communicate medical, scientific, health economic, and business information to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required; Doctoral degree (MD, PharmD, or PhD in a clinical field) strongly preferred. MBA or additional degree in health economics, health outcomes, public health, or health policy is a plus.
• At least 3 years in Managed Care (e.g., medical/clinical executive within a managed healthcare organization) or similar Outcomes experience within the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., Outcome Liaison, HEOR/HEVA/RWE) with 1-2 years in an Outcome Liaison role required.
• At least 5 years in clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience, with demonstrated proficiency in therapeutic fields that align with the supported product portfolio (e.g., Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Biosurgery) strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether through promotion or lateral moves, 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.
• Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies reflecting real-world needs.
• Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.
• Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science.