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Project Manager (PMO), Pharma Eurasia
At a glance
With us, you’ll break new ground across a growing and diverse portfolio – from established medicines that millions rely on to pioneering breakthroughs in immunology and chronic disease care. Imagine the scale: your work will help deliver treatments to people around the world who live with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and complications arising from transplant.
Fueled by groundbreaking advances in technology, we are accelerating innovation and expanding access faster than ever. If you’re ready to push boundaries, embrace the power of AI and digital tools, and shape the future of healthcare, this is where your ambition meets impact.
Job title: Project Manager (PMO) Pharma Eurasia
Hiring Manager:Cem Öztürk
Location: Istanbul, Turkiye
Job type: Permanent
About the job
Key Dimensions:
The Pharma PMO is a member of the Pharma MCO Leadership Team.
The Pharma PMO is a critical role that helps Senior Leaders effectively manage their priorities, facilitate the governance and act as an interface to connect the dots with their teams and the rest of the organization.
The Pharma PMO role often includes components of strategy, facilitation (enabling leaderships team to work together and getting to decision faster), project management (leading highly important projects in white spaces), and bridges building (connecting the dots within the leadership team and with the rest of the organization).
The Pharma PMO partners closely with both the MCO Leader and its leadership team (LT) on a daily basis to run and monitor transversal priorities and deliver high impact projects.
Pharma leadership team includes senior commercial leaders for EP, RD, Launch Franchise, Immuno Franchise, TRM Head and Transformation Head.
Main responsibilities:
Provide strategic, tactical and operational support to initiatives supporting growth and innovation for Pharma or Vaccines GBU in the MCO
Lead GBU governance and strategic agenda
Drive transversal projects with the Leadership Team
Support meetings hosted by GM (GBU Leadership Team, Governance meetings)
Follow up the meeting outcomes and action items
Help sustaining the right environment & support for Leadership Team
Conduct analysis and create presentations to advance GBU agenda
Lead, coordinate or support projects and initiatives for business growth and delivering on priorities within GBU and as One Sanofi
Initiate projects to accelerate transformation
Work on improving existing project management methodology (process, tool..)
Collaborate with all departments for alignment and impact
Support the development of innovation initiatives in country and facilitate the follow of their roll-out
About you
Main Requirements:
Min. 5years of experience mainly incommercial roles and/or Project Management
Experience in leading project teams involving different functions is a plus.
Understanding of the market, competition and future trends, and good understanding of our value chain.
Ability to take data-driven decisions based on customer needs.
Ability to manage relationships across various stakeholders
Role model of "Take the Lead" behaviours.
Critical experiences required to be successful in the role (detailed)
Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills as well as influence, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Fluent in English
Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
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Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
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Why work with us
- Do the never done before. We push the boundaries of what’s possible: expanding access, accelerating innovation, and finding new ways to improve everyday health for millions.
- Drive the transformation. We’re leading the shift to AI-powered healthcare, using digital tools to reinvent how medicines are developed, manufactured, and delivered worldwide.
- Deliver at scale. Our reach is unmatched—we bring trusted treatments to millions worldwide, ensuring broad access and real-world impact at every stage of care.
- Make an impact that matters. From tackling global health challenges to advancing sustainable, inclusive healthcare, everything we do is driven by purpose.
Who ignites your potential?
For Sam, it was her mom—teaching her to listen, push boundaries, and put patients first. At Sanofi, we know your inspiration drives your impact. Bring your passion, and together, we’ll chase the miracles of science.
"Each disease, each country, each person brings opportunities that challenge us to push the boundaries, to think of better ways to look at healthcare and pioneer new possibilities."
Olivier Charmeil
Executive Vice President, General Medicines
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