General Medicines
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Medical Quality Excellence
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.
About the job
As Medical Quality Excellence within our Medical Affairs team, you'll play a pivotal role in upholding ethical standards, compliance, and quality across our medical operations — helping shape a transparent and high-performing medical organization. Ready to get started?
Ready to push the limits of what's possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. In alignment with Sanofi policy, the Medical Compliance team supports corporate activities that prioritize transparency and ethical standards, contributing to advancements in medicine and pharmacology. We uphold strong compliance through appropriate engagement with healthcare professionals and strict adherence to fair competition regulations, fulfilling our corporate social responsibility through transparent donation practices.
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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.
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Main responsibilities
• Oversee and review medical events and engagements with healthcare professionals, ensuring full adherence to Sanofi global policies, standard operating procedures, and local industry regulations — including fair market value assessments and tiering management.
• Manage the end-to-end process for Grants, Donations, and Charitable Contributions in line with Sanofi global policy and local regulatory requirements.
• Support transparency disclosure activities in accordance with industry guidelines, and participate in compliance-related industry working groups and associations.
• Manage Medical omnichannel platforms to ensure compliant, consistent engagement with healthcare professionals while maintaining data integrity and regulatory standards.
• Provide medical onboarding training for new team members and oversee quality-document training, including course status management and role responsibility frameworks.
• Serve as the Medical Representative during global audits; review and assess the status of quality-related medical operations and manage associated reports, including corrective and preventive action (CAPA) plans.
• Lead Medical Governance initiatives and facilitate key governance meetings, ensuring effective decision-making, action tracking, and cross-functional alignment on medical strategy and compliance.
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About you
• Experience: Background in Medical Affairs or a related area within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
• Soft and technical skills: Strong organizational and communication skills; ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels of seniority; collaborative mindset with a commitment to quality and compliance
• Languages: Native-level Japanese and working-level English
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Why choose us?
• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.
• Drive Progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what's next.
• Take on a cross-organizational role at the heart of medical compliance, working across teams to enable a high-performing, ethically grounded medical organization.
• Represent Sanofi in industry-level compliance forums and contribute to shaping best practices across the pharmaceutical sector in Japan.
• Enjoy outstanding benefits, including flexible working options, comprehensive healthcare, and well-being programs designed to help you thrive.
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PursueProgress. DiscoverExtraordinary.
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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At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com
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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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