Public Affairs Manager

• Location: Helsinki, Espoo Office
• Job type: Permanent, Full time

About the job

We are seeking a highly motivated Public Affairs Manager to join our team in Finland. In this role, you will develop and implement public affairs strategies to support our mission of improving patient access to innovative treatments. You will build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the Finnish healthcare ecosystem, including government officials, regulatory bodies, patient organizations, and healthcare institutions.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team led by the Head of Market Access and Public Affairs, working closely with cross-functional brand teams and the Country Lead in Finland. This is a hybrid role requiring occasional travel within Finland, and North Europe.

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.

Main responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyze healthcare policy developments in Finland, develop position papers and policy recommendations aligned with company objectives, and ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Build and maintain relationships with Finnish government officials, ministries, and regulatory bodies; represent Sanofi in discussions with healthcare authorities, policymakers, and relevant parliamentary committees and working groups.
• Collaborate with patient organizations to support access to innovative treatments, develop and implement patient engagement programs, and advocate for patient-centric healthcare policies.
• Provide public affairs input for product launch strategies, develop stakeholder engagement plans for new product introductions, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful patient access.
• Design and execute public awareness initiatives on health topics, partnering with communications teams on campaign development and measuring and reporting on campaign effectiveness.
• Map and prioritize key stakeholders across the Finnish healthcare ecosystem, develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy, and foster long-term partnerships with key opinion leaders and institutions.
• Act as a proactive contributor to cross-functional brand teams, providing continuous public affairs guidance and ensuring alignment between external engagement activities and internal business objectives.

About you 

• Master's degree preferred in relevant field (public policy, political science, healthcare, or related discipline).
• At least 5 years of experience in public affairs, government relations, or related field in pharmaceutical/healthcare sector.
• Deep understanding of Finnish healthcare policy environment and HTA processes.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills with ability to convey scientific information to policymakers and general public.
• Existing network among Finnish policymakers preferred.
• Strategic mindset with proven ability to develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Excellent analytical skills to monitor and interpret policy developments.

Why choose us?

• At Sanofi, we believe in continuous learning and development. We encourage innovative thinking and welcome fresh ideas for process improvements and system optimizations.
• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team.
• You can create your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Drive implementation science, powerful crowdsourcing and open innovation, discovering the ways to bring science to live faster, contributing to a patient first mindset.
• 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.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s 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, or gender identity.

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