Global Public Affairs Head - Sickle Cell Disease and Cross-Rare Initiatives

Job Title: Global Public Affairs Head - Sickle Cell Disease and Cross-Rare Initiatives

Location: Morristown, NJ Cambridge, MA

About the Job

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) is a leading global integrated healthcare company that discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. With 100,000 dedicated professionals in more than 100 countries, Sanofi is devoted to advancing healthcare around the world. Sanofi is structured in 4 Global Business Units (GBUs): Specialty Care, General Medicine, Vaccines, and Consumer Healthcare.

Global Public Affairs (PA) is an essential partner in the successful execution of the company’s strategy. Our purpose is to create the conditions that promote scientific innovation and enable sustainable access to Sanofi Specialty Care portfolio. We do this by engaging with patients, scientific associations, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to shape the policy environment for specialty care and create the sustainable conditions for access to innovation.  Our ambition is to be a forward leaning, industry leading and trailblazing Global PA organization that is actively shaping the future health landscape, changing the conversation on the value of innovation and building bridges. The Global PA team for Sanofi Specialty Care is organized by Therapeutic Areas (TA) and provides support to each TA across geographies.

Company-paid relocation benefits will be offered for this position.

The Global Public Affairs Head, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and cross-rare initiatives serves as a PA expert to the Rare Diseases (RD) franchise.  He/ She works closely with the Global brand teams (GBT) and Global Project Team (GPT) in developing global public affairs strategies to meet key business objectives. He/ She collaborates with the Local PA teams to ensure relevance of global strategy, alignment on resource prioritization, and consistency in execution.

The Global Public Affairs Head SCD and cross-rare initiatives is responsible for developing and executing global public affairs plans to deliver on the strategic objectives of the franchise, with a focus on pipeline (e.g., rilzabrutinib) and future in-line assets. The candidate will also lead selected cross-rare initiatives, executing on the global public affairs priorities and plans for rare diseases (e.g., diagnosis).

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:

• Drive implementation of a robust Global PA strategy to achieve the vision for the franchise in prioritized markets, establishing the company’s commitment to the SCD community, supporting high priority business objectives, and preparing the environment (market shaping) for significant launches and/or uptake of new therapies.

• Through scientific exchanges, evidence generation, community engagement, advocacy development, policy-shaping, and other high impact public affairs initiatives, address unmet needs across the patient journey, including patient access to treatment, and elevate the goals for SCD care.

• Manage strong relationships with patient groups and key stakeholders to ensure that the “voice of the patient” is central in shaping business strategy.

• Ensure external community input is considered/incorporated into programs currently in development and/or life cycle improvements.

• Cultivate strategic multi-stakeholder partnerships to bring needed solutions to patients in line with the priorities of the franchise and consistent with overall company position.

• Understand important trends likely to impact business and public affairs strategy – conduct policy analyses, monitor and analyze potential threats, opportunities from external developments and communicate them effectively to the franchise leadership.

• Serve as strategic advisor and support the franchise SCD Head with external engagements to advance business objectives and Sanofi’s reputation.

• Develop and execute external engagement strategy for senior rare disease franchise leadership to demonstrate Sanofi’s leadership in SCD and advance business objectives.

• Collaborate closely with key cross functional partners within GBT and GPT to input into the broader franchise strategy for SCD, develop high impact public affairs strategies and build cross-functional support on tactical execution (e.g., scientific exchange, clinical trial awareness with PAGs, ad board/roundtable, multi-stakeholder partnerships, evidence generation).

• Leverage resources and expertise across US and Global Corporate Affairs functions (Specialty Care and Corporate), secure alignment and champion one voice.

• Work with local PA teams to ensure global strategies reflect local realities and relevance/utility of global tools.

The role will report to the Head, Global Public Affairs, Rare Diseases.

About You

Qualifications:

• Prior experience in SCD is required for this position.

• Selected candidate will have current or prior experience in market shaping to support product launches, developing policy and advocacy strategies, in addition to advanced responsibilities in an industry public affairs role.

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree (accredited four-year College or university, e.g., political sciences, law, economics, medicine, or pharmacy), is required.

• Post-graduate degree in public health or health care related field /Doctorate degree or business (e.g., M.D., PhD, PharmD, MBA or equivalent) is preferred.

• A minimum of 12 years of combined professional experience across Public Affairs; Market Access; Policy or a Government Affairs position with policy-shaping responsibilities, or other relevant pharma experience, is required.

• This position will require strong collaboration across the Local and Global teams.

• Identified candidates will have proven experience in developing and leading within a highly matrixed and pressured environment.

• Previous experience partnering with cross-functional teams is strongly preferred (e.g., Medical, Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Communications).

• This position may require up to 30% overall travel.

Required Competencies:

• Advanced technical, functional, transversal skills: business acumen, crisis management, foster innovation, healthcare policies, launch strategy, narrative writing, partnership development, policy development, stakeholder relationship management, strategic insights, strategy development

• Advanced leadership skills: influencing others, result-oriented, strategic thinking

• Strong ability to prioritize (e.g., projects, conferences, internal meetings), in alignment with business leaders, to secure public affairs impact in areas of highest value for the organization.

• Take ownership, rally and lead the cross-functional team on public affairs issues.

• Able to move fast with a focus on both strategy and execution (leader and doer).

• Strategic thinker with demonstrated understanding of the strategic role of PA in driving business success.

• Solid track record in translating strategy to action and impact: developing high impact PA strategies, deploying PA tools, including with affiliates, and tactics to meet business objectives.

• Team player, skilled in collaboration and able to work and lead with ease cross-functionally and within a matrix.

• Skilled at developing and cultivating relationships with patient organizations and other strategic partners.

• Strong knowledge of stakeholder groups, including multi-lateral institutions, trade associations, patient organizations.

• Knowledge of the healthcare industry, appreciation of critical trends shaping the operating landscape and relevance to industry/business strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to work with teams of experts and senior leaders in a highly matrixed organization.

• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Comfortable in ambiguous settings and in operating effectively in fast paced environments.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• 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.

• 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.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.