Senior Corporate Counsel, US Vaccines

Job Title: Senior Corporate Counsel, US Vaccines

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About the job

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.  

We are seeking an attorney with 7+ years of relevant experience to join Sanofi’s U.S. Vaccines Legal team as Senior Corporate Counsel. This is a broad business lawyering role that will be responsible for providing legal advice and strategic counsel to internal colleagues in Sanofi’s U.S. Vaccines business unit. You will provide input on complex and sensitive legal and business issues and will advise internal colleagues in a manner that advances the company’s strategic goals while addressing legal and regulatory risks and preserving and protecting the company’s integrity and reputation. You will be expected to exercise your judgment and provide prompt, strategic, useful, and thorough input to internal colleagues and senior management regarding complex and wide-ranging legal matters, particularly in the areas of advertising and promotion, fraud and abuse, competition law, and other relevant legal domains.

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:

• Serve as a legal team member supporting the Vaccines business unit, coordinating legal assistance across commercial matters, as well as collaborating with other practice areas and functions relating to the Vaccines business unit. 
• Serve as the legal lead for marketed and investigational products within the Vaccines portfolio, advising internal groups including commercial, sales, medical affairs, and others.
• Manage the review and negotiation of certain contracts and amendments relating to the Vaccines business unit.
• Manage multiple subject matter issues across diverse areas of the company, taking the initiative to identify and coordinate with appropriate subject matter experts where necessary. 
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to assist them with adherence to Sanofi’s values and priorities, understand legislative developments that may impact the business, and work through direct and indirect management of both internal and external resources.
• This role operates with limited supervision and therefore requires a high level of balanced judgment and an ability to independently discern and establish priorities.  Agility and willingness to learn about various subject matters (both from a legal and business perspective) are highly valued.  Ability to identify potential legal issues (focusing on promotional matters, regulatory issues, and fraud and abuse) as well as proposed solutions to mitigate risk is required.
• Know when to escalate issues internally and with outside counsel. 
• Position to be based in Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ.  Opportunity to work remotely on a limited basis in accordance with Sanofi hybrid work policy.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS, Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school and a valid license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

• Minimum of 7 years of legal experience 

• Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and other corporate standard software – required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with a pharma/biotech company, FDA or other relevant governmental agency, or with a law firm working on life sciences-related matters

Professional Skills/Attributes:

• Sound judgment and commitment to ethical conduct

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Comfort engaging in proactive counseling and thoughtful risk-taking

• Ability to be decisive, especially in ambiguous situations

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional/multi-disciplinary teams

• Self-motivated, able to work independently, reliable, responsive, and accountable

• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and priorities simultaneously and still meet high quality and timeliness standards under pressure

• Demonstrated excellence in (i) understanding and digesting complex scenarios to identify and evaluate relevant issues and risks, (ii) proposing solutions that take into consideration the relevant business objectives, and (iii) communicating those issues, risks, and solutions clearly and concisely to lawyers and non-lawyers alike

• Willingness to flex job responsibilities and learn new skills.

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.