Transplant Medical Lead

• Location: Milan
• Job type: Permanent, Full-time

About the job

At Sanofi, we are driven by one purpose – we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We never settle and now we are creating a new paradigm with a first-in-class therapy in Transplant area. Our newest core asset in General Medicines Transplant space aims at treat adults and children 12 years of age and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after an allogeneic transplant of hematopoietic stem cells. This means that for the first time, people at risk of developing this quality of life hard impairing disease have fresh hope, considering also that patients are struggling against tumor or leukemia burdening further their lives. We now present an exciting opportunity for you to go further faster. If you’re excited by the prospect of bringing this innovative, first-in-class therapy to more people at risk then we want to hear from you as we build a great team who will work at the intersection of our growth in immune-mediated diseases and disease-modifying therapies in areas of high unmet need. This is a chance to bring your energy, expertise and experience to truly transformative and career-defining leadership roles where you can help change countless lives. In return, you will have a rare opportunity in pharma – the chance to help disrupt and delay a debilitating and widespread disease.

This really is a ‘prime time’ role offering you huge visibility and the chance to fast-track your career in healthcare. Innovation, patient, caregiver focus and disruptive thinking are all key threads of our Play To Win culture. Our Transplant journey starts now and you can help us chart a new course – not only for Sanofi but for preventive healthcare. Now is the time to add your strengths to ours!

Our Team

We are seeking a highly motivated and visionary leader interested in shaping the management of adults and children 12 years of age and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (chronic GVHD). As the Transplant Lead, you will be primarily responsible to develop and implement the local medical strategy for a first-in-class therapy in Transplant. You will lead a best-in-class medical team that will establish credibility with Transplant scientific community. You will also shape the long-term strategy and medical team, considering post-launch period. You have a deep understanding of Transplant and oncohematology therapy area, the medical unmet needs, clinical practice guidelines, patient journey and competitive landscape. You are recognized by key stakeholders as an expert in the field, with a significant network within the medical community. You have extensive experience in medical affairs, including shaping therapy area strategies, medical insights gathering, building strategic partnerships, medical education, data dissemination and omnichannel KOL engagement. Reporting to the country Medical Head General Medicines, this role is strategically positioned to realize the ambition for Transplant by shaping the cGVHD strategy and building the launch strategy of this first-in-class therapy, contributing to the overall success of Sanofi and improving people’s life.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Building and leading the best-in-class Transplant local medical team (including MSLs) with whom you will transform the paradigm of cGVHD management among the medical community
• Shaping with the Global Medical team (GMT) the Transplant strategy that is translated in Integrated Growth Plan (IGP) including insights generation to feed the “Glocal” strategy
• Driving key pre-launch medical activities to ensure a successful local launch in collaboration with Commercial, Public Affairs and Market Access teams
• Identifying local evidence gaps (i.e., required for regulatory submissions and reimbursement, LCM, product value proposition etc.) for prioritization by GMT and, where applicable, driving the execution of local evidence generation plan
• Co-leading the development of patient pathway/journeys, patient support solutions and that improve patient and caregivers experience and patient outcomes while meeting broader strategic objectives (i.e., data generation)
• Co-design diagnosis and monitoring strategy levering partnerships with the healthcare ecosystem players (e.g. evidence generation, generative AI tool, etc…)
• Collaborating cross-functionally (e.g., Commercial, Market Access, Public Affairs) to define a broad stakeholder engagement strategy by understanding how stakeholders impact each other in ecosystem (e.g., KOLs, DOLs, scientific societies, PAGs, policy makers, payers, think-tanks, COEs, etc.) and tailor engagement to their level of maturity to shape cGVHD paradigm and establish scientific leadership
• Establishing relationships and partner with key stakeholders in the Healthcare landscape (COEs, KOLs, Medical societies, peer to peer communities, patient associations, HTA bodies etc.) and drive scientific community consensus on treatment, subministration protocols, treatment guidelines
• Executing Glocal state of the art, multi-factorial stakeholder engagement leveraging Omnichannel (i.e., in field engagement, customer-centric educational programs, digital engagement and social media, etc...) with a compelling narrative
• Staying up to date about the evolutions and developments of cGVHD, the medical unmet needs, clinical practice guidelines, patient journey and competitive landscape
• Providing up-to-date disease and product knowledge to internal and external customers

About you

Education

• Medical, Pharmacists, Biologists degree or PhD relevant to the field Medical Degree; or Postgraduate specialist qualifications in a medical field (e.g., MSc / PhD)

Experience

• At least 5 years of industry experience in Medical Affairs
• Previous experience in the people management field
• Prior experience in Transplant (preferred)
• Demonstrated successful product launch and launch excellence experience (preferred)

Skills

• Deep understanding of cGVDH medical unmet needs, clinical practice guidelines, patient journey and competitive landscape
• Experience in shaping therapy area strategies, building partnerships with key stakeholders, leveraging Omnichannel
• Deep understanding of the entire local healthcare ecosystem
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate scientific and medical data and information to internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to effectively collaborate within the medical function and with other functions
• Competencies on clinical research models and machine learn (AI) application tools
• Strategic thinking and strong analytical skills
• Customer & patient centric mindset
• Ability to engage and develop the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and drive performance
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trustful relationships, and to influence and collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels
• Ability to work agile, demonstrate creativity and be a strong team player
• Leadership and skills for people development
• Resilience, rigor, and reliability
• Lead by example Play to Win culture
• Strong communication and presentation skills in English and Italian both written and verbal
• Absolute commitment to ethical standards and compliance

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.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

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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, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!