Medical Director - COVID and New Products - Vaccine

Job title: Medical Director, Influenza and COVID

Location: Bridgewater, NJ or Cambridge, MA

About the Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Our Medical function serves as a valued strategic partner with Clinical, Commercial, Regulatory, and Market Access on therapeutic solutions to support patients’ needs.  The US Medical team is proud to support Sanofi’s deep commitment to chasing the miracles of science to improve the lives of patients.

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. Join our state-of-the-art Medical team as a Medical Director, Influenza and COVID and you’ll assure the safety, quality, purity and stability of Sanofi components and products, while enjoying lots of opportunities to broaden your experience and hone your skills.

• The Medical Director will contribute to development and execution of the medical and scientific (nonpromotional) strategy for the Influenza & COVID franchise in the US. The Medical Director is accountable for the medical plan within their defined franchise and scope which includes the medical plan, data generation, scientific exchange, and stakeholder engagement. 

• Act as a cross-functional partner to provide support within the US Medical team and work in close partnership with other departments including brand teams and Public Affairs

• Contribute to development and execution of the Country Medical Roadmap in close collaboration with the Franchise Medical Lead

• Work with R&D and Clinical Development teams to provide medical input to the design and support the execution of company-sponsored clinical trials (i.e., Ph 4 post-marketing and observational studies) for new products that may join franchise portfolio in accordance with integrated evidence generation plans (iEGP)

• Identify, grow, and facilitate relationships with senior experts in the field that are viewed as KOLs and key decision-makers

About you 

Experience:

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

• Developed business acumen to support compelling and effective Medical strategies that serves to benefit patients, HCPs and other key external stakeholders

• Ability to understand and effectively communicate vaccine clinical studies, both interventional and observational

• Knowledge of vaccine study design and interpretation (interventional and observational)

• Infectious diseases and/or vaccine experience either from academia/research and/or preferably from the pharma industry with relevant customer knowledge

• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously; plan, prioritize and implement actions using a self-dependent and structured working style

Soft and Technical skills:

• Previous industry experience, especially in medical affairs or related area

• Recognized by other vaccine experts as being expert in vaccinology or a related discipline

Education:

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline: MD, PhD, PharmD

Languages:

• English

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 em