Head of Global Medical Affair Hemophilia

Job Title: Head of Global Medical Affair Hemophilia

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

The role reports to the Head Global Medical Rare Diseases. Our Medical Affairs function serves as a key strategic partner with commercial, regulatory, clinical, and market access on therapeutic solutions to support patients’ needs.

Within the Global Medical Affairs Rare, we are proud to support Sanofi’s commitment to breaking barriers through groundbreaking science to significantly improve the health and lives of people with rare conditions around the world.

The Global Medical Head of Hemophilia will play a key role within the Hemophilia Franchise at an exciting time, supporting Hemophilia product launch preparation and execution of Global Medical Affairs tactics.

The person will manage a team of global medical directors responsible for designing and executing medical strategic plans and evidence generation, medical education, and scientific communication activities in the hemophilia space in support of a portfolio that contains factor and non factor products. The role will also support alliance relationships and humanitarian activities related to hemophilia worldwide. Managing internal and external relationships within area of responsibility and supporting the pull through in medical strategy from global to local, ensuring alignment and supporting the countries is a key component of the role.

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.

Main Responsibilities:

A summary of responsibilities include:

• Works in close partnership with the Global Medical hemophila Leads to execute and evolve programs and tactics as a liaison between the global medical hemophilia team and cross-functional partners; he/she will manage programs in an innovative, digital, and effective way

• Provides input and leadership to life-cycle management strategy consistent with strategic objectives for the product. Identifies needs for high value medical affairs driven studies and registries, oversees their management and execution in accordance with established budgets and timelines.

• Establishes a strong network within Medical Affairs (Global, Regional, local) and with key partners such as R&D, Clinical Sciences & Operations, HEVA/RWE, Commercial, Regulatory and Access teams

• Shares critical insights and helps ensure pull-through into strategic and tactical plans

• Supports sharing of best practices between priority countries and others, and participates in training efforts for medical and cross-functional teams

• Ensures the delivery of high-quality, fair-balanced, scientifically/clinically accurate medical deliverables in accordance with core scientific messages, established timelines, compliance guidelines/policies, and budgets, in collaboration with Scientific Communication partner (including core slide decks, evidence-based scientific platform, disease awareness medical materials, manuscript and congress abstract drafts).

• Ensures a patient-centric approach to the development and execution of projects under his/her accountability  

• Adheres strictly to compliance rules, regulatory, access and ethical requirements

About You

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in industry Medical or R&D, with solid track record of achievement in Medical Affairs in the biotech/pharma industry

• Suitable prior experience in a medical role; experience within hemophilia field would be advantageous

• Experience working in an international multi-country setting is definitely a plus

• Prior experience working in an Alliance with external partner(s) is a plus

Soft skills

• Strategic thinking: ability to disrupt status quo with innovation while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities. When under pressure, ability to bring others along, expla