Franchise Medical Evidence Generation Lead for Influenza Vaccines

Job Title: Franchise Medical Evidence Generation Lead for Influenza Vaccines

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization.

As Franchise Medical Evidence Generation Lead within our Influenza Vaccines Medical Evidence Generation (MEG) team, you'll lead cutting-edge evidence generation for our influenza vaccine portfolio, driving research innovation that can shape global health. Ready to get started?

Join our highly motivated, collaborative, and innovative team at the forefront of influenza vaccine evidence generation. The Influenza MEG team is a key scientific voice within the FluVid Medical Affairs organization of the Vaccines GBU. In Vaccines, you'll help protect half a billion lives every year and advance prevention on a global scale while shaping the future of immunization.

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:

• Lead strategic evidence generation: Develop and drive endorsement of the integrated evidence generation plan for at least one influenza vaccine product, combining scientific excellence with innovative approaches to fulfil unmet medical needs. Organize cross-functional input, prioritization, and build consensus around evidence generation strategy, and integrate external insights to maximize the value of the medical evidence driving our portfolio.

• Drive innovation in evidence generation: Identify opportunities for strategic evidence generation aligned with the needs of the product strategy, develop innovative study ideas to fill data gaps, and leverage internal expertise, external partnerships and AI to promote agile, efficient and high-quality study implementation.

• Scientific leadership and accountability for study execution: Act as the scientifically accountable lead for a suite of studies; including securing strategic and scientific endorsement, taking accountability for efficient and timely study execution, reporting progress to internal stakeholders, leading the interpretation and critical evaluation of study results. Maintain networks of external experts for advice and collaboration and support external stakeholder meetings.

• Communication of scientific findings: Contribute to the effective dissemination of medical evidence through scientific publications, congress presentations, trainings, and coordinated communication efforts alongside medical affairs colleagues to the internal and external scientific community.

• Provide strategic internal advisory support: Represent MEG in the global brand/project team, providing strategic scientific advice and epidemiological/medical evidence to inform franchise and portfolio strategy, guide R&D development strategies, support regulatory dossiers, and contribute to market access initiatives.

About You

This job requires a high level of technical knowledge of epidemiological methods, study operationalization, development of rigorous and innovative study ideas to fill data needs, and strategic thinking to develop evidence generation plans to meet research and business needs. The opportunity is primarily outward-looking, whether in cross-functional internal exchanges or in collaborations with external academic partners. As a result, it requires effective communication, as well as strong strategic thinking and interpersonal skills.

• Minimum MPH/MSc in Epidemiology/Public Health or MD plus related MSc/MPH with 10 years’ experience, or PhD with 7 years’ experience. PhD in evidence generation field is a plus.
• Strong background in clinical/epidemiological/public health research, including substantive experience in vaccine effectiveness and RWE (Real-World Evidence) research. Evidence of developing or leading innovation in evidence generation is highly valued.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration abilities and proven network/partnership experience. Innovative scientific thinking, scientific excellence/rigor, and strong motivation for public health impact. Strategic thinking with ability to develop evidence generation plans that meet research needs. Excellent scientific communication skills. Knowledge of US and/o