Global Medical Director - Hemophilia

Job title: Global Medical Director Hemophilia

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About the job

The role reports to the Global Head of Hemophilia within the Global Medical Rare Disease Organization. 

Sanofi Rare Diseases has built trust and a solid partnership with the rare community through more than 30 years of leadership, innovation, and respect for the needs of patients suffering from Rare Genetic Disorders. As the Company continues to respond to these needs and aims to address new unmet medical needs, the Hemophilia Medical team is committed to excellence in our efforts to bring transformative treatment option for people living with hemophilia.

This role will be responsible for the implementation of global medical strategy by working closely with global and local cross-functional teams. In addition, this person will work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners to develop and execute comprehensive KOL engagement, medical education, data generation, and communication plans, ensuring excellence in medical launch readiness.

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.

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Main responsibilities:

• Accountable for implementing stakeholder engagement, medical education, and scientific communication plans aligned with the strategic priorities of the hemophilia portfolio.

• Participate in development of the medical strategy ensuring communication of medical priorities to key affiliates.

• Foster a strong partnership with local/regional medical teams to implement global medical strategy and tactical plan.

• Support data generation efforts by local affiliates aligned with global medical strategic objectives.

• Collaborate with local/regional affiliates to gather key insights that may be relevant to clinical trial and data generation efforts. 

• Support development and training of local/regional medical and cross-functional teams.

• Deploy innovative tools and channels for scientific communication and data dissemination, such as omnichannel and AI-based approaches.

• Provide medical expertise to cross-functional teams and projects including Global Marketing, Market Access, HEVA/RWE, and Patient Advocacy.

• Organize and lead medical insight gathering activities (e.g., advisory boards) as defined in the medical affairs plan.

• Review externally facing promotional and medical materials.

About you:  

• MD, PhD, or PharmD preferred, with expertise in Rare Hematologic Disorders.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Medical Affairs or R&D organizations within Biotech/Pharma industry, with solid track record of achievement.

• Considerable experience in evidence generation, including clinical development and/or real-world experience.  

• Proficient in public speaking, with demonstrated facility in interacting with high-stakes external stakeholders (KOLs, health authorities, scientific and medical societies). 

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and lead through influence in a matrixed environment and across geographies and cultures. 

• Strategic thinking: ability to disrupt status quo with innovation while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities. When under pressure, ability to bring others along to explain how strategic ideas fit into the larger context, and approach challenges thoroughly with a broad view, considering different potential outcomes.

• Result orientation: driven to develop and execute optimal strategy meeting corporate objectives, while creating pragmatic solutions. Comfortable with ambiguity and ability to adapt with agility, take calculated risks and anticipate potential issues.

• People Leadership: ability to lead through influence, inspire teams, engage and leverage everyone’s strengths while being highly self-aware. Set high standards and expectations, communicates proactively, collaborative and approachable and abil