Field Medical Scientific Associate Director

Job Title: Field Medical Scientific Associate Director

Location: Remote USA/Field

About the Job

The Mission of Sanofi’s MSL Team and the Field Medical Scientific Associate Director (FMSAD), Rare Blood Disorders is to be the trusted scientific partner in the field for external experts and decision-makers; engaging in mutual scientific exchange with Healthcare Professionals to accelerate data dissemination as well as provide product training support & leadership for a given product/work stream. Sanofi’s Field-Based Medical (FBM) teams enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products in the therapeutic area and gather new insights by bringing cutting edge scientific exchange today that accelerates medical innovation tomorrow.
The FMSAD, Rare Blood Disorders, will also serve as the FBM representative on the Core Medical Product Team and provide comprehensive medical and scientific information in connection with Sanofi Rare Hematology products with an emphasis on Rilzabrutinib. The FMSAD will support Sanofi’s commitment to build strong relationships with healthcare professionals. The FMSAD will strategically support our collaborations with these key external stakeholders and is an expert in ITP and Rilzabrutinib. The FMSAD champions these external perspectives across internal functional groups and develops innovative strategies, as part of the Core Medical Product Team, to meet the dynamic needs of the external community. In partnership with multiple internal stakeholders, the FMSAD will aid in developing short and long-term strategies to integrate and advance the communication and needs of the ITP community and in particular as it pertains to Rilzabrutinib. The product lead assists in providing medical leadership and expertise to sales, marketing, legal and regulatory functions for Rilzabrutinib and ensures strategic and cross functional alignment across the organization to achieve the medical mission of supporting safe and appropriate use of a Rilzabrutinib. As product lead they will support the review and approval of materials going through medical material review committee. This individual will be a member Rare Hematology MSL team and will also maintain field medical roles and responsibilities 50% of the time within a particular US geographical area.

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:

The FMSAD role is 50% field facing whose main objectives are to:

• Be the trusted scientific partner to influential external experts and decision-makers by conducting timely, appropriate and frequent scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products.

• Develop robust stakeholder engagement plans to gather data, develop and share medical insights that contribute to enhancement of Sanofi’s key medical messages, plans and future research.

• Exhibit a high degree of scientific and clinical knowledge in the therapeutic field to help identify and critically assess research opportunities and to play a supportive role in the execution of evidence generation plans to enhance the value of our products in a real-world setting.

• Use innovative approaches to increase opportunities and create strategies to uncover insights that deepen our understanding of the needs of patients, consumers, regulators, payers, and healthcare providers and proactively identify unmet needs.

• Is a strategic partner who drives collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, while maintaining full compliance with relevant company, industry, legal and regulatory requirements

• Assists on coaching MSLs on KOL engagement and communication, and tactical plan development.

• Demonstrates operational understanding and risk management by ensuring excellence in execution of all governance processes

The FMSAD role is 50% project lead whose main objectives are to:

• Member of the US Medical Core Rilzabrutinib Team to define and deliver US Medical Strategy:

• Work with the US Medical Director and identified vendor to create material to be used for internal and external stakeholders related to Rilzabrutinib.

• Assist in the development of resources for DSAs, SEPs, journal clubs, Advi