TA Head for Patient-Driven Outcomes Research

Job title: TA Head for Patient-Driven Outcomes Research

Location: Cambridge, MA/Morristown, NJ

About the job

Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions. 

The TA Head for Patient-Driven Outcomes Research is responsible for a team of Clinical Outcomes Leads and Scientists, from junior to senior levels, for a set of assigned disease areas.

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:

In this leadership position, they are responsible to:

• Provide management, optimized resourcing, direction and ongoing evolution of an international team of COA Scientists/ Leads/ Sr Leads

• Deliver COA endpoint strategies addressing differentiated value recognition across patients, HCPs, payers and regulators

• Develop methodological excellence, quality of deliverables and compliance to best COA research standards.

• Foster innovation, education of internal stakeholders, and internal visibility of COA team

• Drive thought leadership across industry stakeholders for the ongoing evolution of COA sciences; Promote Sanofi’s reputation as leader in patient-centered medicines development via scientific publications, participation in pre-competitive initiatives, and external forums

• Ensure each disease has an implementation strategy that reflects reduced burden on patients, sites and internal team members

• Drive ongoing digitization and integration of RWE modeling to redefine how COA are identified and integrated across the life cycle of clinical trials.

• Accountable for maintaining cross functional leadership connectivity within PDMD and beyond; Promote and facilitate cross-functional collaboration with internal biostats, translational medicine leadership, clinical research directors, global project heads and Health Economics and Value Assessment team members, global regulatory affairs, medical affairs...

• Ensure their COA Leads are working proactively with PAGs and patients to deliver co-created strategies and evidence.

• Define a COA publication strategy that demonstrates Sanofi’s patient driven outcomes strategies and methodologies are shaping drug development.

• Responsible for ongoing alignment of processes, objectives and improved ways of working for all aspects linked to patient/ caregiver generated data (eg, across health value translation as it relates to developing and delivering on the patient disease strategy, CSO for ePRO and digital health tech/ digital biomarkers; clinical sub teams for early alignment on differentiated COA strategy, etc)

About You

Qualifications & Experience:

• Advanced degree required in a relevant discipline related to health economics, health value, evidence generation or related field of study.

• Minimum 12 years of industry experience required with demonstrated expertise in patient centered outcomes sciences within a pharma/ biotech organization

• Demonstrated leadership with external consortia related to patient centered outcomes sciences (eg, PCORI, C-Path, ISPOR)

• People management experience leading COA-related teams either in the pharmaceutical industry or a CRO/Consultancy

• Experience of drug development lifecycle research (including qualitative and quantitative data sources and application of real-world evidence (RWE) research)

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral; ability to understand and communicate with representatives from the range of disciplines

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects, and balance workload and timelines; Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Travel up to 30% domestic & international

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. 

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