Medical Head, Early Pipeline, Specialty Care North America Medical

Job Title: Medical Head, Early Pipeline, Specialty Care North America Medical 

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We are seeking a visionary leader to head our early Specialty Care pipeline, a strategic endeavor designed to strengthen the role of Medical in strategically shaping early asset, indication & portfolio evolution. 

The Medical Head of Early Pipeline will be responsible for pioneering transformative initiatives that leverage cutting-edge technologies, strategic partnerships, and innovative approaches to revolutionize early medical engagement and medical shaping of asset and portfolio development. This role will serve as the catalyst for innovation in the early medical space, working closely with R&D, Therapeutic Area heads, Business Development, and Market access to accelerate our pipeline and new product integrations and ensure medical insights and expertise embedded early in lifecycle management and pivotal to shaping our disease and assets strategies. 

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:

Leadership Requirements 

Strategic Vision & Leadership 

• Develop and execute a comprehensive transformation strategy for Early Medical that aligns with Sanofi's broader R&D integration objectives 

• Build and lead a high-performing, diverse team 

• Create a culture of innovation, thoughtful risk-taking, and continuous improvement 

• Develop talent pipelines to ensure access to cutting-edge skills and expertise 

Early Asset Shaping 

• Drive strategic decision-making for early-stage asset development 

• Balance scientific rigor with business objectives in asset evaluation 

• Foster cross-functional collaboration to optimize asset development pathways 

• Ensure alignment between early asset strategy and overall portfolio objectives 

• Medical partner to cross-functional teams for transformation across medical value chain 

• Drive competitive intelligence and support establish strategic partnerships with key academic institutions for Clinical Development 

• Ensure shaping of clinical development programs to address US unmet Medical needs 

• Ensure shaping of protocols to also meet local clinical practice and to support faster operational execution and patient centric strategy 

About You

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent) in life sciences, medicine, or related field 

• 15+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry with progressive leadership roles in local and global Medical Affairs   

• Minimum 5+ years of people management experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams 

• Previous experience in Clinical Development and/or Medical Studies preferred 

• Experience leading cross-functional teams 

• Experience managing budgets and resource allocation for strategic initiatives 

Skills and Competencies

• Visionary enterprise leadership with ability to translate complex concepts into actionable strategies