Global Medical Affairs Senior Director, Gastroenterology

Job Title: Global Medical Affairs Senior Director, Gastroenterology

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

Level: L4-2

Hiring Manager: Cristina Almansa

About The Job

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.

Job Description

Sanofi is recruiting a new Global Leader in Medical Affairs to support product development through medical strategy and guidance for Dupilumab in the Global Immunology Franchise for Gastroenterology. Dupilimab has the potential to change the landscape of EoE treatment and management and to be part of a paradigm shift.  The new Leader will report directly into Head, Global Medical Affairs, Rhinology and Gastroenterology, and will be responsible for medical affairs activities for phase IV studies and Life Cycle management activities.   

With guidance from the Head, Global Medical Affairs Rhinology and Gastroenterology the new leader will be an integral part of building the global medical affairs strategy in line with the brand strategy in partnership with Regeneron.  The exceptional new hire will have strong content area expertise in Gastroenterology and/or a desire to work in the immune-inflammation space with a solid working knowledge and background in Medical Affairs.    

Main responsibilities:

• Support the Head of Global Medical Affairs Dupilumab Rhinology and Gastroenterology in the build and execution of Global Med Affairs strategy.

• Build and execute the Life Cycle management for Dupilumab Gastroenterology including pediatric indication; define and prioritize the future needs including new study ideas and tactics to prioritize the best areas for clinical trial investment.

• Collaborate with alliance partners at Regeneron: take a team-oriented approach to making sure strategy is clearly defined and consistent with relevant stakeholders in clinical development and commercial teams.

• Coordinate data gap analyses across the Regions and countries.

• Establish IEGP plans and supervise the implementation

• Collaborate with the Alliance to execute the data generation activities in alignment with the Brand plan and Global Medical Affairs Plan.

• Lead and supervise analyses from the development program dupilumab for additional publications.

• Guide physician/scientist in charge of the execution of the GMA LCM and data generation.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with experts in the Gastroenterology field, academics and professionals, medical/scientific organizations, and patient associations.  

• Lead advisory boards or roundtables for anti-IL-4/IL-13 in Gastroenterology and gain strategic insights for medical, scientific, and development strategy.

• Give significant input to publications and co-author relevant abstracts.  Drive process of data dissemination and ensure that it is publicly presented in an appropriate and timely fashion and in a fair and balanced manner.

• Ensure the scientific integrity of sponsored and supported research, information, and relationships with healthcare providers and patient advocacy groups.

• Ensure a data-driven patient-centric approach to development of medical strategy both for product and device development as well as possible services which can enhance the value proposition of the product; Provide relevant feedback to market access teams to ensure optimal pricing and reimbursement strategy and inclusion of relevant endpoints in clinical trials.

• Travel required, comprising approximately 30%.

About You:

Basic Qualifications:

• MD required.

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Academia and/or industry.

• Strong understanding of the