Global Medical Affairs Senior Director Kevzara

Company: Sanofi
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Global Medical Affairs Senior Director KevzaraGlobal Medical Affairs Senior Director KevzaraApply locations: Cambridge, MATime type: Full timePosted on: Posted 3 Days AgoTime left to apply: End Date: June 6, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)Job requisition id: R2774886Job Title: Global Medical Affairs Senior Director KevzaraGrade: L4-2Location: Cambridge, MAAbout the JobIn order to pursue Sanofi's purpose of "Chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives", Specialty Care Medical Affairs have a vision to be the leaders in patient and scientific knowledge and insights to improve clinical care. We do this by generating and curating the most critical patient and scientific evidence and by being highly credible partners shaping scientific exchange and engagement. We serve as key strategic partners for commercial, regulatory, R&D, market access and external affairs to develop and launch first in class and best in class therapeutic solutions that address highest unmet needs.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

• Co-develop, plan and lead the execution of the medical strategy for Kevzara across the product value chain.
• Represent the voice of Global-Local Medical as a cross-functional partner throughout the Global Project Team (GPT) to Global Brand Team (GBT) continuum, or other governance bodies to advance the development of assigned assets, ensure successful launches, and optimize life cycle evolution.
• Build trust with Global external stakeholders to advance their understanding of the therapeutic area and evolve the treatment landscapes for pipeline assets or marketed products.
• Represent assigned assets externally as a medical scientific communicator with high credibility and impact.
• Lead the IEGP strategy in partnership with Medical Evidence Generation Lead and other evidence generation-related functions: Clinical Study Unit (CSU), Real World Evidence (RWE), Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEVA), Medical Operations and Effectiveness (MO&E) and country teams.
• Oversee insight generation plan and ensure systematic inclusion of insights to the assigned assets' overall cross-functional strategy, including the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP), Global Launch Plans and Global Brand Plans.
• Oversee the outputs of IDP and IEGP into the Integrated Scientific Communication Plans (ISCP) and providing strategic direction to Scientific Communications and Medical Education teams to plan and execute evidence dissemination, develop core scientific messages and medical education plans.
• Lead the Medical Core Team for the assigned asset, bringing together relevant cross-functional partners for the relevant product life cycle stage of the asset, e.g. Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Key Market Medical asset leads, Scientific Communications teams etc to coordinate and execute the approved activities of the Global Medical Action Plans. These could include approved IEGP studies, priority data dissemination activities, launch execution activities under Medical accountability, and other key medical program/initiatives to drive the therapeutic value of our assets and address unmet medical needs (e.g. Managed Access Plans (MAPs), Diagnostic support programs, Humanitarian Programs, etc).
• Oversee medical tactics and clinical study budgets planning and execution to assure prioritization, alignment with strategy and smart execution.About YouEducation
  • MD (Internal Medicine or Rheumatology preferred). PhD in Immunology with extensive experience in Medical Affairs may also be considered.Experience
    • Deep expertise in Rheumatology.
    • Demonstrated industry experience working in strategic roles from medical affairs or clinical development related areas including scientific KOL engagement, evidence generation and scientific communication at Global and preferably in at least one major Key Market.
    • Broad drug development experience with robust knowledge of regulatory, market access and reimbursement models.
    • Demonstrated experience in managing clinical trials in a pharmaceutical environment is strongly desired.
    • Demonstrated specialty care product launch experience at a country level, strongly preferred.
    • Significant line and matrix management experience, including strong transversal collaboration with key functions such as Research, Clinical Development, Commercial, Health Economics, Value and Access and Product Management functions.Leadership skills
      • Strategic thinking: ability to disrupt status quo with innovation while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.
      • Result orientation: ability 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 engage and leverage everyone's strengths while being highly self-aware. Set high standards and expectations, communicates proactively, collaborative and approachable and ability to provide meaningful feedback, coaching and support.
      • Relationships and Influence: Effective stakeholder management, and role model for collaboration and teamwork.
      • Highest ethical, regulatory and scientific standards.Technical skills
        • Education: Doctorate in relevant scientific discipline or Pharmacy - Medical Degree, Internal Medicine or Rheumatology preferred.
        • Languages: Fluent in English.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.
          • Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
          • Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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