Rare Disease Sales Director — EU4+UK Leader

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity awards

Pension plan

Health and wellness programs

Insurance benefits

Job summary

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals seeks a Sales Director Rare Disease Commercial EU4+UK Region to lead a high-performing field organization and drive commercial execution across the rare disease portfolio in Paris-based, hybrid offices.

You will guide account targeting, coaching, and incentive alignment while collaborating with cross-functional teams and regional leadership to deliver growth and patient-centric outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, or business strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Minimum 3 years in a first-line field sales management role.
• Proven success hiring, mentoring, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
• Experience in rare disease, specialized medicines, or gene therapy/ATMP commercialization preferred.
• Ability to operate within sophisticated multi-stakeholder account environments.
• Knowledge of market access and reimbursement frameworks across EU4+UK markets.
• Ability to mentor teams on value-based and access-oriented payer engagement.
• Experience with Veeva CRM, Salesforce effectiveness tools, data analytics, and digital promotion.
• Proficiency in English and one additional European language highly desirable (French, German, Italian, or Spanish)
• Knowledge of EFPIA and applicable national pharmaceutical industry codes.
• Ability to travel 50% or more across EU4+UK and hold a valid driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead a sales team across EU4+UK to deliver company objectives.
• Drive account targeting, segmentation, and multichannel customer engagement.
• Set performance objectives and lead coaching, development, and succession planning.
• Align incentive compensation plans with brand strategies and targets.
• Partner with Commercial Operations on training, analytics, KPIs, Veeva CRM, and territory alignment.
• Provide field insights on customer feedback, patient journey barriers, and competitive intelligence.
• Partner with cross-functional team members to address market trends and dynamics.
• You champion excellence, accountability, and patient‑centricity across the organization.

Skills

Sales leadership

Strategic account management

Multichannel engagement

Veeva CRM

Data analytics

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in life sciences/ pharmacy/ medicine/ business

Tools

Veeva CRM

Salesforce effectiveness tools

Job description

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals seeks a Sales Director Rare Disease Commercial EU4+UK Region to lead a high-performing field organization and drive commercial execution across the rare disease portfolio in Paris-based, hybrid offices.

You will guide account targeting, coaching, and incentive alignment while collaborating with cross-functional teams and regional leadership to deliver growth and patient-centric outcomes.