UKIE MCO GTMC Head

Sanofi-aventis Groupe; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking a GTMC Head for UKIE to lead the transformation and execution of the GTMC mandate, building and developing the local team across Insights & Analytics, Customer-Facing Capabilities, and Omnichannel. You will drive prioritisation and resource allocation to maximize business impact while maintaining operational continuity.

You will align with global and regional strategies, manage budgets, and partner with business units, Digital, and hub teams to deliver value and enable growth.

Qualifications

• Numerical and analytical skills to interpret data and trends.
• Ability to prioritize and drive objectives.
• Strong decision making and problem solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the GTMC team in UKIE and drive transformation initiatives.
• Manage budgets and resources aligned with UKIE priorities.
• Ensure governance and collaboration with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Medical, Digital, Procurement, and Finance.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical thinking

Prioritization

Decision making

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Leadership

Networking

Job description

• Executing the GTMC mandate of operational excellence and transformation in ukie
• Inspiring, leading and developing the local GTMC team, fostering talent and building capabilities aligned with priorities
• Orchestrating GTMC operations across pillars (Insights & Analytics, Customer-Facing Capabilities, Omnichannel) based on global and regional strategies
• Driving radical portfolio prioritisation and resource allocation to maximize business impact while maintaining operational continuity
• Managing GTMC budget and resources aligned with UKIE priorities and Chapter investment decisions
• Ensuring close alignment with business units, Digital, and hub teams through clear governance, defined ways of working, and transparent communication
• Managing the transition of local activities to hubs according to global and regional roadmaps
• Representing GTMC in forums (Business Unit Leadership Team meetings, Country Council meetings)

Ways of working

• You are a member of the International GTMC LT.
• You role model Sanofi values.
• You foster partnerships and close collaboration between local cross-functional teams (i.e. Marketing, Medical, Digital, Procurement, and Finance), and drive structured ways of working among teams to provide maximum value and efficiency to business teams, field forces, and our external customers.
• You ensure setting up lean and effective high performing teams ; and efficient and agile local governance.
• You continuously work with business units to deliver the value and insights expected from GTMC as true partner in enabling business growth, establishing one single voice locally, prioritizing the needs of all businesses and the point of view of cross-functional teams.
• Significant in Commercial Operations environment
• Experience in partnering with the Business and building trust.
• Experience in leading a large direct team, developing people, coaching and giving feedback.
• Experience in at least one GTMC pillars (I&A/CFC/Omnichannel)
• Strong execution skills with proven delivery of outstanding results, ability to ensure the correct pace of the acceleration of transitions of activities
• Financial skills to lead the performance of responsibility perimeter.
• High persistency and resilience.

Skills and Competencies:

• Business: Numerate and with good analytical skills; Ability to prioritize; Over achievement against set objectives; Ability to work on their own initiative and make quality decisions; Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate, present, persuade and argument among internal teams and partners, ability to manage senior stakeholders.
• Leadership: Engages others through active communication; Demonstrates a high-level drive, passion and ambition for optimal results; Challenges the current market status quo; Develops fresh approaches to deliver results. Ability to prioritize tasks and plan own workloads to ensure deadlines are met.
• Networking: Strong relationship builder; Seeks out new opportunities; Demonstrates Team Working and sharing of best practice. Experience of successfully leading projects in multicultural environments and in a matrix organization, ability to work cross-functionally.
• Excellent English language knowledge and skills (written and oral).

UKIE MCO has a strong ambition for double-digit growth powered by a field team of approximately 100 people. Several strategic projects are integral part for the biopharma roadmap. UKIE offers compelling business opportunities for Specialty Care, Vaccines, and General Medicines assets. Key launches will need to be enabled in this important country cluster

In UKIE, the GTMC Head leads GTMC's transformation by prioritising, developing talented local teams, and positioning GTMC as the trusted partner that enables business units commercial success. As a leadership team member of the UKIE, you are accountable for leading across the key Go-To-Market capability pillars including Insights & Analytics, Customer-facing Capabilities, and Omnichannel, while ensuring close alignment with the regional and global GTMC strategy & objectives and prioritising the enablement of new launches. The transformational dimension of the role is key and will require both strong strategic thinking and a robust operational mindset., Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. You'll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary - together.

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