Communication Manager Specialty Care

Sanofi; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave (14 weeks)

Diversity and Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Sanofi in Milan seeks a Communication Manager Specialty Care to drive the specialty communications strategy across channels in Italy, aligning with the reputation plan and global narrative.

You will lead cross-functional campaigns, ensure brand consistency, and translate business goals into measurable KPIs using earned, social, digital, and owned media.

Fluent English and Italian are required; French is a plus. This role sits within Communications & Sustainability under Corporate Affairs.

Qualifications

• University-level degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience in multinational and healthcare/pharma communications.
• Strong brand management and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent English and Italian language skills.

Responsibilities

• Protect and enhance Sanofi's image and reputation through local comms.
• Act as Brand Guardian, ensure brand guidelines compliance.
• Develop and deliver tactics across earned, social, digital and owned channels.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to strengthen core brand positions.
• Deliver data-driven strategies with KPIs across channels.
• Ensure consistency of brand across all touchpoints with global teams.
• Support cross-business initiatives like institutional campaigns and media relations.

Skills

Brand management

Data-driven analytics

Strategic communications

Multinational experience

Italian/English

Education

University degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Communication Manager Specialty Care

Location: Milan, Italy

About the job

As Communication Manager Specialty Care within our Communications & Sustainability team, you’ll drive and enable Sanofi's Specialty communication strategy plan and cross-channels initiatives such as therapeutic area projects, campaigns and positioning activities — ensuring consistency and alignment with Sanofi's reputation plan, strategy and narrative.

In Sanofi, Communications & Sustainability is part of the Corporate Affairs Function together with Public Affairs. Our joint mission is to connect Sanofi to the world, serving as a unified voice, fostering trust with stakeholders and accelerating access to breakthrough medicines and vaccines.

Main responsibilities

• Protect and enhance the company's image, reputation and business by contributing to broader communication strategies, plans, and activities aimed at positioning Sanofi and the Specialty business in the Country.
• Act as Sanofi's Brand Guardian, contributing to coordinate and ensure compliance with brand guidelines and the company's vision: "We chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives." Ensure that all local communications, initiatives, and stakeholder interactions reflect Sanofi's core values and identity.
• Develop and deliver tactics aligned with the corporate and business strategies leveraging all appropriate channels (earned media, social media, digital, owned, and shared).
• Operate cross-functionally to strengthen the positioning of core/commercial brands, protect Sanofi's reputation across therapeutic areas, and contribute to positioning the company among key stakeholders (employees, HCPs, KOLs, academia and media).
• Deliver data-driven communication strategies that protect and enhance Sanofi's reputation in Italy, translating business goals into measurable KPIs across all channels with performance frameworks that combine audience insights, channel analytics, media monitoring and SEO/GEO measures to optimize content, maximize stakeholder engagement and foster a test-and-learn culture.
• Ensure consistency and compliance with brand guidelines across all local communications, coordinating with internal teams, external partners, and global brand management teams to guarantee a unified brand experience across all touchpoints.
• Support the design and implementation of cross-business communication initiatives (institutional campaigns, reputation projects, thought leadership activities, media relations), contributing to external communication and corporate positioning activities with a consistent, unified corporate voice across all therapeutic areas and business units.

About you

• Experience : experience in communications in multinational matrix settings and communications consultancy companies preferably in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, or biotech sector; proven experience in an integrated approach to communications across internal and external audiences; experience in building or leveraging performance measurement frameworks; iterative, evidence-based approach to planning with the ability to design pilots, measure outcomes, and scale effective solutions.
• Soft and technical skills : Strong knowledge of brand management and ability to apply brand guidelines consistently across multiple channels and stakeholder groups; data-driven mindset; familiarity with communication analytics platforms also AI driven and ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data to inform strategic decisions; strong strategic, written and oral communication skills; high initiative, strong work ethic, solutions-oriented mindset, and ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments; ability to influence laterally and upward; ability to inspire colleagues by translating the company's mission into concrete, impact-oriented communication strategies; Intellectual curiosity and awareness of the evolving geopolitical and communication landscape; demonstrated commitment to inclusive, values-driven environments, embodying Sanofi's core values in daily decisions and compliance culture, and fostering a diverse, equitable, psychologically safe, and collaborative workplace; proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Education : University-level degree in a relevant discipline
• Languages: excellent English and Italian language skills (French is a plus).

Why choose us?

Be part of a pioneering biopharma company where patient insights shape drug development.

Work at the forefront of AI-powered science that accelerates discovery and improves outcomes.

Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams.

Explore bold career paths – with opportunities to grow through scientific, leadership, and cross-functional moves.

Care for yourself and your loved ones with generous health and well-being benefits, including top-tier healthcare and 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Pursue progress . Discover Extraordinary .

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do.

We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before.

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?

Pursue progress , discover extraordinary Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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The salary range for this position is :€52.000,00 - €69.333 Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.