Communication Manager Specialty Care

(0434) Sanofi S.r.l.; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Sanofi Milan is seeking a Communication Manager for Specialty Care to lead cross-channel communications, ensuring alignment with the corporate narrative and brand guidelines. You will work to protect Sanofi's image, coordinate with internal teams, and drive multi-channel campaigns across earned, owned, digital, and social channels.

The role requires strong English and Italian communication skills, experience in multinational settings, and a data-driven mindset to measure impact and optimize

Qualifications

• Experience in communications in multinational matrix settings, preferably in healthcare/pharma/biotech.
• Experience building or leveraging performance measurement frameworks.
• Ability to design pilots, measure outcomes, and scale effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Protect and enhance the company's image, reputation, and business through local communication strategies.
• Coordinate with brand management to ensure compliance with brand guidelines and the corporate vision.
• Develop tactics across earned, social, digital, owned, and shared channels to strengthen brand positioning.
• Deliver data-driven communication strategies with KPIs using audience insights and analytics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure unified brand experience across touchpoints and external partners.

Skills

Brand management

Brand guidelines

Data-driven

Strategic communication

Written and oral communication

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Education

University-level degree

Job description

Job title: Communication Manager Specialty Care ● Location: Milan, Italy

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.

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world.

Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

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: 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:

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:

Education: University-level degree in a relevant discipline.

Languages:

Languages: excellent English and Italian language skills (French is a plus).

Why choose us?

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.

Equal opportunities:

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.

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.

We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and creating compelling growth. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We want to build a healthier, more resilient world, and turn the impossible into the possible by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines for millions of people around the world.

Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi Start a career that makes a difference.

Reinvention is in our DNA. It's what drove our evolution from a small French enterprise to one of the world’s leading biopharma companies. Whether it's using AI to shorten drug-discovery times or building trust in healthcare, you could be helping our teams make life better for patients, partners, and communities.

This is where you grow your career. We open the door for you to explore new opportunities, push your limits, and connect with people who are driven by a shared purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.