US Senior Medical Director, Autoimmune T1D

Sanofi Group; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 236,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi US Senior Medical Director Autoimmune T1D in Morristown, NJ leads the US medical strategy development and execution for relevant products, coordinating with global medical, regulatory, and other partners to optimize patient outcomes and scientific exchange.

The role requires building integrated medical plans, leading data generation efforts, and representing medical perspectives to internal teams and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Scientific degree from an accredited college or university (e.g., M.D., PhD, PharmD, MA, MPH, etc.)
• At least 5 years of professional experience in medical affairs with the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to influence without authority in a highly matrixed environment.
• Strategic approach to problem-solving considering all the potential implications of key decisions and messaging.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills with strong ability to evaluate and communicate scientific data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategically aligned integrated medical affairs plan including medical education, insight gathering, scientific evidence generation and scientific information exchange with key stakeholders.
• Identify and implement appropriate and impactful medical research projects to support strategic medical objectives, including External Scientific Collaboration and Company sponsored studies.
• Support investigator-initiated projects as appropriate.
• Identify needs for strategically aligned post-marketing data generation via Real-World Evidence (RWE)/registries or external collaborations and oversee their management and executions.
• Lead innovative solutions or initiatives to address unmet business needs.
• Collaborate closely with scientific communications team to develop impactful and innovative scientific exchange resources as aligned with the medical strategy.
• Liaise with US Field Medical functions to ensure alignment with of medical plans, as well as translate insights into strategy and action plans to continue to address ongoing unmet needs and monitor progress and impact to businessrecommendations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with top thought leaders.
• Represent Sanofi on communications and engagement with key societies, policy makers, and payers in relation to covered products and associated disease states.

Skills

Scientific degree

5+ years medical affairs

Influence without authority

Strategic problem solving

Excellent communication

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD

Job description

Job title: US Senior Medical Director Autoimmune T1D Location: Morristown, NJ

About the job Join the team transforming how healthcare is delivered for chronic and specialty conditions worldwide. In General Medicines, you’ll help drive meaningful outcomes in diabetes, transplant, and immunology - with the scale and urgency patients deserve.

Job Summary

The US Senior Medical Director plays an integral role in the development and execution of US medical strategy for relevant products and supports development in new therapeutic areas in line with the US Medical brand strategy. The US Senior Medical Directors main objectives are: Develop and execute an integrated medical plan, including scientific field medical communications, publications, IME, advisory boards, and data generation and dissemination. Collaborate effectively across a matrix, building partnerships with key internal stakeholders such as global medical, commercial, regulatory, legal, scientific communications, pharmacovigilance, and public affairs. Work externally to assist health care professionals to optimize patient care and treatment outcomes through evidence-based decisions.

About Sanofi

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

• Develop and execute a strategically aligned integrated medical affairs plan including medical education, insight gathering, scientific evidence generation and scientific information exchange with key stakeholders.
• Identify and implement appropriate and impactful medical research projects to support strategic medical objectives, including External Scientific Collaboration and Company sponsored studies.
• Support investigator-initiated projects as appropriate.
• Identify needs for strategically aligned post-marketing data generation via Real-World Evidence (RWE)/registries or external collaborations and oversee their management and executions.
• Lead innovative solutions or initiatives to address unmet business needs.
• Collaborate closely with scientific communications team to develop impactful and innovative scientific exchange resources as aligned with the medical strategy.
• Liaise with US Field Medical functions to ensure alignment with of medical plans, as well as translate insights into strategy and action plans to continue to address ongoing unmet needs and monitor progress and impact to businessrecommendations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with top thought leaders.
• Represent Sanofi on communications and engagement with key societies, policy makers, and payers in relation to covered products and associated disease states.
• Maintain effective communication and alignment with key internal medical and business partners.
• Provide medical leadership and expertise to sales, marketing, legal, and regulatory functions and ensure strategic and cross functional alignment across the organization to achieve the medical mission of supporting safe and appropriate product use.
• Represent Medical for US regulatory and reimbursement documents and provide clinical insights to new business opportunities.
• Review and approval promotional materials to ensure information is accurate, and ensure medical accuracy as needed.
• Communicate Product Alerts to the medical team (MST) in conjunction with US Drug Safety, US regulatory andUS quality assurance.
• Evaluate within the internal team risk assessment strategies.
• Partner with U.S. Drug Safety in the management of clinical trial adverse events, post-marketing safety data, and in the communication of identified safety signals.
• Provide medical input to the product labeling, as needed.
• Display strong interest in continuous learning of scientific knowledge and the application of research to support optimal healthcare delivery and improved patient health outcome.
• Display forward strategic thinking, and the capability to communicate and support ideas effectively to field and internal partners.
• Maintain an understanding and strict environment of integrity and compliance with US Sanofi operating principles, standards, and policies.

About You Qualifications

• Scientific degree from an accredited college or university (e.g., M.D., PhD, PharmD, MA, MPH, etc.)
• At least 5 years of professional experience in medical affairs with the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to influence without authority in a highly matrixed environment.
• Strategic approach to problem-solving considering all the potential implications of key decisions and messaging.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills with strong ability to evaluate and communicate scientific data.

Professional Competencies

• Broad based medical expertise to assure rigorous scientific evaluation is conducted and aligned with strategy.
• Functional expertise, working knowledge of treatments, product labeling and Federal Regulations pertaining to pharmaceutical, promotion, and industry sponsored scientific and educational activities.
• Strong literature knowledge within therapeutic area
• Strong scientific and business acumen.
• Experience in working in a matrix environment, which successfully integrates all business unit functions.
• Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to gain respect and credibility with thought leaders.

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 US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is: $236,250.00 - $393,750.00 All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Sanofi US endeavours to make our career center accessible to any and all users.

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.

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.