Description:
The Medical Lead holds end-to-end accountability for their franchise, driving scientific excellence and impact in the UK. This role combines strategic leadership with tactical execution to drive improvements in vaccination and immunization standards.
We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.
Main Responsibilities
- Strategic External Scientific Influence
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to establish Medical Lead as the credible scientific authority through evidence-based engagement
- Generate and apply insights to shape internal strategy
- Lead scientific exchange at congresses and advisory boards
- Medical Strategy & Scientific Leadership
- Own and deliver the franchise medical strategy to turn science into protection
- Lead franchise scientific content glocalisation and review
- Collaborate with global teams to influence and implement strategy
- Measure and demonstrate impact of medical initiatives
- Manage own franchise budget, manage external vendors and agencies when engaged for franchise-specific projects
- Evidence Generation & Insights
- Identify evidence gaps and develop strategies to address them in alignment with IEGP and in collaboration with RWE lead and market access team.
- Lead publication planning and execution for franchise.
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Sole medical contribution to cross-functional team, consolidating insights from external engagement, knowledge of product and competitor data landscape and global medical strategy to co-lead cross-functional team.
- Lead internal collaboration with R&D, market access, public affairs and commercial colleagues to maximize business impact
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements including ABPI.
- Mentor and develop team members, partner with other medical leads to strengthen Sanofi Vaccines portfolio
About You
Education & Experience
- UK Registered Healthcare Professional or PhD in life sciences
- Minimum 3 years' pharmaceutical industry experience, vaccines experience a strong advantage
- Strong scientific and clinical knowledge in vaccines/immunology
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking and decision-making in ambiguous situations
- Ability to influence without authority
- Project management and prioritization skills
- Leadership presence and stakeholder management
- Results orientation with focus on measurable impact