Global Public Affairs Head, Rare Neuromuscular and Sickle Cell Disease in Cambridge

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs. Sanofi is a leading global integrated healthcare company that discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. With 100,000 dedicated professionals in more than 100 countries, Sanofi is devoted to advancing healthcare around the world.

Global Public Affairs (PA) is an essential partner in the successful execution of the company’s strategy. Our purpose is to create the conditions that promote scientific innovation and enable sustainable access to Sanofi Specialty Care portfolio. We do this by engaging with patients, scientific associations, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to shape the policy environment for specialty care and create the sustainable conditions for access to innovation.

The Global Public Affairs Head, Rare Neuromuscular and Sickle Cell Disease serves as a PA expert to the Rare Diseases (RD) franchise. He/She works closely with the Global brand teams (GBT) and Global Project Team (GPT) in developing global public affairs strategies to meet key business objectives. He/She collaborates with the Local PA teams to ensure relevance of global strategy, alignment on resource prioritization, and consistency in execution.

Main Responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of a robust Global PA strategy to achieve the vision for the franchise in prioritized markets, establishing the company’s commitment to the patient communities across the portfolio, supporting high priority business objectives, and preparing the environment for significant launches and/or uptake of new therapies.
• Through scientific exchanges, evidence generation, community engagement, advocacy development, policy-shaping, and other high impact public affairs initiatives, address unmet needs across the patient journey, including patient access to treatment, and elevate care goals.
• Manage strong relationships with patient groups and key stakeholders to ensure that the “voice of the patient” is central in shaping business strategy.
• Ensure external community input is considered/incorporated into programs currently in development and/or life cycle improvements.
• Cultivate strategic multi-stakeholder partnerships to bring needed solutions to patients in line with the priorities of the franchise and consistent with overall company position.
• Understand important trends likely to impact business and public affairs strategy – conduct policy analyses, monitor and analyze potential threats, opportunities from external developments and communicate them effectively to the franchise leadership.
• Serve as strategic advisor and support the TA/franchise Heads with external engagements to advance business objectives and Sanofi’s reputation.
• Develop and execute external engagement strategy for senior rare disease franchise leadership to demonstrate Sanofi’s leadership in rare and advance business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with key cross functional partners within GBT and GPT to input into the broader strategy for rare neuromuscular areas and SCD, develop high impact public affairs strategies and build cross-functional support on tactical execution.
• Leverage resources and expertise across US and Global Corporate Affairs functions, secure alignment and champion one voice.
• Work with local PA teams to ensure global strategies reflect local realities and relevance/utility of global tools.

About You Qualifications:

• Prior experience in SCD is preferred for this position.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree (accredited four-year College or university) is required.
• A minimum of 12 years of combined professional experience across Public Affairs; Market Access; Policy or a Government Affairs position with policy-shaping responsibilities, or other relevant pharma experience, is required.
• This position will require strong collaboration across the Local and Global teams.
• Identified candidates will have proven experience in developing and leading within a highly matrixed and pressured environment.

Required Competencies:

• Advanced technical, functional, transversal skills: business acumen, crisis management, foster innovation, healthcare policies, launch strategy, narrative writing, partnership development, policy development, stakeholder relationship management, strategic insights, strategy development.
• Advanced leadership skills: influencing others, result-oriented, strategic thinking.
• Strong ability to prioritize projects, conferences, internal meetings, in alignment with business leaders, to secure public affairs impact in areas of highest value for the organization.
• Take ownership, rally and lead the cross-functional team on public affairs issues.
• Able to move fast with a focus on both strategy and execution.
• Team player, skilled in collaboration and able to work and lead with ease cross-functionally and within a matrix.
• Strong knowledge of stakeholder groups, including multi-lateral institutions, trade associations, patient organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

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.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognises your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits.