Vaccines Business Development Manager in Reading

Job Title: Vaccines Business Development Manager Location: Reading, UK

About The Job As a Vaccines Business Development Manager within our Vaccines Business Unit, you'll take personal accountability for driving sales and commercial success across your defined territory. You'll build strategic relationships with priority stakeholders in key accounts, collaborate with regional healthcare stakeholders to increase vaccine uptake, and shape buying decisions through clinically differentiated engagement. Working as part of a high-performing, customer-facing team, you'll combine strong account planning, advanced selling skills, and digital proficiency to deliver long-term partnerships and territory success. Ready to get started?

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

• Build and manage strong relationships with key healthcare decision-makers across your territory to support better vaccine access and uptake.
• Create and carry out territory and account plans to meet sales targets and build long-term partnerships.
• Share clear, evidence-based information about vaccines with healthcare professionals and other relevant decision-makers.
• Work closely with regional health service contacts to find opportunities to improve vaccine programs and services.
• Balance in-person and remote meetings to have meaningful conversations, set shared goals, and promote key products effectively.
• Take ownership of your territory's success, using good judgement and a willingness to try new approaches to reach commercial goals.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across the wider team to contribute to shared business goals.

About You

• You have a track record in sales, business development, or account management, ideally in a healthcare or pharmaceutical setting.
• You understand how to build relationships and close deals.
• You're a skilled communicator who can influence and persuade across different audiences.
• You're comfortable with face-to-face engagement, take ownership of your work, and thrive as part of a collaborative team.
• You're proficient with digital tools and comfortable working across multiple platforms.
• You have strong analytical and planning abilities, and you're able to manage data and track performance metrics.
• You have a solid understanding of the NHS vaccines landscape, guidelines, and how healthcare purchasing decisions are made.
• A degree in Life Sciences, Business, or a related field is preferred but not essential — we value relevant experience and demonstrated capability.

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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.