Launch Excellence Lead

Job Title: Launch Excellence Lead 

Location: Reading, UK 

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time 

About This Job 

As Launch Lead within our Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes team, you'll lead the strategic launch of a groundbreaking, first-in-class therapy that delays the onset of Type 1 Diabetes - giving families precious time and hope while transforming preventive healthcare. 

This is your opportunity to shape the future of autoimmune disease management, work at the forefront of medical innovation, and make a meaningful difference in countless lives while fast-tracking your career in this high-visibility, transformative role. Ready to get started? 

Join the team to transform 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. 

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 

• Lead the UK launch strategy for a first-in-class therapy in Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes, ensuring all activities are aligned with global frameworks and local market needs. 

• Collaborate across teams including Commercial, Market Access, Medical, and Public Affairs to deliver a cohesive and impactful launch plan. 

• Define and track success measures by establishing key milestones, timelines, and performance indicators to monitor progress before and after launch. 

• Manage the launch budget by overseeing resource allocation, monitoring expenses, and providing regular financial updates to senior leadership. 

• Identify and mitigate risks by proactively developing contingency plans to address challenges that could affect launch timelines or deliverables. 

• Drive effective governance and communication by coordinating leadership meetings, enabling swift decision-making, and keeping global and local stakeholders informed of progress. 

• Support team development by helping onboard new roles, identifying skill gaps, and fostering ways of working that promote agility and collaboration. 

About You 

Experience: 

• Launch expertise in specialty pharmaceuticals, rare diseases, or diabetes, with a track record of successfully bringing products to market 

• Strategic marketing background that includes developing therapeutic area strategies, positioning, and building awareness in new disease areas 

Soft and Technical Skills: 

• Collaborative leadership with the ability to influence and align diverse teams across functions and regions 

• Project management capabilities to coordinate complex launch activities, simplify processes, and maintain momentum 

• Communication excellence in presenting complex information clearly to various stakeholders, from senior leadership to cross-functional teams 

• Customer insight with experience in external stakeholder engagement and understanding market access dynamics 

• Problem-solving approach that can synthesize complex information and develop practical solutions 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, or a related field 

Languages: 

• Strong English proficiency in both written and verbal communication

Why Choose Us? 

• Help shape the future of care for chronic and complex conditions like aT1D, Type 2 diabetes, transplant, and cardiovascular disease. 

• Drive meaningful impact at global scale: our medicines reach more than 100 million people each year. 

• Be part of a simpler, digital- and AI-powered business that’s rethinking how we work and engage with the world. 

• Turn bold ideas into breakthrough launches, with multiple new therapies planned through 2030 and beyond. 

• Stretch your career in a development playground, with opportunities across functions, regions, and the entire product lifecycle. 

• Work in a place that combines global scale with local expertise, backed by a strong culture of collaboration and shared purpose. 

• Contribute to innovations that improve outcomes, relieve pressure on healthcare systems, and expand access worldwide. 

• Join a team that’s not just transforming treatment - but asking what’s next, and making it real. 

• Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to offering interviews to candidates who request consideration under the Scheme and meet the minimum requirements for this role. 

If you have a disability and require adjustments for the interview process, please email us at [email protected]. We are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive and supportive experience for all applicants. 

Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources. 

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.

Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together. 

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

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.

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.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!