Vaccines Franchise Medical Manager

Our position

• Job title: Vaccines Franchise Medical Manager, Japan

• Division / Business Unit: Japan Medical Vaccine 

About the job

 Our Team:

The Japan Vaccine Medical Team at Sanofi is a high-performing team of medical leaders who are a trusted source of Scientific and Medical information and shared insights; effective and innovative strategic partners to our internal and external stakeholders; and dedicated to public health. We represent diverse experiences and backgrounds which strengthens our team and mirrors the healthcare communities we engage.

Main Responsibilities:

The Japan Vaccines Franchise Medical Manager will participate to and execute the Medical and scientific (non-promotional) strategy for the Adult Vaccines portfolio/therapeutic area in close partnership with the other functional franchise leads and in alignment with the overall franchise strategy.

The main responsibilities include: 

• Utilize strong business acumen, acting as a key strategic business partner to the organization

• Initiate and drive projects to raise standards of care and change clinical practice

• Ability to work independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to ambiguity

• Lead and drive rapid integrated evidence planning and execution through deep understanding of internal and external stakeholder evidence needs and robust data gaps analysis

• Deep therapy area expertise and product knowledge including competitor data

• Drive strong collaborative relationships with commercial and cross-functional teams, including marketing, value & access, health economics, regulatory and clinical

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with external experts

• Drive collaborative relationships with above-country colleagues to ensure the MCO / country involvement and strategic input into global and regional plans

• Good understanding of the impact and evolution of healthcare systems

• Lead creation and implementation of medical plans

• Ability to rapidly assimilate new data and integrate into new therapy area

• Create industry leading digital educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, interactive and innovative

• Champion the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies

• Demonstrate strong leadership influencing across networks and by coaching and mentoring members of the team

About you

Education/Experience/Certification:

• Doctorate level education: MD or equivalent Medical related degree preferred, PhD or PharmD

• Industry experience (including medical affairs field or office) and/or clinical experience mandatory, ideally with relevant immunology, vaccinology, epidemiology, public health or internal medicine focus on acute medicine/ICU experience.

• Good understanding of the continuum of data generation including clinical development, Real World Evidence (RWE) and data gaps analysis

• Ability to act independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to the grey areas

• Excellent communication skills including driving challenging discussions· Develop a good understanding of HCP communication preferences to adapt communication style and optimize use of relevant channels to suit

• Implement true scientific engagement journeys by bridging channel disconnect to drive ongoing engagement and grow collaborative opportunities and meaningful scientific exchange

• Be confident in the use of Omnichannel tools and ability to adapt to new channels

• Effectively and compliantly share unmet needs of HCPs and their centers with cross-functional teams to inform patient centric strategy

• Native fluency in Japanese, Business level English

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, disability, or gender identity.

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

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!