Job title:Vaccines Medical Head, Greater China

• Reports to this position:  Head of Medical China Flu Franchise, Head of Medical China RSV Franchise, Head of Medical China Pediatric Franchise, China Epidemiology Lead, Head of China Medical Operations & Governance

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Sanofi’s mission is to improve the lives of people everywhere through innovative medicines and vaccines. To do this, we apply new techniques to overcome barriers and accelerate progress. Our deep expertise in disease pathways helps us take aim at smart targets, while our unique technologies empower them to develop drugs, biologics, and genomic medicines with the potential to transform the practice of medicine.

Sanofi's global vaccines business unit partners with the public health, medical and scientific communities to improve access to life-protecting vaccines and increase vaccination coverage, while striving to develop new and improved vaccines to enhance health and well-being.

About the job

Our Team:

As a member of the Sanofi Greater China Leadership Team, the Greater China Medical Head, Vaccines will shape the country medical strategy & operational medical plans for an exciting & innovative portfolio, in alignment with the global strategy and local business growth.

The Medical Head Vaccines Greater China is a true business partner offering valuable medical expertise in a compliant and ethical way; the role contributes to the strategic objectives of Vaccines by managing the medical organization in Greater China in accordance with internal procedures and applicable regulations.

The Medical Head assures the delivery of the medical strategy, medical roadmap and scientific activities, sharing medical expertise of functional areas such as marketing, clinical development, pharmacovigilance and regulatory in compliance with law, ethical/scientific principles, and Group products strategy. He/she will promote, develop, and maintain strong scientific and medical relationships, with KOL and Public Health Bodies and other external stakeholders. Her/his activity will increase scientific credibility and ethical image of the Company facilitating and encouraging Group's product strategy.

The incumbent will be a highly motivated and visionary leader, with strong leadership -providing strategic direction for the medical function based on insights, knowledge, and industry experience-, scientific knowledge -credibility when engaging with internal and external stakeholders, and capability to translate scientific insights into strategic medical plans-, health policy awareness, and with great people development skills -to lead a high performing team and grow talent. Finally, the incumbent will also excel in operational excellence & risk management and will be a role mode of proactive compliance & qualitymanagement.

Main responsibilities:

Define and drive the overall medical strategy in the Greater China Vaccines Medical team, in alignment with the business strategy

• Lead an annual process of developing, reviewing, and approving of Country Medical Roadmap
• Ensure excellence in each chapter of the Medical Roadmap including medical insight generation, medical stakeholder engagement, medical education, building local medical recommendations, and evidence generation
• Ensure Roadmaps are built as per the GloCal model principles and are align with the GloCal franchise strategy
• Ensure Roadmaps are developed with local and regional cross-functional input especially from ComOps and Public Affairs
• Work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners to develop and implement medical, real-world evidence and health economic strategies to drive successful launches and implementation of vaccination programs

Increase scientific credibility and ethical image of the Company facilitating and encouraging Group's product strategy.

• Ensure high quality delivery of scientific evidence to internal and external customers.
• Lead Scientific and public health engagement strategy to ensure KOL networks are built and sustained in alignment with planned launches, and public and private market access strategy
•  Represent the company in the external meetings with experts, HCP, RKI, MOHs, professional associations, media etc.

Maximize team performance to achieve high impact locally, regionally, and globally                                                                                                                                                                                                       

• Lead and develop the Medical Greater China organization
• Ensure the team is at the correct competency level to execute on the company’s strategic priorities
• Ensure the team has clear and prioritized objectives with SMART Key Performance Indicators
• Provide team frequent and situational feedback to maximize their performance
• Foster learning and encourage thoughtful risk taking within the Greater China Medical team by sharing best practices and innovative initiatives

Wise stewardship of company resources to maximize impact

• Be accountable for the region’s headcount and operating expenses
• Ensure resources are allocated to highest impact projects across the region and facilitate prioritization
• Proactively identify business efficiencies for the rest of the portfolio, via fixed OPEX ratio activating portfolio/ footprint and other simplification opportunities.
• Ensure seamless roll-out and implementation of new Sanofi initiatives (ie : Leveraging data and AI) to accelerate & scale -up new operating models & medical best practices

Core membership of Medical Leadership Teams

• Ensure close collaboration with Global Medical Franchise teams and other Regional Medical teams in Vaccines, as well as other GBU Medical Heads of Greater China to capture synergies, cross-regional best practices and manage talent development
• Active participation, as a core member, in the Vaccines Medical Leadership Team (MLT)
• Partner with other MLT members in developing and executing communications targeted at the Medical department

Exemplary leadership on ethical business practices

• Ensure culture and systems throughout the region lead to strong compliance with Sanofi principles, processes, and regulations.
• Ensure business partners and country teams are trained on key medical compliance processes relating with Health Care Practitioner engagements, SP-sponsored events, transparency, and local and regional clinical and epidemiology studies
• Prepare local teams for internal and external audits, support them through the audit process and take accountability for implementation of any corrective actions

About you

• Education: Medical Degree preferable or PhD with significant vaccinology or infectious disease expertise (e.g. Virology/ Microbiology/ Respiratory Medicine/ pediatric or public health)
• Experience: Strong track record in developing and executing medical strategy in China and leading a sizable medical affairs function. Significant experience in clinical development/ real world evidence, launches and post-marketing medical activities. Experience working with regulatory authorities.
• Skills:
• At least 10 years leadership and management experience in medical activities or other aspects of the life sciences, including budget management and preferably leading an international team
• Experience in leading transformation & building efficiencies at local and international level
• Highly team oriented with outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with other groups, as well as a demonstrated ability to see the big picture and develop project strategies while not losing focus on project specifics.
• Strong commitment to achieving corporate objectives while maintaining the highest ethical, regulatory, and scientific standards is required.

• Languages: Fluent in 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.

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