Information Specialist - VIE Contract

• Location: Belgium, Gent / Zwijnaarde
• Target start date: 01/01/2027

iMove, the Sanofi VIE Program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

PLEASE NOTE that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, only applications that are submitted in English will be considered. Please make sure to apply with your personal email address.

About the job

As Information Specialist VIE within our Intellectual Property team, you’ll strengthen team's capacity to support R&D on search questions for early stage projects and competitive intelligence, as well as for freedom to operate (FTO) analyses in preparation of M2 transitions.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.  

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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:

• You map global competitive landscapes by using various market screening and search tools.
• You analyze the fast-growing competitive landscape of biologics, including single variable domain technologies and other antibody modalities, and you collect market information on new patents, products and technologies under development in this space.
• You work closely together with other Sanofi competitive intelligence and market search and analytic teams, as well as with external search tool providers.
• You closely follow-up our key competitors. You perform a detailed analysis of the obtained market information. You study competitor’s publications (literature, patents, etc.) to obtain specific information on competitor’s products and technologies.
• You update, report, present and discuss your analyses at various levels in interdisciplinary team meetings, and with a range of stakeholders in the company.
• You maintain a close interaction with Sanofi scientists, intellectual property professionals, and other internal stakeholders. You are actively involved in the evaluation of the obtained data and the discussions on the strategic positioning of Sanofi in the competitive landscape. You work closely with scientists and intellectual property professionals to define roadmaps for new projects, IP filings, and subsequent IP enforcement.
• While gaining in-depth competitive intelligence knowledge on the antibody and single variable domain space, you also build expertise in market screening and search tools that are ideally used for such detailed market analysis. This expertise might later be applied in the analysis of other segments of the antibody and single variable domain space as well as in other product and/or technology market segments.

About you

Experience:

• You have hands-on experience with Web-based searching tools including the use of AI tools. You easily obtain rapid and solid expertise in specific IT market screening and searching tools and databases (e.g. Cortellis, PatSnap, …).
• You preferably have experience in detailed Competitive Intelligence analyses.

Soft and technical skills:

• You are a motivated self-starter, who is keen to contribute to an interdisciplinary team in more ways than merely handling assigned projects.
• You have outstanding analytical skills.
• You are proactive and take initiative.
• You are a good communicator, coordinator, team player, and have good relational skills.
• You are flexible, creative and enthusiastic.
• You have a thorough awareness of confidentiality matters and are discreet with confidential information.

Education:

• You have a Master’s degree in biology or biochemistry (Applied Biology, Molecular & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, …).

Languages:

• You are proficient in English (written and oral).

Why choose us?

• Be part of a pioneering biopharma company where patient insights shape drug development. 
• Work at the forefront of AI-powered science that accelerates discovery and improves outcomes. 
• Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams. 
• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet. 
• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably. 
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed. 

iMove is a unique program tailored for European youth interested in challenging themselves with meaningful assignments across the globe. At Sanofi we have a strong ambition to invest in young talents who will drive the success of Sanofi tomorrow.

Sanofi’s Work Abroad Program, iMove, offers jobs-assignments with actual responsibilities and a perspective to grow. We provide those opportunities in various functions such as: marketing, finance, regulatory, supply chain, clinical trials, production, etc. and in more than 40 countries. Sanofi unites people who are passionate about solving healthcare needs across the world. Joining our iMove Work Abroad Program is a unique opportunity to make a difference through your work.

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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.

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