Job Title: North America Medical Head, General Medicines
About the Job
As a senior member of the Sanofi North America Leadership Team, the Medical Head, General Medicines North America is a top-level executive responsible for shaping and executing the medical strategy across the US market. This role provides strategic vision and tactical direction for a dynamic and innovative portfolio, ensuring full alignment with global medical strategy while driving local business growth and delivering meaningful impact for patients.
The Medical Head will champion Sanofi's mission to improve public health by advancing healthcare solutions that optimize patient outcomes through the responsible, evidence-based use of our products and services — always upholding the highest ethical and compliance standards. The role will also be a key driver of Sanofi's digital ambition, accelerating integrated care models and Real-World Evidence (RWE) generation.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will be a visionary, highly motivated, and scientifically credible leader who combines strategic acumen with operational excellence. They will bring:
- Scientific Leadership — Deep scientific knowledge and the ability to translate complex insights into compelling medical strategies, earning credibility with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strategic Vision — A data-driven, forward-looking mindset to define and execute a bold medical affairs agenda aligned with business priorities.
- Healthcare Policy Awareness — A strong understanding of the US healthcare landscape, including regulatory, access, and policy dynamics.
- People Leadership — Proven ability to inspire, develop, and retain high-performing talent, fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and continuous growth.
- Ethical Compliance — A role model for proactive compliance and quality management, embedding the highest ethical standards across all medical activities.
- Technology Adoption — Demonstrated ability to leverage digital tools, AI, and data analytics to enhance medical decision-making and patient outcomes.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration — Mastery of cross-functional teamwork and stakeholder relationship management across complex, matrixed organizations.
Join the team transforming 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:
Medical Strategy & Leadership
- Define and champion a compelling, patient-centric vision for Medical in Gen Med North America, fully aligned with global strategy and local business priorities.
- Provide strategic leadership for the medical function, partnering with commercial, access, and R&D teams to co-create integrated plans that ensure scientific rigor and measurable patient outcomes.
- Represent Medical on the NA Leadership Team, contributing to enterprise-wide decisions and shaping the overall business direction.
- Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing medical team of approximately 100 professionals, building a strong talent pipeline and fostering a culture of scientific excellence and continuous learning.
Compliance, Ethics & Risk Management
- Establish and enforce the highest ethical standards across all medical activities, serving as a role model for proactive compliance and quality management.
- Ensure robust medical governance, including appropriate oversight of marketing activities (symposia, scientific communications, promotional materials) within a patient-centered risk/benefit framework.
- Lead effective and timely resolution of key compliance issues, ensuring adherence to all applicable regulations and Sanofi policies.
Product Lifecycle & Launch Excellence
- Lead medical affairs activities across pre-launch, launch, and post-launch phases, ensuring optimal lifecycle management for all General Medicines products.
- Partner with Research, Clinical Development, Commercial, Health Economics, Value & Access, and Product Management to deliver integrated, evidence-based strategies that support product differentiation and patient access.
Budget & Resource Management
- Manage the North America medical budget with accountability and strategic foresight, ensuring optimal resource allocation for high-priority medical initiatives.
- Identify synergies across General Medicines and cross-GBU (XGBU) levels, proposing efficient investment strategies that maximize medical and business impact.
External Engagement & Scientific Reputation
- Build and sustain a strong network of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), scientific experts, patient advocacy groups, and health authorities to reinforce Sanofi's scientific leadership and strategic positioning.
- Elevate Sanofi's presence and reputation in the US medical community through thought leadership, scientific exchange, and active engagement on issues shaping the healthcare landscape.
- Represent Sanofi at major scientific congresses, health authority meetings, and industry forums.
Digital Transformation & Innovation
- Champion the deployment of AI, digital health tools, and advanced analytics to enhance medical decision-making, evidence generation, and patient outcomes.
- Actively contribute to Sanofi's digital ambition by driving innovation in integrated care models and Real-World Evidence (RWE) strategies.
About You
Education
- Must have MD qualification. Ph.D and publications are desirable
Experience & knowledge
- Minimum of 10 years of job-related experience
- Strong track record in developing and executing medical strategy in US and leading a sizable medical affairs function.
- Demonstrated track record of building and maintaining a KOL network in US and Canada.
- Experience in working across and building effective partnerships among R&D, Commercial, Medical, Safety, and Regulatory Strong understanding of the healthcare landscape
- Experience working within an international company with a complex organizational environment and ability to operate in a matrix
- Experience in deploying digital enablers in Medical Affairs
- Significant leadership experience, and proven ability to influence and impact key stakeholders
- Strong business savvy
Key skills
- Innovative thinking
- Collaborative & open-minded
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills. Ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the organization and embark teams in the journey
- Influential & transformational leadership: ability to positively influence peers, senior leaders, key external stakeholders, and internal partners.
- Risk taking: takes calculated risks and feels comfortable with making bold decisions.
- High energy, motivated, driven, with the ability to think and contribute beyond functional expertise. Entrepreneurial spirit
- Strategic thinking
- Customer & patient orientation High standards of integrity
- Builds proper environment to enable our culture to flourish by showing critical behaviors: Encourages the team to stretch and do things differently; Acts for Patients and customers; Takes action and approaches the role with humility with One Sanofi perspective
Why Choose Us?
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
- 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.
- Turn bold ideas into breakthrough launches, with multiple new therapies planned through 2030 and beyond
Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
North America Applicants Only
The salary range for this position is:
$293,250.00 - $423,583.33
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.