Strategic Project Specialist - Specialty Care - VIE Contract

• Location: Portugal, Porto Salvo

• Target start date: 01/02/2027

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 Strategic Project Specialist - Specialty Care VIE within our Operations/Governance team, you’ll drive efficiency and innovation across Specialty Care business, and support functions, enabling the leadership team to focus on strategic priorities while maintaining operational rigor.

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

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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:

• Facilitate decision-making by providing analysis and recommendations to Head of Specialty Care leadership.
• Manage strategic and transversal projects for Specialty Care portfolio ensuring prioritization, methodology, and alignment to business needs.
• Lead, facilitate, and implement Specialty Care projects from initiation through completion and follow-up.
• Integrate relevant perspectives across commercial, medical, and market access functions to design, execute, and monitor projects.
• Support Head of Specialty Care on specific actions, projects, reporting, and interactions with EU/global Specialty Care teams and within Multi-Country Organization (MCO) Iberia.
• Act as liaison between Specialty Care functions and external stakeholders to facilitate communication.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on Specialty Care strategic initiatives and operational priorities.

About you

Experience:

• 2-3 years' experience in business environments, preferably in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry.

Soft and technical skills:

• Project leadership experience (product launches, strategic transversal projects).
• Strong analytical skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking capabilities across commercial and medical functions.
• Proficient in digital tools (Teams, Excel, Project, PowerPoint).
• Results-oriented with strong proactiveness and ability to influence at all organizational level.

Education:

• Business Management or healthcare education background (MBA preferred).

Languages:

• Fluent English (written and verbal).
• Spanish and Portuguese will be a plus.

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.
• Drive meaningful impact at global scale: our medicines reach more than 100 million people each year.
• Thrive in inclusive, flexible workplaces that support your personal and professional well-being.
• Launch your career with a company that invests in you — and empowers you to reimagine what’s possible.
• Build your future with access to the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning that keep you ahead of the curve.

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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