Job title: Vaccines Activation Manager – Brussels (1 year FTC)

 

Location: Diegem, Belgium
Job Type: Full time, externally focused

Contract Type: This position is offered as a fixed-term contract (1 year). The role has been created to support the continued growth and strategic priorities of the Vaccines business in Belgium.

 

 

About the job

Join Sanofi Belgium as a Vaccines Activation Manager and play a key role in protecting vulnerable populations against respiratory diseases. You will be responsible for driving vaccine uptake across your territory by combining strong commercial execution with impactful stakeholder engagement.

 

In this role, you will work closely with retail pharmacists, general practitioners and hospitals physicians to improve access to and adoption of innovative preventive solutions. Success requires both the ability to negotiate and close commercial agreements as well as the capability to build trusted partnerships that support higher vaccination and immunization coverage rates among infants and older adults.

 

You will act as a key ambassador for Sanofi's vaccines portfolio, helping healthcare providers implement best practices and enabling sustainable public health impact throughout your territory.

The successful candidate will be assigned to one of three strategic territories within Belgium. Current planning foresees coverage of:

 

• Antwerp, Mechelen & Waasland
• Eastern and Southern Wallonia (including Liège)
• Brussels & Walloon Brabant

 

Final territory design and customer allocation may be adjusted to ensure optimal customer coverage and business effectiveness.

 

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:

 

Customer Engagement & Sales Activities

• Develop and execute territory plans to achieve ambitious vaccine uptake and business objectives.

• Build strong partnerships with community pharmacists, physicians, vaccination centers and healthcare organizations.
• Identify opportunities to expand access to vaccination and translate these into sustainable business opportunities.
• Lead commercial negotiations and successfully implement agreements with pharmacies, healthcare organizations and hospital stakeholders.
• Drive excellence in territory execution through effective account management and customer-focused solutions.

 

Hospital Network Development & Coverage Improvement

 

• Build and maintain strong networks within hospitals, maternity wards, neonatal departments, geriatric care settings and other key healthcare institutions.

• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to identify barriers to prevention and develop initiatives that increase protection against respiratory diseases.
• Support the implementation of vaccination and immunization pathways that contribute to improved coverage rates in infants and older adults.
• Work closely with key opinion leaders and healthcare decision-makers to advance prevention strategies and improve patient outcomes.
• Act as a trusted partner by bringing scientific, epidemiological and healthcare system insights to customers

 

Multi-Channel & Project Management

• Fully accountable for achieving business objectives, utilizing and embedding a blend of multi-channel tools to support customer engagement, disease understanding, and brand awareness.
• Initiate, support, and implement projects, either independently or in collaboration with team members.

About You

Qualifications/Education & Work Experience

 

• Degree in a Health, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical, or related
• Field Experience: Minimum of 3 years in sales or a similar role with proven results.
• Launch Experience: Previous successful launch experience is preferred.
• Language Skills: Fluency in Dutch, French and English (spoken, reading, writing).
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Office applications.

 

Competencies

 

• Commercial Acumen & Negotiation Skills: Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, negotiate effectively, and close agreements that deliver mutual value for customers and Sanofi.
• Network Builder: Proven ability to create and leverage strong stakeholder networks across hospitals, pharmacies and healthcare organizations.
• Public Health Impact Mindset: Passion for increasing prevention and improving coverage rates among target populations through collaboration and innovative solutions.
• Strategic Account Management: Ability to develop long-term partnerships with key healthcare stakeholders and influence implementation of preventive healthcare initiatives.

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The successful candidate combines the mindset of a business developer with the credibility of a healthcare partner: capable of closing commercial opportunities with pharmacists while simultaneously developing strong hospital networks that help increase protection against respiratory diseases in infants and older adults.

 

Why choose us?

                                                                                                                                 

• 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.
• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.

 

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

 

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, 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!

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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!

The salary range for this position is :€72.800,00 - €97.067

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.