About the job

Our Team:

The Japan Vaccine Medical Team at Sanofi is a high-performing team of Medical leaders who are a trusted source of Scientific and Medical information and shared insights; effective and innovative strategic partners to our internal and external stakeholders; and dedicated to public health. We represent diverse experiences and backgrounds which strengthens our team and mirrors the healthcare communities we engage.

Main Responsibilities:

The Japan Adult vaccines Franchise Medical Manager will participate to and execute the Medical and scientific (non-promotional) strategy for the Adult Vaccines portfolio/therapeutic area in close partnership with the other functional franchise leads and in alignment with the overall franchise strategy.

• Utilise strong business acumen, acting as a key strategic business partner to the organisation
• Initiate and drive projects to raise standards of care and change clinical practice
• Ability to work independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to ambiguity
• Lead and drive rapid integrated evidence planning and execution through deep understanding of internal and external stakeholder evidence needs and robust data gaps analysis
• Deep therapy area expertise and product knowledge including competitor data
• Drive strong collaborative relationships with commercial and cross-functional teams, including marketing, value & access, health economics, regulatory and clinical
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with external experts
• Drive collaborative relationships with above-country colleagues to ensure the MCO / country involvement and strategic input into global and regional plans
• Good understanding of the impact and evolution of healthcare systems
• Lead creation and implementation of medical plans
• Ability to rapidly assimilate new data and integrate into new therapy area
• Create industry leading digital educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, interactive and innovative
• Champion the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies
• Demonstrate strong leadership influencing across networks and by coaching and mentoring members of the team

• Doctorate level education: MD or equivalent Medical degree preferred, PhD or PharmD
• Industry experience (including medical affairs field or office) and/or clinical experience mandatory, ideally with relevant immunology, vaccinology, epidemiology, public health or internal medicine focus on acute medicine/ICU experience.
• Good understanding of the continuum of data generation including clinical development, Real World Evidence (RWE) and data gaps analysis
• Ability to act independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to the grey areas
• Excellent communication skills including driving challenging discussions• Develop a good understanding of HCP communication preferences to adapt communication style and optimise use of relevant channels to suit
• Implement true scientific engagement journeys by bridging channel disconnect to drive ongoing engagement and grow collaborative opportunities and meaningful scientific exchange
• Be confident in the use of Omnichannel tools and ability to adapt to new channels
• Effectively and compliantly share unmet needs of HCPs and their centres with cross-functional teams to inform patient centric strategy