Global Medical Director Stakeholder Engagement TA-aligned

Job title: Global Medical Director Stakeholder Engagement TA-aligned

Locations: Cambridge, MA;
Morristown, NJ

Join the engine of Sanofi's mission where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you'll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

This position is part of the Global Medical Immunology team, which falls under the Medical Affairs Specialty Care organization  Medical Affairs function serves as a strategic partner with Clinical, Commercial, Regulatory, and Market Access teams, providing therapeutic solutions to support patients needs. The Global Medical Immunology team takes pride in supporting Sanofi's commitment to advancing science to improve patients lives.

The Global Medical Immunology team is dedicated to supporting Sanofi's commitment to scientific exploration. We work on first-in-class treatments and have a robust pipeline of potential new medicines for chronic dermatologic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and rheumatologic diseases. This represents an unprecedented volume of stakeholder engagement tactics that need to be developed, coordinated, and executed to prepare for the launches in the coming 1-5 years.

To deliver on Sanofi's ambition to be a leader in immunology, we are seeking a Global Data and Digital Engagement Lead to join the Global Medical Immunology team.

• The Global Director, Stakeholder Engagement is the TA-aligned strategic partner accountable for shaping and governing the Derm/Rheum or Resp/GI scientific stakeholder engagement strategy across the Next Gen Immunology portfolio, spanning priority Medical and Scientific KOLs, key medical societies, and emerging scientific leaders. The role includes strategic stewardship of engagement with global and top-national medical societies and the anticipation of external scientific influence by KOL influencer and Digital Opinion Leader.
• This role acts as the strategic architect and driver of TA stakeholder engagement, translating Disease Area strategy into clear engagement priorities, operating models, and execution frameworks. This includes the prioritization of experts and societies shaping the scientific dialogue inside and beyond traditional medical forums. The position combines high-level strategic influence with hands‑on delivery, actively driving execution through orchestration, prioritization, and decision-making rather than passive oversight.
• As the TA engagement authority, the role defines ways of working, decision frameworks, and performance expectations and role model their execution through country teams, hubs, and cross‑functional partners. The role materially shapes tactical choices, sequencing, and focus, ensuring alignment with TA priorities and measurable impact.
• The role elevates the quality, consistency, and strategic value of stakeholder engagement across the TA. As a global position, it also scales delivery through affiliates and hubs, ensuring enterprise frameworks are operationalized and that Sanofi's scientific leadership is consistently expressed with priority experts, societies, and emerging leaders.

This role sits within Global Medical Immunology (Specialty Care) and is designed to reflect the evolving Stakeholder Engagement operating model: closer partnership aligned within the therapeutic area with hub-enabled scale and consistent, measurable engagement practices.

We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving peoples 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 peoples lives.

• Own and drive the TA stakeholder engagement strategy in direct connection to the Disease Area Strategy and TA priorities (global-to-local).
• Serve as the TA-aligned engagement strategy partner, participating as a standing contributor in TA strategic governance to ensure engagement priorities, risks, and opportunities are surfaced early and acted upon.
• Accountable for engagement ways of working and strategic decision frameworks (prioritization logic, operating model, governance readouts), and advisor to countries/teams on tactical choices and execution sequencing.
• Prioritize and refresh the TA's portfolio of strategic experts and priority medical societies using defined criteria and data signals with clear differentiation between established KOLs and evolving scientific influencers.
• Drive cross-TA forums such as the Immunology Strategic Council where relevant, ensuring TA priorities and expert landscape inputs are represented.

• Navigate effectively across Medical TA, Clinical Development, Commercial, Affiliates, GTMC, Digital, Public Affairs/Patient, and Patient…