Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs – Dermatology

Sanofi • Cambridge, MA

1d • $148,500 - $214,500 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs – Dermatology supports the development and execution of global medical strategy across Sanofi’s Dermatology portfolio, with primary emphasis on Atopic Dermatitis (AD), the early-stage dermatology pipeline, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). The role translates emerging science, clinical evidence, external expert insights, and cross-functional priorities into integrated medical strategies and execution. The Associate Director independently leads defined workstreams, partners closely with the Global Medical Lead, and helps shape evidence generation, scientific engagement, and future portfolio differentiation across established and investigational programs.

The position works across global, regional, and local Medical Affairs teams and collaborates with Clinical Development, Translational Medicine, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR/RWE, Regulatory, Safety, Medical Communications, Publications, and other stakeholders. It contributes to evidence-generation planning, clinical development input, scientific communications, external engagement, and education of medical teams. The role also monitors scientific and competitive developments and converts evidence and stakeholder insights into recommendations for asset and portfolio planning.

The role is based in Morristown, New Jersey. The posting describes Sanofi as an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharmaceutical company focused on immunoscience and developing medicines and vaccines.

Requirements

• Minimum PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent doctoral degree in a scientific or healthcare discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or related industry, with demonstrated progression of responsibility; alternatively, successful completion of a 2-year Medical Affairs fellowship may be considered when accompanied by scientific leadership, strategic thinking, contribution to medical strategy, and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, clinical research, or another scientific function at the global or regional level.
• Ability to connect disease-area strategy with asset-level evidence needs, differentiation opportunities, and future portfolio positioning.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, investigators, and global key opinion leaders in scientific exchange and insight-generation activities.
• Experience working collaboratively across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Translational Medicine, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR/RWE, Regulatory, Safety, Legal/Compliance, and other functions.
• Ability to operate effectively in a highly matrixed global organization and independently lead complex workstreams.
• Strong scientific communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to rapidly develop expertise across complex and evolving disease areas, mechanisms, assets, and therapeutic landscapes.
• Strategic thinking across disease-area, asset, and portfolio levels, with ability to translate strategy into execution.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, including building alignment without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong project-management skills and ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives independently.
• Ability to identify and solve complex scientific, strategic, and operational problems.
• Excellent written, verbal, and scientific communication skills, including tailoring complex information to different audiences.
• Ability to synthesize scientific, clinical, competitive, and stakeholder information into clear insights, priorities, and recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, stakeholders, and timelines in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work amid ambiguity and change while maintaining focus on strategic objectives and execution.
• Sound judgment and ability to make recommendations, facilitate decisions, and drive implementation.
• High degree of accountability, initiative, collaboration, and commitment to scientific and medical excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Postdoctoral fellowship training and/or relevant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical, or scientific fields.
• Dermatology experience, particularly in Atopic Dermatitis and/or Hidradenitis Suppurativa; broader immunology or immune-mediated inflammatory disease experience is also relevant.
• Experience supporting investigational or pipeline assets and translating emerging scientific and clinical evidence into medical strategy.
• Experience with evidence-generation strategy, including clinical research, real-world evidence, biomarker or translational research, investigator-sponsored research, publications, or scientific communications.
• Experience in both clinical research and direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain partnerships across global, regional, and local Medical Affairs teams to align dermatology strategy, execution, insights, and best practices.
• Support development and execution of integrated Global Medical strategies across Atopic Dermatitis, the early-stage dermatology pipeline, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
• Partner cross-functionally to advance portfolio- and asset-level medical strategies.
• Identify scientific, clinical, and strategic evidence gaps and support studies, analyses, real-world evidence, biomarker and translational research, publications, and other evidence-generation initiatives.
• Monitor the dermatology scientific, clinical, and competitive landscape and translate emerging data, treatment trends, mechanisms, stakeholder insights, and unmet needs into strategic recommendations.
• Develop expertise in AD and HS disease biology, patient journeys, treatments, mechanisms of action, clinical endpoints, and unmet needs, and maintain a forward-looking understanding of dermatology innovation.
• Support early-stage pipeline strategy by evaluating emerging science, clinical data, target differentiation, potential positioning, and evidence needs.
• Provide medical and scientific input into clinical development programs, including trial design, endpoints, patient populations, biomarker strategies, evidence gaps, differentiation opportunities, and lifecycle considerations.
• Represent Global Medical Affairs at advisory boards, scientific meetings, congress activities, external expert engagements, and interactions with healthcare professionals, investigators, and key opinion leaders.
• Lead or support insight-generation activities, including setting objectives, developing scientific content, facilitating discussions, synthesizing expert insights, and translating findings into recommendations.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with global external experts, investigators, scientific societies, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Partner with Medical Communications and Publications teams on scientific communication, congress, and publication strategies.
• Support development of scientific resources, training materials, FAQs, field medical resources, and other medical content.
• Lead or contribute to scientific training and education for regional and local Medical Affairs teams.
• Independently lead defined elements of global medical strategy and partner with the Global Medical Lead to move initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Lead projects and workstreams in a matrixed global organization, ensuring clear objectives, stakeholder alignment, accountability, timelines, and quality execution.
• Comply with corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, conducting activities ethically and with scientific integrity.

Benefits

• Career growth opportunities through expanded responsibilities, promotions, lateral opportunities, and experiences across functions and geographies.
• Rewards package recognizing employee contributions.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, including healthcare, prevention and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree