Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs – Dermatology

Sanofi • Morristown, NJ

6d • 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 individual 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 with cross-functional partners to advance disease-area and asset-level strategies. It contributes to evidence-generation planning, scientific and clinical assessments, external engagement, publications and communications, and scientific education for Medical Affairs teams. The role also leads projects within a matrixed global organization and ensures activities meet corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and industry compliance standards.

The position is based in Morristown, New Jersey. Sanofi describes itself as an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company focused on improving people’s lives through immunoscience, 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, candidates who completed a 2-year Medical Affairs fellowship and demonstrate scientific leadership, strategic thinking, medical-strategy experience, and cross-functional leadership may be considered.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, clinical research, or another scientific function at the global or regional level.
• Experience in dermatology is strongly preferred; experience in Atopic Dermatitis and/or Hidradenitis Suppurativa is particularly valuable. 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 is strongly preferred.
• Ability to connect disease-area strategy with asset-level evidence needs, differentiation opportunities, and future portfolio positioning.
• Ability to work collaboratively across a highly matrixed, global organization and to independently lead complex workstreams.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, investigators, and global key opinion leaders in scientific exchange and insight-generation activities.
• Strong scientific communication and presentation skills.
• Scientific curiosity and ability to develop expertise across complex, evolving disease areas, mechanisms, assets, and therapeutic landscapes.
• Strategic thinking across disease-area, asset, and portfolio levels, with the ability to translate strategy into execution.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, collaboration, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills.
• Ability to solve complex scientific, strategic, and operational problems and synthesize scientific, clinical, competitive, and stakeholder information into clear insights and recommendations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and scientific communication skills, including the ability to tailor complex information to different audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, stakeholders, and timelines in a dynamic environment and to operate amid ambiguity and change.
• Sound judgment, accountability, initiative, collaboration, and commitment to scientific and medical excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Postdoctoral fellowship training and/or relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical, or scientific fields.
• 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

• Build partnerships across global, regional, and local Medical Affairs teams to align dermatology strategy, support execution, and share insights and best practices.
• Support integrated Global Medical strategies across Atopic Dermatitis, the early-stage dermatology pipeline, and the Hidradenitis Suppurativa portfolio.
• Partner with Clinical Development, Translational Medicine, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR/RWE, Regulatory, Safety, Medical Communications, Publications, and other stakeholders on portfolio and asset-level strategies.
• Contribute to evidence-generation planning by identifying scientific, clinical, and strategic evidence gaps and supporting studies, analyses, real-world evidence, biomarker and translational research, publications, and other 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, treatment landscapes, mechanisms of action, clinical endpoints, and unmet needs, while maintaining awareness 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 in 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 content for accurate and scientifically rigorous exchange across medical teams.
• Lead or contribute to training and scientific 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 across a matrixed global organization, ensuring clear objectives, stakeholder alignment, accountability, timelines, and high-quality execution.
• Follow corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and industry compliance standards, conducting activities ethically and with scientific integrity.

Benefits

• Broad health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• Rewards package that recognizes employee contributions.
• Opportunities for career growth through expanded responsibilities, promotions, lateral opportunities, and experiences across functions and geographies.
• Potential eligibility to participate in company employee benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

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